>This really stood out to me. If this is how you feel, I strongly recommend trying out meditation. I at one point in my studies while in college felt the same

>This really stood out to me. If this is how you feel, I strongly recommend trying out meditation. I at one point in my studies while in college felt the same I run about 7-10 miles a day and mediate, and no I am not talking about me, I am talking about the effects of cortisol and chronic stress generally. And not to take away from the stress you felt in your studies, as I say stress is cortisol and the effects are the same no matter the trigger, but in the scheme of life stress in studies is very low. Consider people who have been through traumatic events war, rape, homelessness, kidnappings, murder of a loved one, the death of a child, etc... ] >You'll still see benefits as you are incorrect that, there has to be a strict limit of precisely 20 hours to get beneficial effects. I never said there are no beneficial effects of IF, caloric restriction is good for most people and IF helps that. However, I think you should read the actual Nobel Prize winner's papers and research before you say I am incorrect, or consider you are saying the Nobel Prize winner is incorrect, because I was quoting him. >It's just that the longer you fast, the more your body gets tilted towards consuming/recycling until of course you end up in starvation. No autophagy has a peak and it is far short of dying of starvation. Again read the work.