The Academy Says…

Time Restricted Eating

Recent news reports that time-restricted eating (TRE) is linked to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular death come from an unpublished, uncontrolled, non-peer-reviewed study.  The data described were collected between 2013-2018, long before TRE became a serious practice. The data was self-reported and the study population included subjects with food insecurity. It is not clear from the study whether subjects were intentionally time restricting their eating. TRE must be done meticulously and intentionally; lack of compliance renders it ineffective. It is important to note that over 100 published peer-reviewed clinical trials have reported that TRE has small to sizeable metabolic health benefits and none of the studies have reported serious adverse health outcomes.