Peter Attia· MD
in your last podcast you mentioned extended fast every quarter.
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in your last podcast you mentioned extended fast every quarter.
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what about three days every month that's about the same number of total days fasted but it's more frequent but it's probably less potent and the reason I sort of decided to try three days a month was I noticed that a couple of things happened at the end of my fasts
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.