"Among the repairs the body accelerates during time-restricted eating," Hendricks adds, "are patching up damaged or miscopied DNA, producing more antioxidants to fight off the daily assault from free radicals, and increasing autophagy 7, which is the recycling of worn-out cellular parts." You can think of the fasting period as a time for your body to go into " cellular housekeeping 6 " mode.
"Eating in a narrower window each day, particularly if most of the calories are taken in the morning and early afternoon, has been shown to increase the amount of time the body spends making vital repairs that can save us from diseases 5 we don't yet have and might halt or even reverse some diseases we do have," says journalist Steve Hendricks, author of The Oldest Cure in the World: Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting. "įasting also has benefits that go beyond metabolic health to potentially aid longevity 4. "Independent of weight loss, people who use time-restricted eating have improved insulin 2 and glucose levels 3 as well as improvements in blood pressure 2. "Food or absence of food can help regulate our internal clocks 1, turning our genes off and on and regulating metabolism," adds Jaime Seeman, M.D., board-certified OB-GYN, and the host of the Fit and Fabulous podcast. On a basic level, " helps people rewire their relationship with food, eating, and fullness signals," says Vincent Pedre, M.D., medical director of Pedre Integrative Health. Whichever method of intermittent fasting you engage in, fasting periods have metabolic health benefits.
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