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		vorpalhex on Dec 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ten-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Benefits Patients ... We have to be careful. > the person wouldn't have the burden of tracking calories Reducing the window of time in which you can eat is effective at cutting calories but it isn't a panacea and it's important the cause for the effect is communicated. Otherwise we'll get the "no, I can eat 3 servings of cake with dinner, it's before 8pm".

sharedfrog on Dec 9, 2019 [–]

Absolutely. If we simply said "eat in this period and you'll lose weight!" you'd find someone gorging themselves into an excess of calories.

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