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I can either lighten up or I can quit rolling my eyes. Can't do both.
Intermittent fasting has been around for a very long time. I know people who have lost weight that way but I think it's too hard on the body. It deprives your body of the constant flow of nutrients it needs.
I can see fasting for, as Anon mentioned, religious or political reasons. But for weight loss? No. It's too punishing on the system.
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I can either lighten up or I can quit rolling my eyes. Can't do both.
Intermittent fasting has been around for a very long time. I know people who have lost weight that way but I think it's too hard on the body. It deprives your body of the constant flow of nutrients it needs.
I can see fasting for, as Anon mentioned, religious or political reasons. But for weight loss? No. It's too punishing on the system.
The body does not need to be constantly fed. Having three meals a day is more about what the food industry has continually pushed and has little to do with how our ancestors lived.
The body does not need to be constantly fed. Having three meals a day is more about what the food industry has continually pushed and has little to do with how our ancestors lived.
"ADF may modulate disease risk to an extent similar to that of CR. More research is required to establish definitively the consequences of ADF"
Ie at best, based on this one study, it MAY work as well as Calorie restriction. But more research is needed.
This results in a long, rambling, mostly pseudoscientific post from this primal guy, and a ringing endorsement with total, overwhelming certainty, from a poster here.
"ADF may modulate disease risk to an extent similar to that of CR. More research is required to establish definitively the consequences of ADF"
Ie at best, based on this one study, it MAY work as well as Calorie restriction. But more research is needed.
This results in a long, rambling, mostly pseudoscientific post from this primal guy, and a ringing endorsement with total, overwhelming certainty, from a poster here.
Abuse of science, IMO.
Read all you can about it. Brad Pilon, a Canadian who graduated with honors in nutrition has written a book on it called Eat Stop Eat. It's very eye opening.
There is a ton of info online about it, do your own research.
Read all you can about it. Brad Pilon, a Canadian who graduated with honors in nutrition has written a book on it called Eat Stop Eat. It's very eye opening.
There is a ton of info online about it, do your own research.
Also, Intermittent Fasting is not new. At all. Even remotely. When I went to high school in the 1970's I'd heard about it. I didn't need it, I wasn't overweight, nor was I an athlete.
Fasting is recommended for overall health, in Ayurvedic medicine, and has been for hundreds of years. Granted, the fasting is usually 24-48 hours with only water, combined with intense meditation, gentle yoga, and private reflection, and not on a weekly basis.
But the concept itself is hundreds of years old and its use in diet has been around for decades.
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