• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    5 months ago

    Except that’s not what 99% of the punditorium espouses - for the last 15 years it’s been a continuous litany of “intermittent fasting is THE answer”, and anyone disagreeing is roundly condemned.

    Despite 80 years of diabetes research that contradicts much of the argument for fasting.

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      5 months ago

      Well yes, don’t listen to people who say, “this is THE solution and everything else is nonsense.”

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      5 months ago

      All weight loss diets are just social engineering imo. If you find a way to fool yourself into eating less good for you.

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        23 hours ago

        Basically. Intermittent fasting actually means that I stopped eating too big of breakfasts or shit like donuts in the break room, drinking excessively sugary coffees, and binge-eating crap after dinner. That’s how the weight comes off.

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      5 months ago

      There’s also the crowd that claims intermittent fasting inherently makes the individual healthier, live longer, have more energy and mental clarity, …

      To get away from the idea that weight loss might be the only focus here.