carorees wrote: simcoeluv wrote: Hi and welcome:
16:8 is not fasting. Under it you can eat as much of anything you want 8 hours each day. At best, you skip breakfast, and, if you don't compensate by eating it later in the day, you find yourself on a reduced calorie diet.
Good Luck!
I have to disagree. 16 hours is fasting. There are studies showing the increase in ketones occurring after just a few hours without food. How long depends on glycogen stores. For a woman, 16 hours should be enough to get lower insulin and increased fat burning. But as you say, it's important not to overeat in the 8 hours. I think attention to carbs is important as it helps keep insulin down.
I have to disagree.
I guess if you want to define fasting as not eating for a long enough period so ketones occur, a person with low glycogen stores is fasting if they don't eat between meals.
But that is not my point. My point is that 16:8 is not inherently helpful for weight loss or better health.
If you follow 16:8 to the letter, you can eat as much food as you want (or can) of any kind (from celery to pure sugar) every day.
16:8 is fun to talk about, and sells books. I mean, really, a diet that allows you to eat as much of anything you want every day? Skip the book, and just eat less than your TDEE every day, and over time you will lose weight. If you skip breakfast, or lunch, fine. If you skip breakfast, lunch and dinner, then you are fasting (and probably losing weight).