Re:Evidence that overnight fasting could extend healthy life...
by tejohnso on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:34PM
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Many people snack right up until bedtime (sometimes even literally in bed) and then rush to feed again the second they wake up. So technically, there is a fast during sleep, but technically, there is a fast every second you don't have food in your mouth, I suppose.
The point is, duration is important. I don't know if there's a standard, but in the intermittent fasting literature, 18/6 is one of the common schedules, so you'd eat from noon to 6pm for example. The other 18 hours would be 0 calorie intake hours.
Rather than fixed schedules, what you need is a period of time long enough that your body enters ketosis rather than using energy directly from glucose. The schedules are a rough guideline.
The point is, duration is important. I don't know if there's a standard, but in the intermittent fasting literature, 18/6 is one of the common schedules, so you'd eat from noon to 6pm for example. The other 18 hours would be 0 calorie intake hours.
Rather than fixed schedules, what you need is a period of time long enough that your body enters ketosis rather than using energy directly from glucose. The schedules are a rough guideline.