How long should our fasting windows be? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #203

How long should our fasting windows be? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #203

Author: Chris Masterjohn, PhD February 16, 2021 Duration: 4:10

Question: How long should our fasting windows be?

I think someone who eats three meals a day and no snacking is doing a form of intermittent fasting that most people aren't doing. And I don't even have a basis for believing whether that is superior, inferior, or the same as one meal a day in a 20 hour, four-hour feeding window. And so I think it's very clear that you want to cycle through the fed and fasted states. I think exactly how you do that is all trial and error and anecdotal accumulation of anecdotes and experiences at this point.

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