What if there was a way to more effortlessly obtain and more importantly maintain your preferred weight?
There is a solution, and it is not a new, but actually as old as time! Intermittent fasting and Time restricted eating. The evidence is mounting in recent years that when you eat may be at least as important as what you eat. Historically, we ate the majority of food when we could see it! This meant consuming food when the sun is up. Welcome to modern times in controlled environments where thanks to the invention of the light bulb about 150 years ago, we no longer limited by nature’s clock. In addition, the food industry that has successfully promoted highly palatable snacks, making night time treats an easily accessible habit. Most people in the industrial world engage in a 15-hour eating window, enjoying 3 meals as well as 3 snacks between meals. The consequences of all these changes have been dramatic, contributing to the astronomic rise in obesity, chronic diseases. The weight loss industry has blossomed to 78 billion dollars, while 97% of all diets fail!
How is fasting/ time restricted eating different than dieting?
We now understand that through the study of circadian rhythms and chronobiology, that your body has a clock that plays a major role in keeping you healthy and at a healthy weight. There is time we are supposed to be sleeping, exposed to sunlight, moving and yes, eating! In fact, the time you eat is so important, it has been demonstrated to play a pivotal role in your sleep- wake cycle, even more than light exposure.
Dieting may focus on manipulating macronutrients, but the ultimate strategy is to get you to consume less calories. This can work in the short term, but ultimately your body catches on to the calorie deficit and looks for ways to compensate, such as slowed metabolic rate, increased hunger or decreased movement. Fasting on the other hand, actually appears to naturally lead to a decrease in intake and appetite during the feeding window. In addition, fasting revs up metabolism, increases human growth hormone, increases testosterone and turns on the hormones that instruct the body to switch from food for energy to utilizing body fat. What do you think your stored body fat is for?
How can you get started today using the science of meal timing to achieve your weight goals?
1) Stop snacking
2) Eat only in a 12 hour window. Ie: 8am to 8pm
3) Slowly move Breakfast later or move Dinner earlier and consider an 8 hour window.
4) Eat the majority of calories earlier in day.
5) Stop eating at least 4 hours before bed.
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