Brunch and early-day eating helps muscle gain and fat loss in women
Combine eating earlier in the day with 3 x week quick resistance training and up your protein for results, says a new study from Japan
The claim that women shouldn’t do time-restricted eating (a popular form of intermittent fasting) because it “can lead to muscle loss” has puzzled me for years.
Not just from following the science since about 2013, but working with many women in my workshops and 1-2-1 nutritional therapy coaching work, and writing a book on the subject HERE.
Some clinicians say they’ve seen muscle loss in women with fasting, which I don’t doubt. Because here’s the thing.
When it comes to intermittent fasting the devil is very much in the detail to get the benefits. Doing your eating and fasting at any old time of day is unlikely to get desirable results.
Once you catch onto what the special details are, especially for women – you can probably fast while building muscle without worry.
So when I spotted a new small study from Japan the other day I was keen to dig into the detail and find what the takeaways are for females wanting to hold onto muscle (or increase it), and reduce fat with regular fasting.