Successful dieting is all about timing...

Everyone knows that eating healthy food is a sure-fire way to lose weight, but a new scientific study suggests that the way we eat is just as important as what we eat.

According to scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, sticking to strict meal times and avoiding unscheduled snacks is good for the metabolism and helps the body burn off fat.

Their findings show that a fixed timetable for meals could be a more effective method of dieting than trying to cut out all fatty foods. This means beef burgers, pizza and chocolate could be back on the menu (in small doses) as long as they are consumed at the appropriate times.

A study on mice showed that those fed a high-fat diet at regular intervals finished the trial in better condition to those that ate low-fat foods whenever they wanted, despite both groups consuming the same calories over all.

This suggests that eating too often or over-indulging - even on healthy food - isn’t good for the body.

Professor Oren Froy, who led the experiment, said: “Our research shows that the timing of food consumption takes precedence over the amount of fat in the diet, leading to improved metabolism and helping to prevent obesity. Improving metabolism through the careful scheduling of meals, without limiting the content of the daily menu, could be used as a therapeutic tool to prevent obesity in humans.”

Sticking to a perfectly timed schedule isn’t easy, so we recommend setting yourself a timeframe for meals. For example, try and have breakfast between 06h00 and 07h00 and dinner between 18h00 and 20h00 to stay as consistent as possible.

 

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