re: Can fasting be healthy?

If I put a dash of milk or creamer in my morning coffee, does that kill a fast?

currently doing intermittent fasting:

usually have a BCAA drink in the AM and eat lunch thru 8pm. Then don't eat anymore.

Seems to be working.

I like IF but I don't see 6 meals a burden or a wrong way to diet. It isn't that it "speeds up metabolism" because I know it doesn't or if it does it is marginal at best. However, I do find that when I diet and it is lower in calories, I do best when I have a constant supply of food and don't worry about being hungry by the time lunch time comes around. I did IF on a diet not too long ago and liked it but I was eating around 2000-2200 calories and could fit larger meals. On this PSMF, I eat so little calories that if I had half of my total calories at lunch and did IF, I would probably fall off the wagon.

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I like IF but I don't see 6 meals a burden or a wrong way to diet. It isn't that it "speeds up metabolism" because I know it doesn't or if it does it is marginal at best. However, I do find that when I diet and it is lower in calories, I do best when I have a constant supply of food and don't worry about being hungry by the time lunch time comes around. I did IF on a diet not too long ago and liked it but I was eating around 2000-2200 calories and could fit larger meals. On this PSMF, I eat so little calories that if I had half of my total calories at lunch and did IF, I would probably fall off the wagon.

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6 meals is in no way wrong, but also not a need either. The diet should be what works best for you. Granted there are hormonal benifits and other things with IF but its not some super system that works for everyone.

I disagree with George though, I think its fine for lean mass gains. All about hitting your macros. One mistake I see so many on reddit leangains sub make are they all want to cut because martin said something about not bulking until below 12-15%. But if you weigh 170 and cut, wtf are going to have left.

Also It seems like people who do leangains do so because they hate the gym and this carries over to diet. They all despise the high protein recommendations Martin makes and all justify it by saying 1g/per lb is good enough and they all wonder why they don't make progress.

I've been skeptical of fasting as well. However, I feel like I can try it for a couple of weeks to see how I feel.

This article has me wary: Fasted cardio eats muscle