“At least in America, we eat most of our calories in the evening with dinner. Too often that’s our biggest meal of the day and then we sit down, we go to bed and don’t move for eight hours. So after that we need to exercise and improve insulin sensitivity. No chance,” said Medical News.
Time-restricted eating can be beneficial for cardio-metabolic health, but should be done under the direction of a physician, says Dr. Ann Peters, an endocrinologist at Keck Medicine, USC, California.
“The human body is not always supposed to be ‘fed’. We mean fasting periods and being a little bit ketotic [which happens with fasting] Good for the heart,” she said.
