Originally Posted by
hubcyclist
i'm gonna say the same things I probably said in that disaster of a thread by that one dude linked above, current peer reviewed evidence demonstrates no real difference between intermittent fasting and standard calorie restriction, so it's really a matter of folks figuring out what works best for themselves. There's a lot of pseudoscience and unproven claims made regarding IF, much like other fads there's a lot of misinformation spread to overhype it
It is true that caloric restriction and IF are sometimes conflated, particularly in animal model studies, and that this may not apply to human behavior.
But please back up your statement with citations to the peer-reviewed evidence.