Debunking myths: Can the Golden 8-hour diet help you lose weight?

1. I would like to ask the nutritionist: Can the weight loss method of concentrating the daily food consumption within 8 hours really help to lose weight? Will it put a burden on the body?

This way of eating is mainly to shorten the time of eating. Suppose you set breakfast at 8 o'clock, lunch at 12 o'clock, and dinner at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and eat all the food in this way within 8 hours, leaving the remaining 16 hours without eating. This way of eating is to eat all the food within 8 hours, so the "quality" and "quantity" of food are very important!

Any weight loss method that contains "good quality but insufficient quantity" or "poor quality but insufficient quantity" may become a disguised low-calorie diet. Insufficient calories and food ingredients will not lead to weight loss in the form of body fat, but will lead to muscle tissue decomposition, muscle mass reduction, and lower basal metabolic rate. When you return to your previous diet, you will gain weight more easily!

2. Nutritionist, please tell me: If I adopt this diet, how should I adjust the diet content?

Foreign studies have also mentioned that the longer modern people are awake, the more irregular their eating times become, and more than 35% of the calories consumed in a day are eaten after 6 p.m. When transitioning from workdays to holidays, eating times and content, even like traveling across time zones, are more likely to become irregular.

The American Dietetic Association states that the total calories of the day should be spread out throughout the day, and recommends 4 to 5 meals a day, and avoid concentrating calories at night. Studies have found that overweight people who control their eating time to 10-11 hours a day will lose weight more easily than those who eat more than 14 hours a day.

Adjusting your eating patterns can satisfy the body's nutritional metabolism and control blood sugar. It can also prevent daytime and nighttime workers from having adverse effects on their weight and health due to irregular eating habits.

It is recommended to adjust your eating pattern according to the following 3 points

1. Set fixed meal times and change the habit of wanting to eat all the time. When you want to have a snack, you can use fresh milk or fruit as a substitute for empty-calorie foods.

2. You need to reduce the amount of food you eat after 6 p.m. and avoid high-calorie, high-sugar, and high-fat snacks.

3. Get at least 7 hours of sleep every day. In this way, it will not only help improve sleep quality but also be more effective in weight loss.

3. Nutritionist, are there any people who are not suitable for this type of weight loss method?

If you want to use the "Golden 8 Hours Weight Loss Diet", you need to have a regular schedule and a balanced diet to fully implement it. However, this weight loss method is not suitable for everyone, because everyone's work type and length of time, lifestyle, and diet are different. Therefore, the correct way to lose weight should be to provide customized personal weight loss services based on each person's needs and goals.

In addition, children and teenagers in the growth and development stage, pregnant women, etc. are advised to consult professional doctors and nutritionists if they need to lose weight.