Could losing weight really be as simple as shifting the hours we eat? While it’s too early to say if it’s true for humans, new research from the Salk Institute is impressive, demonstrating that when mice are kept from eating for stretches of between 9 and 15 hours, they lose weight, even when consuming the same number of calories as mice that eat whenever they feel like it. Even better? Within two weeks of the 38-week study, the rodents significantly improved their cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and overweight mice lost 5% of their body weight.
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