>>10908576Except that it isn't, especially if you're fat. IF can fix poorly regulated insulin (diabetes / prediabetes) and spikes growth hormone. Eating 3 times a day is unnatural from an evolutionary perspective, we're still built for a feast and famine pattern based on having to hunt / forage. If you're fat you can (preferably under medical supervision) literally not eat for weeks at a time or even longer, so long as you're getting adequate water / salts / vitamins. The longest properly recorded medical fast was an insane 382 days, obviously that was dangerous but it demonstrates how adaptable the body can be:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri%27s_fast>>10908581Yeah, but for people like me that only eat once per day in the evening, it seems a bit silly to call it breakfast.