BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — Time-restricted eating, also known as intermittent fasting, may help curb someone's appetite, according to new research in the journal Obesity.<br /><br />Eleven overweight participants took part in the study. They tried two different eating patterns over a four-day period.<br /><br />One group of participants ate over a six-hour period between 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. While the second group ate over a 12 hour period between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Those taking part were told to eat the same number of calories every day. <br /><br />On the fourth day of the experiment, the participants were put inside a respiratory chamber. From there, researchers measured their metabolism by checking the amount of calories, carbs, fat and protein burned.<br /><br />According to Today, the researchers also tested to see how hungry or full the participants felt by checking their ghrelin hormones. This is the hormone associated with hunger.<br /><br />The study found that those who were fasting for 18 hours a day had decreased ghrelin levels, lower appetites and increased fullness levels.<br /><br />The study noted that intermittent fasting appeared to induce weight-loss by decreasing the appetite rather than burning more calories.
