Eating all your meals before 2 p.m. for a few days lowers the hunger hormone in your body, making you feel less hungry and more steady in your appetite.

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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 only between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. for four days made people feel less hungry and more satisfied, because a hunger hormone called ghrelin dropped by exactly the amount claimed.

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

Score: 65

DOI: 10.1002/oby.22518

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