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wasoxygen · 946 days ago · link · · parent · post: Intermittent Fasting Not Better Than Regular Dieting, Year-Long Trial Finds (n=139)
But both groups in this study restricted calories. So I wouldn’t conclude that intermittent fasting works as well as calorie restriction, just that it doesn’t improve calorie restriction. I agree that a better study would measure intermittent fasting versus no rules at all.People doing intermittent fasting, as I understand it, are trying not to calorie count. Therefore, comparing its effects to calorie counting really misses the point.
We randomly assigned 139 patients with obesity to time-restricted eating (eating only between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) with calorie restriction or daily calorie restriction alone.