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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s fine if you are overweight and need to lose a few, but there’s a ton of disordered eaters on this board who are obsessed with being “lean” and I’m sure they use it to stay that way.  Personally I don’t think IF is great for women.  It’s more suited to male hormones.  I think many women have dieted, restricted, and exercised to exhaustion and have forgotten that we need to be a little gentler on ourselves.  These things will crash your metabolism and make weight management very difficult.  I’m a normal sized woman, 5’7 and 140lbs with a good amount of muscle but also some flab, and it’s fine.  I care more about functionality and health than fitting into a size 2.  When I stopped caring about my weight (tossed my scale) and ate every day to fullness while maintaining a diet full of meat, dairy, carbs and tons of fruits and veggies I didn’t gain anything and actually have a lot more energy.  I just focus on limiting junk and make sure to eat mostly real, unprocessed food 85% of the time.[/quote]

If you have read the research on fasting (and there is a lot of it out there), you would realize that fasting and caloric restriction have very different metabolic effects. [/quote]

I have read the research and was speaking from personal experience.  IF disrupted my cycle, caused the worst cystic acne I’ve ever experienced, and insomnia.  The research points to these issues as well.  It may work for some folks but like everything else, your mileage may vary.[/quote]

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