Intermittent fasting

[muscle99]

Intermittent fasting any good for fat loss?

[jimmybro1]

14 hours ago, muscle99 said:

Intermittent fasting any good for fat loss?

Nope. 

 

Calories in > calories  out = weight gain 

calories in < calories out = weight loss 

 

there is no magic to it. Not sure why people think  intermittent fasting has some  sort of synergistic affect. It is not phenomena. 

 

 If you restricting your calories and intermittently fasting and your restricting the calories to the same degree to not intermittently fasting the net weight loss will be the same. 

 

 Simply energy cannot be created nor destroyed . 

 

 

[jimmybro1]

 But  intermittent fasting  has been shown   to reduce the risk of certain brain diseases such as alzheimers  by limiting insulin spikes  through out the day .

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24 minutes ago, jimmybro1 said:

 But  intermittent fasting  has been shown   to reduce the risk of certain brain diseases such as alzheimers  by limiting insulin spikes  through out the day .

 

 

if not having to remember to eat is a cure then sure lol

[Pseudonym]

17 hours ago, muscle99 said:

Intermittent fasting any good for fat loss?

I spent quite some time on intermittent fasting. I liked it, but I wouldn't say it's significantly better than eating throughout the day. You MAY get a slight advantage, but by far the biggest factor is simply the number of calories - as Jimmybro says.

 

Having said that, if it's more convenient for you to eat within a certain time window, then do that. I tend to skip breakfast - partly because it makes life easier, and partly because while cuttting it means my other meals can be larger (it's the same caloric total spread over fewer meals). And then if there's any benefit from the intermittent fasting itself, I regard that as a bonus.

[jimmybro1]

Why won't intermittent fasting just DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Pseudonym]

Haha! You've got to let go of this, Jimmybro. The stress will be causing you to be all catabolic, and without the benefits of intermittent fasting to put you back into anabolism, I'm worried about you.