Don’t all humans fast overnight pretty much always?
for 20 hours?
Evidence that overnight fasting could extend healthy lifespan [pdf]
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#12How can you have a 28 hour feeding cycle? The article states that they alternated a 20 hour fast with a 28 hour feeding cycle. Doesn't the 28 hour feeding cycle also include a fast since the fruit flies will sleep at night?
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#13Don’t all humans fast overnight pretty much always?
8 hours between meals isn't fasting by any definition. That is the average you get when you eat the normal 3 times a day.
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#14would some IRB clearance be needed for this study? Would fruit flies have any IRB concern?
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, lots get up in the middle of the night to eat.
Surely that is an eating disorder or beginning of one?
I am not sure. I have a sister who used to do that and she wasn't overweight neither had any obvious eating disorder. Maybe it was because she was an athlete?
I know other people with obvious weight problems that wake up in the middle of the night to eat and maybe for those it might be considered a disorder.
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#17Don’t all humans fast overnight pretty much always?
8 hours between meals isn't fasting by any definition. That is the average you get when you eat the normal 3 times a day.
> 8 hours between meals isn't fasting by any definition.
Funny what we call eating in the morning then, isn't it? (also, not everyone eats only at designated meal times. People snack.)
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#18Little more data and research on fasting: Fasting is fountain of youth:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/01/health/fasting-longevity-food...
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#19I fast every week once (dinner to dinner). I find the benefits overall - 1. Better control on cravings for food.
2. Feel quite relaxed internally by evening.
3. Slight weight loss.
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#20Even 16h-8h fast-feed periods are great for long-term health. Skipping breakfast with plain coffee for me have worked perfectly. Now I'll transition to a 8am-4pm feed period schedule, I've heard that it may improve sleep quality going with empty stomach to bed.