Eli5: Can someone break down the health benefits of intermittent fasting and why it’s gaining in popularity? How can NOT eating regular meals be healthy?

Question

Eli5: Can someone break down the health benefits of intermittent fasting and why it’s gaining in popularity? How can NOT eating regular meals be healthy?

In: Biology

Answer 1

the endocrine theory of weight loss involves reducing insulin in order to promote that weight loss as insulin enables anabolic (building) processes. Since you don’t eat while fasting, you don’t get any carbs, so you don’t raise insulin.