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alwillis on Dec 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intermittent fasting may negate need for diabetes ...

It's probably a 5:2 fast—five days of intermittent fasting and two days of 500-600 calories [1].

On the fasting days, it could be 16 hours of fasting and an 8-hour feeding window (16:8 in the fasting lingo).

[1]: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/the-5-2-diet-guide

Johnny555 on Dec 15, 2022 [–]

If they are doing intermittent fasting, then why do they have to "reintroduce" foods during the 10 day feeding window, when they've been eating food every day?

foxyv on Dec 15, 2022 | [–]

These are probably foods that weren't allowed during the eating windows.

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