Originally Posted by
Biker395
<br />Noodling around those references, I found this article:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680567/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680567/</a><br /><br />Noteworthy to me was this quote:<br /><br />"<span style="color:#212121;">People should also be wary of books written for broad audiences that explain the science behind fasting or any other health trend, he says. One purpose of writing a book for the consumer market, after all, is to sell as many copies as possible. Authors tend to present only evidence supporting their point of view, suggests Freedland, while ignoring evidence that contradicts it. “It’s a lot of spin when you write a book.”</span>
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Note that your cited article is from 2013, before most longevity science research was published, and prior to the understanding of cellular aging mechanisms such as autophagy. Since that time a massive amount of research on these topics has been conducted and published, though usually only in professional journals, which is why it's a little difficult to sum up for laypersons. Also note that the quote provided is opposed to consumer market publications, which is not what we're talking about here. The support for intermittent fasting has come through peer-reviewed research published in scientific journals. Try this one, which is the one summarized in Dr. Ekberg's youtube video. Note that you'll have to sign in to get a free read of the article: <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1905136">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1905136</a>