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Diets that involve intermittent fasting or time-restricted eating have become popular in recent years, but it seems they help people lose weight simply by eating less
By Clare Wilson
What you eat seems to matter more than when you eat it
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Eating only within an eight-hour window during the day works about as well as calorie counting for weight loss, a one-year trial has found. The results suggest that fasting diets work simply by causing people to eat less overall, says Krista Varada at the University of Illinois Chicago, rather than offering any specific weight-loss benefits.
Fasting dietsalso sometimes called intermittent fasting or time-restricted eating, have grown in popularity in recent years as an alternative way to lose …
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