Research
Energy balance
Time-restricted eating combined with resistance training reduces fat mass to a similar extent as habitual diet combined with resistance training, without compromising fat-free mass.
If your goal is simply to lose fat while building muscle, you don't need to restrict your eating window. Eating normally throughout the day with resistance training yields the same fat loss and muscle preservation as an 8-hour eating window, provided you eat enough.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
Both interventions elicited deceases in fat mass (p < 0.05) but not in fat-free mass... there were no differences in fat mass and fat-free mass changes between interventions
Why this rating
Same study design as N1.
Source
Effect of Time-Restricted Eating and Resistance Training on High-Speed Strength and Body Composition
Joana M. Correia et al. · Nutrients · 2023
DOI 10.3390/nu15020285
crossover · n=18Cited 25×
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