Galloping towards well-being | Dr Pal

Time-restricted eating (TRE), also called intermittent fasting, means you limit when you eat each day to match your body’s natural clock. Your body is a complex system, with many hormones and processes that work day and night to control different functions. To make sure these tasks happen at the right times, your body follows a schedule called a circadian rhythm. Following your body’s schedule for eating can help control hormones that make you feel hungry and regulate your metabolism. Evidence from different sources suggests that melatonin, a chemical in your body, slows down the release of insulin, which affects your blood sugar levels. your body’s ability to handle insulin gets worse in the evening. This evidence suggests that melatonin encourages your pancreas to take a break, much like how it helps your brain rest during sleep. So, eating too close to bedtime or right after you wake up – before your melatonin levels go down from nighttime to daytime levels – might make it h