The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Fasting states generally are associated with more alertness, epinephrin so forth and fed states are generally associated with more quiescence and relaxation, serotonin, and the kind of things that lend themselves more towards sleep and less toward alertness.
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In general rule of thumb, fasted states, and low carbohydrate states, I'm not talking about a keto diet around the clock or all week but fasted states, and low carbohydrate states lend themselves to alertness. And that's because carbohydrates are rich in tryptophan, and they tend to lend themselves to sleepiness.
Many people, including everyone use food, to modulate their levels of autonomic arousal. And typically eating shifts us more towards a state of calm. And fasting shifts us more toward a state of alertness.
Fasting states generally are associated with more alertness, epinephrine, and so forth. And fed states are generally associated with more quiescence and relaxation, serotonin and the kind of things that lend themselves more towards sleep and less toward alertness.
Time-restricted eating produces fat loss independent of total calories.
A 72-hour fast measurably improves autophagy markers in healthy adults.
One-meal-a-day (OMAD) eating patterns increase all-cause mortality in long-running cohort data.
Eating the largest meal before 3pm improves 24-hour glucose vs. an evening-heavy schedule, calorie-matched.