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“Does (insert food or drink X) break a fast?” is a common question of those doing time restricted eating. As Dr @SatchinPanda and I discuss on the Huberman Lab podcast, the answer is always contextual, based on activity & blood sugar.
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Glucose level at time of ingestion of anything is what sets the context.
What breaks a fast is contextual.
The fact of the matter is that's going to be highly individual because it's going to depend on how sensitive your blood sugar. And more accurately, it's going to depend on things like your insulin sensitivity.
It depends on when you ate how much you ate and where you are in your circadian cycle.
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.