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• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by excessive accumulation of fat in the liver not caused by alcohol consumption, is a major cause of chronic liver disease.
• Obese people are at increased risk of NAFLD, and weight loss can help reduce liver fat levels and improve NAFLD symptoms.
• A recent randomized clinical trial compared the effectiveness of a time-restricted diet with reduced calorie intake and regular daily calorie restriction in reducing liver fat levels in patients with NAFLD.
• The study found that both time-restricted eating and daily calorie restriction resulted in similar reductions in liver fat content and other markers of liver dysfunction.
• These results suggest that reducing calorie intake may be more important than merely restricting food intake within a specific time window for the management of NAFLD.

Time-restricted eating Involves restricting all food intake to specific time windows during the day.Some doctors consider it a better strategy For long-term weight loss, it’s better than simple calorie restriction because it’s better for long-term adherence.

A recent randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open showed that calorie restriction with or without a time-restricted diet resulted in similar reductions in liver fat levels and improvements in metabolic markers.

These results underscore the importance of calorie restriction and time-restricted eating in the management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and other metabolic disorders.

However, time-restricted eating improved insulin sensitivity to a greater extent than conventional calorie restriction.