The Science Behind Time-Restricted Eating

Forget the notion of eating three square meals a day.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Time-restricted eating (TRE) is a form of intermittent fasting where you eat all of your meals for the day within a restricted window of time. Your eating window could range from two to eight hours a day, fasting for the remaining 16 to 22 hours

• Researchers found that eating all meals between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. resulted in greater metabol…