The impact of prolonged fasting on 24h energy metabolism in healthy, lean males: a randomized cross-over trial

Human energy expenditure and substrate oxidation are under circadian control and food intake is a time cue for the human biological clock, leading to 24h feeding-fasting cycles in energy and substrate metabolism. In recent years, (intermittent) fasting protocols have also become popular to improve metabolic health. Here, we aimed to investigate the impact of food intake on the 24h patterns of energy metabolism as well as to provide data on the timeline of changes in energy metabolism that occur upon an extended period of fasting.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - October 11, 2023 Category: Nutrition Authors: Charlotte Andriessen, Daniel Doligkeit, Esther Moonen-Kornips, Marco Mensink, Matthijs K.C. Hesselink, Joris Hoeks, Patrick Schrauwen Tags: Original article Source Type: research