Dr. Luc (Luke) van Loon

Why?

Because in the morning, I go to work, I don't think about food because I'm too busy and everybody's just walking into my office.

By around 4 o'clock, I get a little bit peckish, so I start eating something.

And then I get home around 6, and then around 7, I open up the computer to see what crap emails I got.

and then I start having my main meal and snacking.

If I decide to not eat after six,

I will eat much less than I actually require, so I'll lose weight.

So basically, because more than 70% of my energy intake is after 7 o'clock at night, time-restricted eating would be great for me.

But if I would eat all the food that I would eat after 7 throughout the day, I would not lose that fat mass and I would not lose weight.

So it's a good way for people to cope with a lower energy intake.

Yes, and so if they maintain their normal protein intake, then they should be fine because it's possible that more protein per meal has a greater effect like the 100 grams.

But the other part is also, I mean, it's funny, but we always end up talking about nutrition.

And then we don't talk about the physical activity because, I mean, the same thing when people ask me, like, what should I eat to lose weight?

And I always say less because there is no magic bullet.

But the physical activity, we know from all hypercaloric diets that if you actually are on a hypercaloric diet, that two sessions of resistance exercise throughout the week prevents the lean mass loss.

So...

Maybe instead of focusing on the protein, focus on physical activity in order to maintain your fat-free mass by doing two resistance exercise sessions a week.

Much more important than the protein.

And they're in the resistance training.

Yes.