So, I’ve been reading about how IF works.
Some ‘experts’ say you eat less calories as you have a shorter eating window hence weight loss
Others say that after around 12 hours of fasting, your body starts to use stored fat for energy instead of energy from food intake. So if you fast for 16 hours (as I do 16:8) then your body spends 4 hours a day, burning stored fat.
I like the second theory... that sounds like it would work. But reading the first theory blows it for me because I probably eat the same calories in 8 hours as I did when I was just doing a normal calorie controlled diet. I just eat more filling meals (2 instead of 3 in a day plus I stop all snacking during the fast)
Anyone know which theory is correct?
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Fasting / 5:2 diet
Intermittent Fasting... the truth?
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Orlando234 · 13/01/2021 11:24
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