IF is only really about weight loss as an ancillary benefit to the actual benefits. It's incredibly easy to gain weight on IF if you are trying - just eat more

IF is only really about weight loss as an ancillary benefit to the actual benefits. It's incredibly easy to gain weight on IF if you are trying - just eat more - but IF helps you eat less via about a half-dozen different vectors. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-weight-loss/ http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fasting-weight-loss/ The above is a good meta-resource on how and why IF helps you eat less.