If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, chances are you've witnessed many diets come and go. Atkins or the Keto diet, the advice changes so often that it can be difficult to know how to approach nutrition in the right way. Today, scientists and health experts agree that eating healthy foods and avoiding sugary or packaged foods is best for your body and mind. So the good news is that eating well doesn't have to be complicated.
One easy change you can make to improve your well-being comes thanks to scientific research done by Zoe (a website dedicated to food and health), which looked at the effects that intermittent eating can have on your health.
You've probably heard of intermittent fasting, which involves eating and not eating for certain periods of time. Zoe's research, the world's largest study ever conducted on intermittent fasting, found that those who reduced their eating schedule to 10 hours a day had higher energy levels, improved mood and decreased hunger. Those who varied their meal times from day to day did not see the same positive benefits.
The concept of intermittent fasting can seem a little scary, but it's all about eating between certain times of the day. Eating all meals within the suggested 10-hour time frame is as simple as eating breakfast at 9:00 a.m. and eating your last meal of the day before 7:00 p.m. If you come home from work later, you can choose to eat breakfast at 10:00 AM and finish eating all your meals by 8:00 PM.
You can set other times based on your daily lifestyle and work, as long as you respect the 10-hour gap without eating.
An easy way to get through the festive season in a healthier way, why not give it a try?
