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Eating all your food early in the day doesn’t make you burn more calories overall in a 24-hour period, even if you fast longer.

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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 found that eating all your food earlier in the day doesn’t make your body burn more or fewer calories overall — it just makes you feel less hungry.

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

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DOI: 10.1002/oby.22518

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