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[quote=Anonymous]I read this article today: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eating-linked-to-a-91-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-death

I believe it because those I follow online who do it, eat absolutely terrible foods during their eating window.

I started reading up on it and following SM influencers who promoted it online to learn more about it because my son & his friends were talking about it last year. One influencer he follows (and I followed to check out) takes it to an extreme and does OMAD (one meal a day) where he only eats for 1 hour each day. He goes live on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch to livestream his meal. Here's a typical meal for him during that 1-hour: 9 Wendy's cheeseburgers that he puts together into 1 massive burger called the t-rex burger, 2 large fries, head of broccoli raw, 12 scrambled eggs, spicy noodles, and ice cream.

It doesn't matter if you spend 12 hours a day working out. There's only so much saturated fat that your body can eliminate per day.

This influencer heavily promotes for his followers to do OMAD or at least intermittent fasting, and poses himself as some kind of expert because he used to be obese and lost 100 lbs doing it.

I eventually got through to my son that all he did was trade one eating disorder (food addiction) for another (food restriction with binging).

And his meals are not unique in the OMAD/IM community, either. I have only found a handful who eat sensible meals during their eating window, but those are the ones doing short windows of IM instead of 12+ windows of fasting.

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