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"The only thing that really matters is whether you eat less." Intermittent fasting != calorie restriction - you can eat the same amount. The benefits are from

• matwood 10y ago
  > Intermittent fasting != calorie restriction - you can eat the same amount. But most people will not. To keep numbers simple lets say I eat 2kcals/day. Now I decide to intermittent fast and only eat every other day. On the days I do eat, I will have a really hard time pushing down 4k cals unless I plan to make them up (when I used to bulk eating became a chore). Also, since I'm already doing IF, I'm probably a bit health conscious and likely eat pretty health on the days I do eat making it even harder to make up the missed calories. Over the course of a week and month those cals missed on the IF days but not fully made up on the eat days do add up which leads to weight loss.
  • amelius 10y ago
    That doesn't prove that "The only thing that really matters is whether you eat less" is correct.
    • dpark 10y ago
      Find the studies that show weight loss when eating in a caloric surplus while intermittent fasting.
• dpark 10y ago
  Some of the benefits are from the physiological effects of going without food for an extended period of time. Some of the benefits are also from the caloric restriction that most people experience when intermittent fasting.