– How and why does the intermittent fasting style of food management or dieting work exactly?

Question

Does the diet have any impact on how fast your metabolism is working or does it not at all change or interfere with the total calories in and total calories out science of burning fat and losing weight?

Is intermittent fasting only based on psychological management of your eating habits?

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Answer 1

It works for some, in the sense that it’s easier to adhere to. Personally, I find a single large meal more satiating than 6 small meals (of equivalent calories).

Also, most of what we know as hunger, is caused by a hormone called ghrelin, which is primarily a trained response. Humans can easily go in excess of 16 hours between meals.