Ruth Patterson, Ph.D. on Time-Restricted Eating in Humans & Breast Cancer Prevention
Her research demonstrates that a simple 13-hour overnight fast, starting early in the evening (7-8 PM), can reduce breast cancer recurrence risk by 40% and improve metabolic markers like HbA1c, independent of weight losssummaryThe timing of the fast matters: the metabolic benefits (reduced inflammation and improved HbA1c) are most significant when the fast starts early in the evening (7-8 PM) rather than late at night.takeaway“When you're talking to people who skip breakfast, I think skipping breakfast is actually a marker of eating at night. Because if you stop eating early in the evening and don't eat for 13 hours, when you wake up you're squote














