22-01-2018, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-01-2018, 11:51 PM by VergeOfDiscovery.)
I've always sensed it cannot be good for the body to be constantly digesting food all the time. Personally, nothing puts me to sleep faster than even a moderately heavy meal, although some people I know don't feel right physically if they let themselves get hungry.
Lately, I've been working on shedding some excess weight. Not terribly heavy by any stretch, but I just feel better when lighter on my feet.
I've jettisoned a lot (but not all) of junk from my diet and eat far better (in terms of healthier foods) than I ever have.
Wanting to see more progress, I've recently been experimenting with Time Restricted Eating. The idea is to do all of one's food consumption within say an 8 hour window and give the body a chance to digest everything before ingesting more.
Experiments (in mice) have shown this approach provides a variety of health benefits (especially with regard to obesity, metabolic disorders and type II diabetes).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255155/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...113820.htm
Mice that were given access to food for limited period of time each day fared better overall compared to mice that had access to food all the time.
How I've applied this is to knock out large meals in the evening, basically ceasing all food intake by 6:00 PM at the latest (sometimes as early as 4:00 PM). That way my body is not still trying to digest a lot of food by the time I go to bed. This approach (prolonged night fasting) is also helping with sleep and digestive issues.
I'm finding that this approach doesn't encourage one to gorge during the 8 hour eating window and seems to prod even further into healthier eating choices overall.
I'm seeing some success with this with regard to weight, but there are definitely other health benefits to be had.
Here's another study on how prolonged nightly fasting reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence in humans:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27032109
Lately, I've been working on shedding some excess weight. Not terribly heavy by any stretch, but I just feel better when lighter on my feet.
I've jettisoned a lot (but not all) of junk from my diet and eat far better (in terms of healthier foods) than I ever have.
Wanting to see more progress, I've recently been experimenting with Time Restricted Eating. The idea is to do all of one's food consumption within say an 8 hour window and give the body a chance to digest everything before ingesting more.
Experiments (in mice) have shown this approach provides a variety of health benefits (especially with regard to obesity, metabolic disorders and type II diabetes).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255155/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...113820.htm
Mice that were given access to food for limited period of time each day fared better overall compared to mice that had access to food all the time.
How I've applied this is to knock out large meals in the evening, basically ceasing all food intake by 6:00 PM at the latest (sometimes as early as 4:00 PM). That way my body is not still trying to digest a lot of food by the time I go to bed. This approach (prolonged night fasting) is also helping with sleep and digestive issues.
I'm finding that this approach doesn't encourage one to gorge during the 8 hour eating window and seems to prod even further into healthier eating choices overall.
I'm seeing some success with this with regard to weight, but there are definitely other health benefits to be had.
Here's another study on how prolonged nightly fasting reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence in humans:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27032109