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All of the recent research has made it obvious that as long as we are in a post-absorptive state (12 hours after eating), every hour of fasting racks up the sam
by bryans 5y ago
All of the recent research has made it obvious that as long as we are in a post-absorptive state (12 hours after eating), every hour of fasting racks up the same benefits, regardless of whether it's a prolonged or intermittent fast. Most intermittent plans will allow for 3-4 post-absorptive hours per day, and after a month, the benefits are basically identical to that of someone who fasts for 5 consecutive days per month. Both result in ~120 hours of post-absorption.
Autophagy seems to be an on-off switch instead of a spectrum of effectiveness, so an hour is an hour, even if you're doing it "wrong."
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- evnix 5y ago> Autophagy seems to be an on-off switch instead of a spectrum of effectiveness This is some really useful info, I always thought it was a spectrum. would you please be able to point to some papers on this?
- netizen-936824 5y agoI'm interested as well, I'd love to read more if someone knows of some research
- sul_tasto 5y agoI found this to be very informative: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257056/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6257056/
- collyw 5y agoDo you have any links where I could read more? I do fast now and then, I did it more strictly in the past, but I am naturally pretty skinny so I don't want to loose weight. These days I can do 18 hours without too much effort, but it doesn't feel as beneficial as when I would do 36 hours (admittedly with 600 calories, based loosely around teh 5-2 diet). There are more benefits than just autophagy.