Scientists have debunked the main myth about weight loss

In a new study, scientists from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine spent six years

followed habits more500 people. It turned out that weight change is most influenced by portion size and frequency of meals, and not by the interval between them. Thus, scientists have refuted the popular idea of ​​intermittent fasting as a useful weight loss strategy.

Intermittent fasting is a dietary strategy thatin which a person eats only for a short period of time. For example, with the 16:8 method, you fast for 16 hours and eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in eight hours.

In a new study, a study was taken550 people. They followed a specific eating pattern, and the scientists simply tracked the timing and size of daily meals and compared them with weight loss patterns over a six-year period.

Each study participant usedA smartphone app to record your sleep, wake-up and meal times over a period of several weeks. This allowed the researchers to track the time from the first to the last meal for each subject, as well as the time from awakening to the first meal and the time from the last meal to bed.

No relationship between daily intake timeshuman food and weight changes were not observed for six years. Thus, it did not matter whether the participant ate all of their meals during a shorter period versus a longer period. What really mattered for weight was the total number of medium and large meals. The results of the study showed that simply cutting down portions and eating fewer meals ultimately leads to weight loss.

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