[HN Gopher] Time-restricted eating - a non-drug approach for man...
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       Time-restricted eating - a non-drug approach for managing metabolic
       syndrome
        
       Author : hilux
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2024-10-19 19:44 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Spivak wrote:
       | > Compared with SOC, TRE improved HbA1c by -0.10%
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       | So the effect is statistically detectable but unbelievably small.
       | Whoever wrote the conclusion is torturing the results to get
       | something publishable.
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       | For reference A1C is measured roughly on a range from 0% (but in
       | practice really 5%) to 10% where 1-2 whole percentage point
       | differences matter and this effect is an order of magnitude off
       | of where it needs to be to be practical.
        
       | m463 wrote:
       | I've had some friends get their gall bladder removed.
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       | One of them mentioned that binge eating can lead to gallstones.
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       | I wonder if intermittent fasting is risky in respect to your gall
       | bladder and gallstones.
        
         | perrygeo wrote:
         | Time-restricted eating is not intermittent fasting. Limiting
         | eating to an 8-10 hour window is totally doable with several
         | small meals, no need to gorge on a single meal.
        
       | perrygeo wrote:
       | The research on time-restricted eating is astonishing to me, not
       | just because it works so well but because it works with such a
       | lax eating window. Restricting eating to an 8-10hr period is
       | easily within grasp of most people and most lifestyles - eat a
       | late breakfast and an early dinner and you're done. Probably the
       | best bang for your buck in terms of diet/lifestyle interventions.
        
       | pogue wrote:
       | I had Claude 3 Haiku summarize this in lay terms since it's quite
       | a complex topic.
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       | Here is a more simplified summary of the key points:
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       | This study looked at whether a type of fasting called time-
       | restricted eating (TRE) could help improve health in people with
       | metabolic syndrome.
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       | Metabolic syndrome is a group of conditions like high blood
       | sugar, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol that increase
       | the risk of heart disease and diabetes.
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       | The researchers had two groups of people with metabolic syndrome:
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       | 1. One group received standard nutritional counseling. 2. The
       | other group received nutritional counseling plus a personalized
       | TRE program. This meant they could only eat during an 8-10 hour
       | window each day.
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       | After 3 months, the TRE group showed a small but meaningful
       | improvement in their HbA1c (a measure of blood sugar control)
       | compared to the standard counseling group.
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       | The study was relatively short and relied on people reporting
       | their own diet, so the results may have been affected by other
       | factors. But the researchers concluded that the TRE program could
       | be a helpful lifestyle intervention to modestly improve blood
       | sugar regulation in people with metabolic syndrome.
        
       | aucisson_masque wrote:
       | Forget it, people want pill to get lean while eating twice a day
       | at McDonald's.
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       | Anything else is too much hassle, especially eating less.
        
       | hilux wrote:
       | One of the study authors is Dr. Satchin Panda, from the Salk
       | Institute. (He appears to be a real working scientist, unlike
       | most health influencers.)
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       | I learned a lot from his book _The Circadian Code_.
        
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