Fasting every other day is cutting calories, technically.
Yes, I know that isn't what the term means.
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
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I thought the same thing at first, but the article states that the fasting diet in question involves reducing calories by 80% 3 days out of the week, and no restrictions the other 4. That works out to 34% overall calorie reduction per week, which is what they state as the "non-fasting" control.
So what the headline really should say is "Fasting Every Other Day Outperforms Calorie Cutting Alone"
Thanks for being the pedantic hero we need spankmonkey :)
My mental health cant take fasting every other day
Ok but I still don't want to
I wonder how this compares to limiting hours of calorie consumption. Micro fasting essentially.
I read that wrong at first, saw an r where there's an s
I saw fisting...
Combining our two misreadings, we might actually be on to something
I wonder how that will impact your overall weight in the long run. The Yoyo effect could be devastating.
Been doing this for a few years now, and I initially dropped around 15kg, from about 87 to 73 or around there, but for the last few years I've stabilized at just under 80, mainly due to the bad snacking habit I picked up during the pandemic. I expect I would drop down to about 75 if I just stopped snacking.
So yeah, it works, in the fairly long run. I think I started around 2015.