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Don’t all humans fast overnight pretty much always?
by keymone 5y ago
Don’t all humans fast overnight pretty much always?
- cfn 5y agoNope, lots get up in the middle of the night to eat.
- keymone 5y agoSurely that is an eating disorder or beginning of one?
- cfn 5y agoI am not sure. I have a sister who used to do that and she wasn't overweight neither had any obvious eating disorder. Maybe it was because she was an athlete? I know other people with obvious weight problems that wake up in the middle of the night to eat and maybe for those it might be considered a disorder.
- birdyrooster 5y agoThese people that want to live in their 80s or beyond boggle me. Who wants to stick around that long when you have so many contemporaneous failures of the body all crashing down on you? Better to just die catastrophically in your early to mid 70s and save yourself a drab decade or two.
- solveit 5y agoSome people are healthier in their 80s than others in their 60s. The point is to be healthy for as long as possible.
- avalys 5y agoIf you're not careful, your body will start failing at age 65 and you'll live a drab decade until croaking at 75. If you want to avoid that, and want to stay healthy and vibrant until 75, you have pretty much the same goals as someone who wants to live to 95.
- tejohnso 5y ago> athlete I've heard of strength training regimens that call for a middle of the night protein shake supplement. But given how crucial rest is, I've always been skeptical of that idea.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoHalf of the developed world has an eating disorder.
- EGreg 5y agoNot so sure after all: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783
- Someone 5y agoThis article discusses 20-hour long fasting periods that include a night, say from 2 PM till 10 AM the following day.
- Jensson 5y agoAlso note that it did 20 hour fasts in a fruit fly. Fruit flies metabolism acts a bit quicker than humans, that would probably correspond to a multi day fast for a human.
- detaro 5y agofor 20 hours?
- Jensson 5y ago8 hours between meals isn't fasting by any definition. That is the average you get when you eat the normal 3 times a day.
- kbenson 5y ago> 8 hours between meals isn't fasting by any definition. Funny what we call eating in the morning then, isn't it? (also, not everyone eats only at designated meal times. People snack.)
- nkozyra 5y ago> Funny what we call eating in the morning then, Sure, but ostensibly we're not eating right before bed. If dinner is at 7 or 8 and breakfast is at 7 or 8 that's 50% more time than an equal meal distribution throughout the day.
- vincentmarle 5y agoYes, and you "break" the "fast" every morning.
- EGreg 5y agoI see what you did there. Good use of the period at the end!
- bigwavedave 5y ago> I see what you did there. It's not a play on words, "breaking the fast" is where the word comes from :).
- EGreg 5y agoI know. I was being humorous!
- bigwavedave 5y agoMy mistake! Have a pleasant day :)