The purpose of this study is to find out how early time-restricted eating affects body rhythms and improves cardiometabolic health in older adults.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
The participants will be asked to fast for a target of 16 hours per day (eat ad libitum within the 8-hour eating window, starting between 6:30-8:30 am), 6 days/week for 12 weeks. Participants will be allowed to consume calorie-free beverages, sugar-free gum, and will be encouraged to drink plenty of water throughout the entire intervention period.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Blood glucose
measured by the continuous glucose monitor
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
Heart rate variability
measured by the Holter monitor
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
Systolic Blood pressure
measured by the ambulatory blood pressure monitor
Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks
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