adoptspring's Journal, 20 June 2018

It may depend on what you eat and how you feel. Some of us were raised to believe that fasting will kill us, but historically, fasting was a common practice. Why else do we store energy in our fat cells? I found this to be helpful: https://www.dietdoctor.com/intermittent-fasting/questions-and-answers If the full address does not post, use dietdoctor.com intermittent-fasting questions-and-answers and replace the spaces with hashtags. 

With all else being equal it shouldn’t have any significant detrimental effects 

I agree, nothing wrong with allowing the body to have a break and work on some of your fat stores to feed itself. As long as you are not under a doctors supervision and it would cause harm.  

[Good reference, Mooglemynes!] Intermittent fasting promotes "autophagy" ("self-digestion"), a process of rejuvenation. The body sheds unneeded cellular structures -- like aging or damaged mitochondria ... and fat, and "redundant" skin! From an NIH article: "Originally characterized as a hormonal and starvation response, we now know that autophagy has a broader role in biology, including organellar remodeling, protein and organelle quality control, prevention of genotoxic stress, tumor suppression, pathogen elimination, regulation of immunity and inflammation, maternal DNA inheritance, metabolism, and cellular survival. ... On October 3, 2016, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for 'discoveries of the mechanisms for autophagy'." The article is a need feast! Read it at: __________ https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pmc/ articles/ PMC5240711/ _______ (Delete the spaces after the slashes after copying and pasting the address to your browser.) 

If you are hypoglycemic, have thyroid problems or on specific meds; this could be problematic. Additionally, many dieticians as well as doctors will say you need to kickstart your metabolism or break the fast, aka: breakfast! 

NERD FEAST!! 

If weight loss is necessary, hyperinsulinemia (too much insulin) is more of a problem than hypoglycemia (too little blood sugar). You need to know your body. Consuming carbohydrate (and even salivating, chewing, or thinking about eating -- the "cephalgic effect"!) triggers insulin secretion. Intermittent fasting combined with a LCHF/ketogenic diet lowers insulin levels naturally and encourages stored fat burning. Generally, for Weight loss, boosting metabolism (burning all macronutrients; i.e., carbohydrate, protein, and fat) gives a leg up to calorie deficit and weight loss. However, for my money, boosting fat metabolism is a better bang for the diet buck. It's working well for me! 

The biggest indicator will be how you feel. If you feel run down or tired afterward, maybe it isn't a good idea, but if you end up feeling fine afterward, it could just be that your body has gotten enough nutrients and calories the proceeding days so it doesn't need anymore fuel for a while. I shoot for 1800 cal/day so I don't lose more than 1 lb a week. Some days I'll have 2000+ while others are under 600. This isn't intentional, its just because I'm just not hungry, but still have plenty of energy. It all balances out in the end for me. 

I think it’s good for you periodically. Just based on my experience.