Intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating produce weight loss similar to standard dietary advice when calories are matched.

“my view that i think most of the benefit of time restricted feeding is accrued through caloric restriction”

“if you normalize for calories across the course of the day versus in a shrunk window if it's the same number of calories there's no weight loss exactly there's no not less weight loss”

“if you standardize the nutrition so the caloric content of the diet you actually see exactly the same uh fat loss or weight loss with the intermittent or the Tim restricted feeding versus the same feeding but then x% of less caloric intake doesn't make any difference”

“In controlled trials (where calories are matched), IF produces weight loss similar to standard dietary advice, and generally better than doing nothing.”

“if you do keep calories the same you will not lose fat-free mass and weight right”

“so in other words if they're don't restricting aren't restricting calories the timer restricted effect on weight loss is seems to go away that's correct”

“if you don't consider the calories that they are restricting the weight loss benefits seem to go away when you then consider the calories so in other words if they're don't restricting aren't restricting calories the timer restricted effect on weight loss is seems to go away”