A head-to-head trial of obese, pre-diabetic people who ate the same amount of daily calories — with one group following a fasting schedule and the other eating freely — found no difference in weight loss or other health indicators.
Her team presented its findings Friday at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians in Boston. The study was published simultaneously in the Annals of Internal Medicine.In an ACP news release, the researchers noted that "evidence shows that when adults with obesity limit their eating window to 4 to 10 hours, they naturally reduce caloric intake by approximately 200-550 calories per day and lose weight over 2-12 months.
The other 20 participants ate in more regular pattern, eating anytime between 8 a.m. and midnight and taking in most of their daily calories after 5 p.m. Folks on the fasting regimen lost an average of just over 5 pounds, while folks who ate on a regular schedule lost a bit more, about 5.7 pounds.Their conclusion: Obese, pre-diabetic people may lose just as much weight by cutting daily calories without adhering to a fasting diet that cuts calories by the same amount.
"The rising popularity of time-restricted eating is most likely due to its sheer simplicity -- it does not require a person to count calories to lose weight," they pointed out.
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