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by louprado 2806 days ago
Given that poor sleep quality exacerbates insulin resistance, it is possible that by not eating late into the day, the research subjects in the article's fasting study may have also lost weight because their sleep improved.[1]

Personally if I eat dinner after 5PM, I have trouble sleeping.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21950773