People At High Risk For Diabetes May Improve Health When They Eat All Their Meals Over A Span Of Just Over 10 Hours,

, “In an early effort to explore the benefits of daily fasting in humans,” investigators “found that people who are at high risk of developing diabetes improved their health in myriad ways when they ate all of their meals over a span of just over 10 hours, then fasted for the remainder of their 24-hour day.” That practice, “called ‘time-restricted eating,’ is a variant of ‘intermittent fasting’ – a practice growing in popularity.” Newsweek (12/5, Gander) reports that “eating during a specific window of time could help with weight loss, sleep, and high blood pressure.” Included in the study were “19 participants who had metabolic syndrome, characterized by a person having a number of conditions such as high blood pressure, high fasting glucose levels and obesity.” After eating “all of their food in a 10-hour window of their choosing for 12 weeks,” participants at study’s end “on average saw a 3 to 4 percent drop across body weight, their body mass index, abdominal fat, and waist circumference.” In addition, they “had lower blood pressure, lower levels of fats linked to cardiovascular disease, and