[pgrote]

ADF is the unknown secret to solving many modern ills ... or so I think. :)

I've had many conversations with three doctors about it and my thought is our bodies haven't caught up evolutionary wise to eating each and every day.

I have no proof outside of personal results, which I understand doesn't make it a reality. I could be a freak. lol

They key is not eating at all for a full 24 hours including your sleep cycle and then to only eat a normal meal on the days you eat.

[ams6110]

I think this is actually very likely to be true. Think about living as a hunter-gatherer. Some days you just won't find/catch anything. Maybe you snack on a few insects. Other days you bag an antelope or find a big patch of berries and you have more than you can eat. Alternating between fast and feast every few days seems like it would be quite common. Eating a regular 3 meals a day is probably not the norm.

[DenisM]

  So, two prehistoric men discuss cooking:
  - cooking meat should make you live longer
  - I don't know, man, my father always ate raw meat
    and he lived without any problems all the way
    till the old age of twenty one!

My point being, just because it's the old way, doesn't mean it's the better way.

[dpn]

The obvious counter to that argument is that people didn't die of obesity, we didn't have antibiotics yet. :)

[beagle3]

> They key is not eating at all for a full 24 hours including your sleep cycle and then to only eat a normal meal on the days you eat.

I've gone on 7-21 day fasts, with good results and improved health. I agree with you, except I think the "24 hour" limit is rather arbitrary - up to 30 days yearly is common in some eastern religions with no irreversible damage (note - I'm not recommending everyone go on a 30 day fast; just that 24 hours is arbitrary, and the real limit is apparently some 30 times higher)

[cup]

I'm fasting at the moment for Ramadan. It goes for 30 days and theres no eating or drinking from sunrise (5 ish) to sunset (6ish). Actually the fast includes a lot of other things besides food. If anyone has any direct questions I'd be happy to answer them.

[beagle3]

The experience is not comparable:

GP and myself are talking about avoiding food (but not water) for periods of 24-720 hours.

Ramadan fast is avoiding both food and water for ~13 hours (for 30 consecutive days).

Not a judgement of anything - but that's not what we were talking about.