The best intermittent fasting “eating window” for body composition ⏰

Is traditional "breakfast skipping" optimal?

Early Time-Restricted Eating Improves Weight Loss While Preserving Muscle: An 8-Week Trial in Young Women

Study Details

This new study investigated the effects of two different intermittent fasting protocols vs control 🔍

1️⃣ Early (08:00 - 14:00)

2️⃣ Late (12:00 - 18:00)

3️⃣ Control (08:00 - 20:00)

…on body composition adaptations in young women 🩻

Each dietary intervention lasted 8-weeks and participants also completed basic resistance-training during the intervention 🗓️

Key Findings

The Early eating window group lost significantly more body weight (-2.61 kg) vs both Late (-1.44 kg) and Control (-0.48 kg)

All groups also gained equal amounts of…

💪 Muscle mass

🔋 Muscular endurance

…over the course of the study.

Conclusion

These findings suggest that an earlier intermittent fasting “eating window” may be optimal for body composition 🌅

Contrary to the popularised “breakfast skipping” approach to intermittent fasting 👈

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40290077/

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