The issue with Ramadan is that they eat at night. It is indeed intermittent fasting, but it is not as good as intermittent fasting where you eat during the day,

The issue with Ramadan is that they eat at night. It is indeed intermittent fasting, but it is not as good as intermittent fasting where you eat during the day, because eating is related to peripheral oscillators of our circadian rhythm. I heard about that a few weeks ago while listening to this podcast by Dr. Rhonda Patrick: http://tim.blog/2017/05/04/smart-drugs-fasting-and-fat-loss/ http://tim.blog/2017/05/04/smart-drugs-fasting-and-fat-loss/ This article might also be of interest: http://minimalwellness.com/mealtiming/ http://minimalwellness.com/mealtiming/ As well as this video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R-eqJDQ2nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R-eqJDQ2nU