Dr. Emily Manoogian from Salk Institute talked about time restricted eating and how it can help your health and circadian rhythm. This week is Healthy Weight Week National Healthy Weight Week is observed during the third week of January. The celebration was inaugurated in 1994. It is a week dedicated to understanding the importance of maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle. The new year calls for new resolutions. The most common resolutions surround health. The key to weight loss might be as simple as this: Timing is everything. Researchers at the Salk Institute are saying WHEN you eat might be as important as WHAT you eat to lead a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Emily Manoogian studies circadian rhythm and time restricted eating, also known as intermittent fasting, and says that eating in the same ten-hour window may help to: - Lose weight – when you eat could translate to losing 3-5% - Decrease abdominal fat - Help prevent or treat diabetes - Increase resilience against infectious disease - Stave off heart disease and diabetes - Lower blood pressure and cholesterol Food, exercise, sleep, and light at the right times nurture circadian rhythm to improve health, and prevent and manage disease. Emily Manoogian is a staff scientist at Salk, where she studies biological clocks and how they impact human health. She has been a featured speaker at TEDxSanDiego and TEDx Gateway where she discussed her research on how the timing of when we eat affects our health.