intermittent fasting?

feisty_bucket

Nobody's talking about autophagy? IMO, it's the most interesting part of fasting.

RodaRose

feisty_bucket wrote: »

Nobody's talking about autophagy? IMO, it's the most interesting part of fasting.

Absolutely!
http://roguehealthandfitness.com/how-to-increase-autophagy-for-lifespan-extension/

One characteristic of aging is the accumulation of damage, and this is largely due to the failure of autophagy to attain normal functional levels.
From this statement, it can be seen that bringing levels of autophagy to youthful levels can ameliorate aging by clearing out damaged parts of the cell.

http://www.nature.com/cdd/journal/v16/n1/full/cdd2008139a.html

The pathway protects cells against the accumulation of damaged organelles, protein aggregates, and microbes; protects cells against oncogenesis; protects cells against cancer therapies, protects cardiac cells against hemodynamic stress; and protects infected cells by activating immune defenses.
Thus, the frequent presence of autophagy in dying cells may represent a failed attempt of cytoprotection, rather than a mechanistic contribution to cell death; hence, we propose that autophagy is largely a ‘cell death impostor.’

eviegreen

I started intermittent fasting when my body hit a "normal" BMI and I was finding it more and more difficult to eat at a daily deficit because my activity levels went up this winter.

So I switched to 5:2, with maintenance days being my workout days, and the twice a week fast days being my rest days. I've found it really helpful so far; I lost about 5lbs October/November (at a loss of about .5-.7 a week, which is about right for me), and I'm looking to cut another 10-15 in 2016. I find I eat a little more the day after a fast (and a little less the day after that), so I always make sure to put at least 2 days between my fast days, and certainly never fast two days in a row.

TL;DR: It's a highly effective schedule -- for everyone -- but particularly for those looking to lose those few last pounds and are struggling with their deficit.

AlaskanIrish

https://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/5-2-fat-loss-diet-for-lifters

Maybe try this whether you're exercising or not but hopefully you are (I haven't read all of the comments here)

jacey12300

Hey!
I've been doing it a week now, we naturally fast during sleep anyway so as soon as 9 o clock hits I stop eating, have just a coffee in the morning and resume eating at lunchtime around 12:30 pm just something light and carry on with my allocated calories until 9pm again lost 7lbs the first week

ASKyle

I think it works if you naturally fall into a 16:8 pattern like I do. I don't eat breakfast anyway, so waiting until 12 to eat, having a snack or two, and then dinner before 8 is easy. If you're the type who is starving when they wake up I wouldn't recommend it.

Agree with poster who said try out different things and see what works for you. Nothing will be magical, but something will come more naturally.

cityruss

How about eating in a way that suits you, without having to give it a label or without the need to follow someone else's 'prescribed' way of eating?

filovirus76

I've been using the 5:2 IF for the last month. Sunday & Monday I restrict calorie intake to 600 cals. Usually all as a dinner and nothing else the rest of the day. 2000 cals a day for the remaining 5 days. Still a lot of tracking, but it's working for me. I needed to try something new to keep me motivated.