Dr. Longo's research and books have been very informative on fasting. I have no ties to the for profit side of his research but I've tried a few rounds of ProLon, which is a fasting mimicking diet founded from his research. I've experienced great short and more sustained results from using it. I generally approach the work week at a split of 18/6 for IF and don't eat after 8:00P anymore. It will be great to see more research into IF for longer term studies.
18 hours of the day not eating, 6 eating. It's usually called time restricted eating/feeding or an eating window with the idea being you'd do it every day. This is in contrast to extended/prolonged fasting, which is typically 24hr+.
In general IF (intermittent fasting) is a catch-all phrase, and not a particularly helpful one.
I try to focus eating during a 6 hour window. I'm not overly strict with myself. Sometimes it ends up 16/8, but on average I'm likely right around 18/6. So I eat most weekdays between 1:00P and 7:00P.
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Dr. Longo's research and books have been very informative on fasting. I have no ties to the for profit side of his research but I've tried a few rounds of ProLon, which is a fasting mimicking diet founded from his research. I've experienced great short and more sustained results from using it. I generally approach the work week at a split of 18/6 for IF and don't eat after 8:00P anymore. It will be great to see more research into IF for longer term studies.
Could you please explain what this means, for the uninitiated?
18 hours of the day not eating, 6 eating. It's usually called time restricted eating/feeding or an eating window with the idea being you'd do it every day. This is in contrast to extended/prolonged fasting, which is typically 24hr+.
In general IF (intermittent fasting) is a catch-all phrase, and not a particularly helpful one.
I try to focus eating during a 6 hour window. I'm not overly strict with myself. Sometimes it ends up 16/8, but on average I'm likely right around 18/6. So I eat most weekdays between 1:00P and 7:00P.