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Perhaps his comment came because he is biased towards his nutritional advice.
I agree that calling IF a fad is baseless. Combined with a paleo type diet it is technically the most tried and true protocol we have.
I looked at his pics on twitter… Let me just say, I refuse to take nutritional advice from someone who looks unhealthy. Likewise for fitness advice.
He’s a big boy and I respect that he’s probably as strong and tough as an ox. But if anything, he’d likely benefit tremendously from an IF protocol.
It’s easier to label things as unimportant fads, rather than admit your own shortcomings. He included bulletproof coffee as a fad… yes, some over-emphasize its role, and perhaps Dave Asprey is a bit cooky… but there is substantiated science behind saturated fats and MCTs regarding energy, satiety and more. If anything, such baseless comments would cause the educated reader to question his credibility.
ReplyThanks, Derek, perceptive comments. Bulletproof coffee isn’t a bad thing, as you say, and I think it can be useful for those trying to lose weight. I’ve tried it a few times and it has a kick and helps with getting the brain going. Though I bet Asprey would have an even bigger following if he put theanine in it. As for the rugby player, I really don’t think you need to choose between being muscular and being healthy, but that’s the bias out there.
ReplyQuestion– I eat once a day and get what exercise I can, and I try to make my dinner as close to Atkins as possible whenever possible. But I don’t list like I should, and my main goal is health, ease of dieting, and being able to keep playing basketball, so for me it works great.
However, and maybe you all have covered this, but when I was sending a friend links about doing it they found this:
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/negative-effects-eating-one-meal-day-3296.html
Not sure if those are valid concerns really, just curious.
Replymeant ‘lift’ not ‘list’ but only real question is if that SFGate article is exaggerating the negatives or something obvious like that
ReplyI don’t want to be in the position of dismissing science that doesn’t fit with my views, and I’d have to take a closer look at each of those. For instance, blood pressure was higher: by how much? I doubt that it would be enough to raise it into pathological territory. Weaker immune system: the piece itself points out how that could be an advantage. Essentially what they’re saying is less inflammation (I believe), and they mention that asthma sufferers could benefit from it. Indeed, one study of alternate day fasting found that asthma decreased. (This was a case study with only a few participants.) One nutrition pundit I know of has been flogging a lot of studies lately that show that people who skip breakfast are more prone to being overweight.
Contrast that with the known benefits of calorie restriction on lifespan, and the evidence that IF effectively mimics CR. Ultimately I think I’d need strong evidence that eating in a style more in line with how animals and paleo humans ate was harmful, and I don’t see that, I see almost entirely benefits.
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