Does eating earlier in the day help you lose fat better?

Original Title

Comparing the influence of early and late time-restricted eating with energy restriction and energy restriction alone on cardiometabolic markers, metabolic hormones and appetite in adults with overweight/obesity: per-protocol analysis of a 3-month randomized clinical trial

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Summary

People who ate all their food between 8am and 4pm lost more body fat and felt less hungry than those who ate later or spread meals out, even when everyone ate the same number of calories.

Proposed Mechanism
Early Time-Restricted Eating Enhances Leptin Reduction via Circadian Alignment and Fat Mass Loss
Supported by evidence
eTRE Improves Fasting Glucose via Circadian Optimization of Insulin Sensitivity
Suggested
Late TRE and ER Increase Ghrelin via Adaptive Appetite Stimulation in Response to Energy Deficit
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Authors

Habe B, Črešnovar T, Petelin A, Kenig S, Mohorko N, Jenko Pražnikar Z