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Intermittent fasting does not equal caloric restriction. It is only an arrangement on when you eat, not how much you eat.
by mgiannopoulos 5y ago
Intermittent fasting does not equal caloric restriction. It is only an arrangement on when you eat, not how much you eat.
- Pfhreak 5y agoPedantically, yes. However folks who use it for dieting use it as a tool to restrict calories. There's a reasonable upper limit to the amount someone will eat in one meal, and by delaying their meals they are able to simply reduce the amount they consume in one day.
- mgiannopoulos 5y agoJudging from experience of several years on a 16-8 fasting protocol, it’s super easy to overeat. All it takes is a bag of chips and a couple of cokes :)
- pessimizer 5y agoRestricting when you can eat limits the amount you can eat, because humans have a limited storage capacity and throughput.
- mgiannopoulos 5y agoDepends on what you eat. There are plenty of calorie-dense foods that are super easy to consume without much thinking (potato chips, Coca Cola, chocolate, etc) You can still overeat on a fasting schedule.
- URSpider94 5y agoStudies have shown that any weight loss benefits of intermittent fasting correlate directly to how many fewer calories you eat, and nothing else.
- 1270018080 5y agoWhen it comes to diet, consuming fewer calories than you burn in a day is literally only way to lose weight. Anything else is a cheap mind trick.
- saurik 5y agoOk, but almost no one disputes that, right? The argument is whether intermittent fasting makes it easier--for any number of reasons, such as causing you to feel less hungry or force you into a better schedule or whatever--to cause you to eat less calories.
- URSpider94 5y agoMany people do, actually. They argue that fasting “reprograms your metabolism” or changes how your body digests food or the like. If you think of it as a different way to effect caloric restriction, then you’re on the right track.