Intermittent fasting prompts anti-inflammatory response
I’ve been doing IF with some interruptions for about 10 years. It’s absolutely changed my life because before that I was steadily gaining about 5-20lbs per year and it had really added up over my 20s. Now I’m 39 in the best shape of my life.<p>So I’m invested in this technique, but I really believe the primary and possibly exclusive benefit is simply calorie restriction.<p>In a typical “diet” you attempt to restrict calories by remove foods from your diet. The problem is, cravings are real, abstinence doesn’t work, and there are always new foods and new temptations.<p>On an IF regimen, you restrict calories by removing eating hours from your day. You don’t have to abstain from anything. Temptation is managed by just having a little patience until your next meal.<p>Possibly there is a deeper truth to why this lifestyle works but I personally like the simplicity of it.<p>It’s like a rate limiter, for daily food intake.