Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Intermittent fasting might describe: • time-restricted eating (which 16:8 is a subset of) • alternate-day fasting ... or... • prolonged fasting (2+ days)
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Intermittent fasting might describe: • time-restricted eating (which 16:8 is a subset of) • alternate-day fasting ... or... • prolonged fasting (2+ days)
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Worse still, the research world has historically used this term for intervals that are the metabolic equivalent to something closer to prolonged fasting (48+ hrs in humans).
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.