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Eating three meals of healthy food is not the same as eating three meals of junk food — your body reacts differently.

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Early Time-Restricted Feeding Reduces Appetite and Increases Fat Oxidation but Does Not Affect Energy Expenditure in Humans

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2019 Aug

This study looked at when people eat, not what they eat, so it doesn’t tell us if junk food is worse than healthy food.

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Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis
Human

This study looked at how skipping meals sometimes helps people with metabolic problems, but it didn't compare eating junk food vs. healthy food, so we can't tell if processed foods are worse than whole foods.

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