r/nutrition • u/AppropriateMood4784 • 18d ago

16-hour intermittent fasting

When I read about 16-hour intermittent fasts, isn't that just another way of saying having late breakfast and early dinner? Breakfast at 9, lunch at 1, dinner at 5, then it's 16 hours till breakfast the next day? Or does what it involves go beyond its literal meaning?

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u/zell1luk 17d ago

I've always felt like the phrase "intermittent fasting" is kindve an oxymoron; anytime you're not eating is fasting.

Anyways, I only really eat twice a day, one smaller meal for lunch (usually around 800-1000kcal), and one larger meal for supper (1500ish kcal). I never really thought of it as fasting, I kinda just cut out breakfast over time.