One of the popular strategies for weight loss over the past decade has been intermittent fasting, or as some researchers call it, time restricted eating.
In case you don’t know what this is, it’s simply setting a restricted schedule around when you eat and when you don’t. Studies have shown that the typical American spends more than 15 out of every 24 hours in a “feeding” state, meaning that they eat shortly after waking in the morning, and then consume multiple meals and snacks throughout the day right up until shortly before bedtime. As a result, the longest stretch they ever go without eating in a typical day is no more than 9 hours, most of which consists of the time they are asleep overnight.
By contrast, somebody who is intermittent fasting might follow one of the following schedules:
