![]() ![]() ![]() But one proposed mechanism is that when we don’t eat for several hours, the liver stops secreting glucose into the bloodstream and instead uses the glucose to repair cell damage. This allows the body to do a type of “housekeeping” during those 14 hours, which can improve health.īeing such a new area of science, there’s still limited data on human studies. This means that there were 14 hours in every 24 hours where they were not eating. The Mistry family chose to eat between 10am and 8pm every day. Restricting our eating periods allows us to try and mimic the evolutionary mechanism from which we have evolved. Now, we live in an era of overabundance, which means we often have access to food 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The idea is that we have evolved as humans to survive periods of food excess as well as times where food is limited. ![]() This is a relatively new area of science but early studies suggest that restricting the time frame in which you eat could have profoundly powerful effects, particularly for people who have diabetes and struggle with weight loss. You may have also heard of the term ‘intermittent fasting’ or the 5:2 diet. ![]() This is called Time Restricted Feeding (TMR). On the first episode of Doctor in the House, I asked the family that I was working with – the Mistry family – to eat within a strict 10 hour window. Here, I explain why when you eat may be as important as what you eat New and exciting studies have shown that eating during specific times of day could protect against metabolic effects of diet-induced obesity. ![]()
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