I guess the original implementation of this they at 20% of their calories every other day. On the other days they ate as normal.

I never have lost the desire to eat. It is one urge I think I shall never lose, unless I'm horribly ill.

Just an update, I am still doing this 3x-4x a week. It has gotten to be easy.

People on the message forum where I am doing this are reporting some amazing results. Diabetics with much better blood sugar control, people with chronic pain and inflammation going away, digestive disorders getting better, ezcema clearing up. Strangely enough, some people who were rather binge-y eaters are having better control. Including myself.

We have a CR (Calorie Restriction) person following along with our results telling us what we might expect. I should have CRP and SED rate results soon from before I started and then in a few more weeks, more recent ones. So that might show something interesting about my autoimmune status.

Here's the thread if anyone wants to follow it: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=309675

Found a new article about this. Very good!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...7912_1,00.html

I'm still doing this. I feel very good. My intestines have normalized for the first time in 10 months, maybe this is why, maybe due to something else.

I am following your updates with great interest.

It's always thrilling to hear when someone is feeling so much better!

Thanks Kim!

I've been talking to a CRON (Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition) person. It's a long story but just about every creature who is restricted on calories has a 30% or more longer life-span. There have been no exceptions found yet. So there are people actually doing this now and participating in experiments. Their blood test results, BP, and other signs indicate it is working well for them. It helps with all kinds of allergy and autoimmune conditions. But there are drawbacks. People tend to get grumpy, their reproductivity decreases, they get skinny, they're cold all the time. IF should avoid this.

But there are special caveats for starting this later in life. You have to ramp up slowly. Now IF seems to have the same effects as CR but I don't think the mid-life use of IF has been studied. So I am thinking of getting off this for awhile and starting up more slowly. Slowly lengthening the fasting time.

The biggest difference is that IF is easier to follow than CR. You don't have to reduce your total calorie intake, you don't have the crankiness and coldness and hopefully it won't reduce fertility.