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Time-restricted eating (TRE) with a 10-hour window, when combined with caloric restriction, leads to greater lean mass loss compared to caloric restriction alone.
If you use a 10-hour eating window to lose weight, be aware that you might lose more muscle than if you just counted calories without a time limit. To counter this, ensure you are eating enough protein within your 10-hour window, perhaps spreading it out evenly.
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Moreover, TRE led to more reduction in soft lean mass and hip circumference than the non-TRE group (all p < 0.05), with mean changes of -0.58 kg (95% CI: -0.92, -0.23) vs. -0.09 kg (95% CI: -0.43, 0.26) for soft lean mass...
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RCT with high adherence and objective body composition measures.
Source
Effects of healthy low-carbohydrate diet and time-restricted eating on weight and gut microbiome in adults with overweight or obesity: Feeding RCT
Lin Li et al. · Cell Reports Medicine · 2024
DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101801
rct · n=96Cited 27×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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