Time-Restricted Eating

Time-restricted eating (TRE) is a form of intermittent fasting where you eat all your meals within a set window each day — typically 8 to 10 hours — and fast for the remaining 14 to 16 hours. This approach helps regulate your body’s internal clock and can naturally reduce calorie intake without counting every meal.

Time-restricted eating (TRE) is a chrononutrition strategy that restricts daily energy intake to a consistent 6–12 hour window without explicit caloric prescription. Mechanistically, TRE aligns feeding with circadian biology, improving insulin sensitivity, enhancing autophagy, and modulating gut microbiome composition. Meta-analyses show 1–4% body weight reduction over 8–12 weeks, with additional cardiometabolic benefits independent of weight loss.

TRE offers a simple, flexible eating pattern that many patients find easier to sustain than traditional calorie counting. Dr Joseph Wang can help you determine whether TRE is safe and suitable for your specific health circumstances.