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I'm going to venture a guess is that the reason is it solves nothing, it simply batches the effort. You cannot fast forever. At some point you need to average

I'm going to venture a guess is that the reason is it solves nothing, it simply batches the effort. You cannot fast forever. At some point you need to average your TDEE (lets say 2k calories). Intermittent fasting means you go from eating 2k calories in like 4 meals across ~16hrs to as few as 1 meal in 15 minutes (OMAD). I'd suggest the longest sustainable (ie, doesnt _eventually_ result in starvation) intermittent fast would be a 1:1 fast where you're eating 4k calories on the day you eat. Saves a lot of ceremony, but you still have to eat the same amount of food.

generic92034 3y ago
If you are in an equilibrium and do not want to lose weight that may be true. But I think in many countries that is rather the exception than the norm.
- maerF0x0 3y ago
  sure, but even at a modest caloric deficit of 10% (~200 calories per day) using my own stats (200lb 25% body fat) I carry only about 175K calories in total (you cant lose all your fat and live to tell th etale). That would bring me down to a hard to sustain 9.9% bodyfat in under 2 yrs (about 615 days by my quick math). So yeah, even in short order it has to get to equilibrium.
  - generic92034 3y ago
    The point is that in some countries a high percentage of people are overeating all the time. They can easily do with a caloric deficit, for a long, long time.
- oefnak 3y ago
  I think mostly Americans have that problem...
  - generic92034 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r... And this is only for obesity. If you would include overweight the percentages would be much higher.
    - rootusrootus 3y ago
      This is what I think of every time someone makes an "Americans fat" comment. Sure, that's true, but if you honestly believe a 20-30% obesity rate is good then I don't know what to say. Y'all are headed the same direction pretty fast. Plus, it varies across the US. In Washington, for example, the rate (while high) is under 30%, while West Virginia is over 40%.

generic92034 3y ago

If you are in an equilibrium and do not want to lose weight that may be true. But I think in many countries that is rather the exception than the norm.

maerF0x0 3y ago
sure, but even at a modest caloric deficit of 10% (~200 calories per day) using my own stats (200lb 25% body fat) I carry only about 175K calories in total (you cant lose all your fat and live to tell th etale). That would bring me down to a hard to sustain 9.9% bodyfat in under 2 yrs (about 615 days by my quick math). So yeah, even in short order it has to get to equilibrium.
- generic92034 3y ago
  The point is that in some countries a high percentage of people are overeating all the time. They can easily do with a caloric deficit, for a long, long time.
oefnak 3y ago
I think mostly Americans have that problem...
- generic92034 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r... And this is only for obesity. If you would include overweight the percentages would be much higher.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    This is what I think of every time someone makes an "Americans fat" comment. Sure, that's true, but if you honestly believe a 20-30% obesity rate is good then I don't know what to say. Y'all are headed the same direction pretty fast. Plus, it varies across the US. In Washington, for example, the rate (while high) is under 30%, while West Virginia is over 40%.