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A study conducted by researchers from King’s College London found that eating for just 10 hours, and abstaining from eating for 14 hours, is associated with increased energy levels, improved mood, and decreased levels of hunger.
This study is the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom, and it was presented at the European Nutrition Conference on Tuesday, and the Eurek Alert website wrote about it.
And intermittent fasting -or what is called restricting your food consumption to a specific window- is a popular weight loss system.
A 10-hour window means limiting your daily eating schedule to 10 hours and fasting for the remaining 14 hours. For example, if you eat your first bite at 9 a.m., you should eat your last bite by 7 p.m.
Positive health benefits
Although some intermittent fasting advocates typically promote shorter eating periods such as 6 hours, new findings show that eating over a longer 10-hour period still has positive health benefits, such as changes in mood, energy and hunger.
The study included 37,545 people who used the Zoe Health application. Participants were asked to eat as usual for the first week and then eat in a 10-hour window for two weeks.
Dr Sarah Berry, from King’s College London and Zoe’s chief scientist, said: ‘What’s really exciting is that the results show that you don’t have to be so restrictive to see positive results. A 10-hour eating period, which was manageable for most People, improved mood, energy levels and hunger.
Kate Birmingham, from King’s College London, said: This study adds to the growing body of evidence showing the importance of the way we eat. The health impact of food is not only limited to what you eat, but also when you choose to eat your meals, and the eating window is an important eating behavior that can be beneficial to health.
Satiety and weight loss
“The results show that we don’t need to eat all the time. Many people will feel full and even lose weight if they limit their food to a 10-hour window,” she added.
The researchers found that those who were consistent with their eating window – that is, they stuck to a specific eating time on a daily basis and did not change it from day to day – received greater benefits than those who varied their eating window day to day.
