Another Case Against the Midnight Snack

david · Post by **david** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:55 pm

Apologies if this is a re-post:

http://www.salk.edu/news-release/anothe ... ght-snack/

I found it interesting that the mice get to take the weekend off.

--David

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:42 am

Interesting study. I think our bodies need rest from digesting to work more efficiently (in fact, I notice that it's nearly impossible for me to lose weight if I'm skimping on sleep). Anyway, it makes sense that they'd be trimmer having a longer break from eating.

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:11 pm

Gotta love this part, though it contradicts what Judith Beck claims about weekends. Maybe it's because the dieters were eating too often in between.

Researchers gave some of the time-restricted mice a respite on weekends, allowing them free access to high-fat meals for these two days. These mice had less fat mass and gained less weight than the mice given a freely available, high-fat diet the whole time. In fact, the mice that were freely fed just on weekends looked much the same as mice given access to food 9 or 12 hours a day for seven days a week, suggesting that the diet can withstand some temporary interruptions.

Though I've found that if I'm busy, I can eat even less often on weekends.