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Hopefully, this study will give some serious food for thought to people who use (intermittent) fasting (IF) with the goal of losing excess weight. A recent post of mine discussed that IF is ineffective for fat loss and actually leads to loss of lean mass. The lead author of that study, himself...
I have no doubt the findings of this study will quickly get dismissed by the massive industry that has formed around the idea that ANY weight loss is a good thing, and, just as importantly, if you lose weight while torturing yourself (in this with fasting) somehow the "gains" are even more...
Intermittent fasting is still somewhat of a hot topic as it does give some people benefits (temporary and some long term). I think one of the most reasons why it works is often overlooked because a lot of people are unaware of it.
I want to bring awareness to this reason and also to the fact...