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RE: The Secret to Eating What You Want And Losing Weight: Part Two
Well done! Good writing style. There is suprisingly little scientific evidence in suport of restricted-window eating (a hard look at the science leads one to believe that total calories are the end-all be-all of weight loss, with meal timing playing almost no role whatsoever.) Despite this, restricted-window eating seems to work well for a lot of people--especially men. This may be due to evolutionary genetics differences between the sexes in regard to women being more likely to graze and men being more likely to feast and not eat for awhile. So restricted window may benefit the male metabolism because it's in line with what it's expecting, so to speak. Good article.
Thanks for the comment.
Did you see all the links? Many of them are based on university studies that conclude that the time of the calories, and not just the amount of calories, actually do make a difference.
I didn't see links to any studies (just articles and blog posts). When you put people in metabolic wards (where calorie intake and output are strictly controlled), meal frequency and duration effectively play no role whatsoever in weight loss. The only thing that matters is total calories. Here are some studies supporting this. (Sorry, too lazy to make them links.)
Wilhelmine et al., “Effect of the Pattern of Food Intake on Human Energy
Metabolism,” British Journal of Nutrition 70, no. 1 (1993): 103-115.
Wolfram et al., “[Thermogenesis in Humans After Varying Meal Time
Frequency],” Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 31, no. 2 (1987): 88-97.
Verboeket-van de Venne, W., and Westerterp., K., “Influence of Feeding
Frequency on Nutrient Utilization in Man,” European Journal of Clinical
Nutrition 45, no. 3 (1991): 161-169.
Taylor, M., and Garrow, J., “Compared with Nibbling, Neither Gorging nor
a Morning Fast Affect Short-Term Energy Balance in Obese Patients,”
International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders 25, no. 4
(2001): 519.
But this doesn't mean restricted-window eating isn't effective. It's likely that it naturally causes people to eat fewer calories.
Wow. Thank you for adding those resources!