[cnagesh]

If I understand this correctly, the experiment is suggesting to have a gap of 10hr window between any two meals ?

[stubish]

No, all your eating happens in that 10 hour window. You fast for at least 14 hours per day. Easy enough if you eat an early dinner and don't snack after.

[k__]

Is the position of that window relevant?

So, I sleep 9h, which means, I'm awake 15h.

If I don't eat 2,5h before and after sleeping, would this be enough?

[resoluteteeth]

> Is the position of that window relevant?

Who knows!

This seems like one of the things that makes it hard to test intermittent fasting: there are a bunch of variables other than just the length of the window.

[stubish]

> If I don't eat 2,5h before and after sleeping, would this be enough?

Some researchers think so, yes. I don't think anyone knows what is optimal. Research is ongoing.

[swyx]

so lunch AND dinner or just early dinner? always feel like these hourly windows are underspecified since you can cram a ton of food in that time

[resoluteteeth]

If it's a 10 hour window presumably most people are eating multiple meals, but it's not really underspecified since you can eat whenever you want during that time.

There are other people doing 4 hour windows for IF in which case it's more like a single meal, but that's not what this study tested.

(This is just explaining the idea, not advocating IF)