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My understanding of intermittent fasting is that it can encourage "garbage collection" of the body pruning the dead/sickly cells. Weight loss/gain is still driv
by TGower 8mo ago
My understanding of intermittent fasting is that it can encourage "garbage collection" of the body pruning the dead/sickly cells. Weight loss/gain is still driven by calories in/out.
- izzydata 8mo agoIt's always calories in and calories out. The idea is that intermittent fasting makes you less hungry over time and thus you take in less calories. If they had their test subjects eat the same amount to see if intermittent fasting metabolized food better then it seems obvious that there would be little to no difference.
- techjamie 8mo agoMy SO did IF and strict calorie counting for around 2 weeks to a momth, and it drastically reduced their appetite to something more akin to a normal level. Now, they can barely finish a large meal at McDonald's without leftovers. They've cut quite a bit of weight since then and mostly have just focused on keeping their appetite low, and eating healthier more fibrous meals in general.
- thefz 8mo agoIF is not marketed for weight loss, in fact. Although it can be paired with a low carb diet to obtain some.