NCT04320784

Effects of a Time Restricted Eating Protocol on Cyclists (TRECYC)

Effects of 4 Weeks of Time Restricted Eating Protocol on Performance, Metabolism and Blood Outcomes in Elite Cyclists

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Padova · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

We sought to investigate the effects of 4 weeks of 16/8 time restricted eating (TRE) with windows of 16 hours of fasting and 8 hours of eating) on elite cyclists' performance, metabolic and blood parameters.

Detailed description

Sixteen elite under-23 cyclists were randomly assigned to a TRE group or to a control group (CTRL) with a traditional meal pattern. The TRE group consumed 100% of its estimated daily energy needs in an 8-hour time window: from 10:00 AM (ante meridiem) to 6:00 PM (post meridiem) whilst the CTRL group consumed 100% of its estimated daily energy needs in 3 meals between 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM. During the experimental period, training loads were similar in the two groups. Athletes were tested before and after 4 weeks of the intervention. Body composition , basal metabolism, performances indexes and blood parameters were measured.

Conditions

• Fasting and Performance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Time restricted eating	TRE group consumed 100% of its estimated daily energy needs in an 8-hour time window: from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
OTHER	Control	CTRL group consumed 100% of its estimated daily energy needs in 3 meals between 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-06
• Primary completion: 2018-03-30
• Completion: 2018-05-15
• First posted: 2020-03-25
• Last updated: 2020-03-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy