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[deleted] t1_j2b6n9o wrote

Reply to comment by VicodinMakesMeItchy in Intermittent Fasting significantly reduced systolic blood pressure (SBP), but not diastolic blood pressure (DBP). The effects are likely due to weight loss. by glawgii

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chadwicke619 t1_j2b9ps1 wrote

You’re missing the point. You’re body doesn’t keep track of time in the same way that we do. People who fast stop eating at, say, 8PM. At that time, their body has plenty of glucose to work with, plus there is insulin present. As you get further away from your last meal, you have less and less insulin, and less glucose just floating around, and this applies to everyone. Now, most people wake up and eat, replenishing this glucose that is floating around. Not people who fast, though. They keep on going, until the body just has to start chipping away at fat. People who don’t fast never dip into this zone where they are just walking around, burning fat - they keep the store replenished. People who fast spend a few hours a day in this zone.

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T6000 t1_j2cjjww wrote

No, I'm not missing the point. Intermittent fasting is just another fad diet that people hope will put them in a caloric deficit. I'd rather eat when I feel like it and still lose weight if I chose to by eating low calorie dense food. Most people won't find sustainability in intermittent fasting or keto.

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chadwicke619 t1_j2cphzt wrote

Well, no point debating the fact. You deleted the comment that we are discussing in the first place.

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amoose-boosh t1_j2fezzj wrote

Do what works for you, what works for some doesn’t work for all. But IF is no more of a fad than the three meal a day diet which most of us follow. For most of human history meals came sporadically - it’s relatively easy to stick to because our physiology evolved to handle it. I’ve personally done IF (OMAD) and stuck with it for over a year.

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VicodinMakesMeItchy t1_j2bysat wrote

Of course your metabolism has no idea what time it is. It doesn’t matter what time it is—after 12 hours of fasting, you have burned through your glycogen stores. It’s literally just biochemistry.

Get off your bro science high horse. You clearly don’t know as much about metabolic processes as you think you do.

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