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Is it not normal to not eat between 10pm and noon? I'm not sure it counts as fasting if you are eating on the normal schedule.

donkeyd 7y ago
It's a 14 hour fast, as was mentioned in the article. Most people i know eat breakfast when they go to work, between 6 and 8am and people often tend to snack late at night. There's even the saying that 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day', so yeah I'd say that not eating until noon is not normal.
- Retra 7y ago
  "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a saying too, but it doesn't mean people are eating apples regularly. If anything, it means people are not doing it as much as someone thinks they should. It could easily be the case that we have such a saying because people don't regularly eat breakfast.
  - wysifnwyg 7y ago
    An apple a day keeps the doctor away only works if you've got good aim.
  - WaltPurvis 7y ago
    There is actual data available if you care to google it.
- ThePirateofOz 7y ago
  The whole breakfast being the most important meal of the day, was merely a marketing stunt by Grape Nuts. https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/ https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/
  - lhl 7y ago
    The history of breakfast cereal preceding that is even more bizarre, being driven largely by John Kellogg’s desire to stamp out masturbation. Also by the Pricenomics guys: https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2016/05/17/the-surprising-reason-why-dr-john-harvey-kellogg-invented-corn-flakes/#626334716997 https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2016/05/17/the-sur...
Someone1234 7y ago
Or your normal schedule involves a fasting period. This comes back to the whole "is breakfast the most important meal of the day or damaging our health?" question. A lot of people who skip breakfast are still consuming calories anyway (e.g. that morning coffee with cream/sugar in it).
matwood 7y ago
It counts as fasting and is one of the easiest ways to start doing IF.
WaltPurvis 7y ago
No, it is not normal. A large majority of people eat before 9 a.m. on most days.
- pbhjpbhj 7y ago
  I'd be interested in a citation to show how large a majority. I'm one of those "haven't eaten breakfast since I was a kid" types (I have a coffee with semi-skimmed milk, if I eat breakfast I'm ravenous and want a snack before lunch).
reallydude 7y ago
I haven't eaten before noon regularly, since I was 10, nor does my wife. I'm not unique among my friends, each who are thin and eat 2 meals a day (sometimes snacks). I'm over 40. My mom, who is losing weight, eats exactly twice a day at 10a and 10p with a snack for lunch. I don't know a person who eats a regular measurable breakfast at work, excepting the occasional company bagels and morning coffees (we don't drink coffee either). I never questioned the normalcy of it, since I know so many others who have the same pattern shrug
prostoalex 7y ago
If eat == any caloric intake beyond negligible, then yeah, it's abnormal, in American culture at least. A lot of people who think they don't eat until late are ignoring calorie-loaded and frequently sugar-loaded lattes, cappuccinos or juices that fill them up with calories in liquid format.

donkeyd 7y ago

It's a 14 hour fast, as was mentioned in the article. Most people i know eat breakfast when they go to work, between 6 and 8am and people often tend to snack late at night. There's even the saying that 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day', so yeah I'd say that not eating until noon is not normal.

Retra 7y ago
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a saying too, but it doesn't mean people are eating apples regularly. If anything, it means people are not doing it as much as someone thinks they should. It could easily be the case that we have such a saying because people don't regularly eat breakfast.
- wysifnwyg 7y ago
  An apple a day keeps the doctor away only works if you've got good aim.
- WaltPurvis 7y ago
  There is actual data available if you care to google it.
ThePirateofOz 7y ago
The whole breakfast being the most important meal of the day, was merely a marketing stunt by Grape Nuts. https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/ https://priceonomics.com/how-breakfast-became-a-thing/
- lhl 7y ago
  The history of breakfast cereal preceding that is even more bizarre, being driven largely by John Kellogg’s desire to stamp out masturbation. Also by the Pricenomics guys: https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2016/05/17/the-surprising-reason-why-dr-john-harvey-kellogg-invented-corn-flakes/#626334716997 https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2016/05/17/the-sur...

Someone1234 7y ago

Or your normal schedule involves a fasting period. This comes back to the whole "is breakfast the most important meal of the day or damaging our health?" question. A lot of people who skip breakfast are still consuming calories anyway (e.g. that morning coffee with cream/sugar in it).

matwood 7y ago

It counts as fasting and is one of the easiest ways to start doing IF.

WaltPurvis 7y ago

No, it is not normal. A large majority of people eat before 9 a.m. on most days.

pbhjpbhj 7y ago
I'd be interested in a citation to show how large a majority. I'm one of those "haven't eaten breakfast since I was a kid" types (I have a coffee with semi-skimmed milk, if I eat breakfast I'm ravenous and want a snack before lunch).

reallydude 7y ago

I haven't eaten before noon regularly, since I was 10, nor does my wife. I'm not unique among my friends, each who are thin and eat 2 meals a day (sometimes snacks). I'm over 40. My mom, who is losing weight, eats exactly twice a day at 10a and 10p with a snack for lunch. I don't know a person who eats a regular measurable breakfast at work, excepting the occasional company bagels and morning coffees (we don't drink coffee either). I never questioned the normalcy of it, since I know so many others who have the same pattern shrug

prostoalex 7y ago

If eat == any caloric intake beyond negligible, then yeah, it's abnormal, in American culture at least. A lot of people who think they don't eat until late are ignoring calorie-loaded and frequently sugar-loaded lattes, cappuccinos or juices that fill them up with calories in liquid format.