023: Are Diet Breaks/Refeeds Useful? When? How? Why?

Diet Breaks are a dieting strategy that may help improve weight
loss efficiency.


Are they useful? What are some benefits (psychological and
physiological)?


When do you implement diet break or refeed? How? And, why might
you want to?


Notes: Other terms used include ‘Non-Linear Dieting, intermittent
energy restriction, or refeed./Diet Breaks are NOT formally
defined; a "cheat" or excuse to binge!





Articles/Mentions:


Continuous versus intermittent moderate energy restriction
for increased fat mass loss and fat free mass retention in adult
athletes: protocol for a randomised controlled trial-the ICECAP
trial (Intermittent versus Continuous Energy restriction Compared
in an Athlete Population) -
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000423

Intermittent energy restriction improves weight loss
efficiency in obese men: the MATADOR study -
 https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.206



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