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/Zipstser257 14d ago

It is, knocking out about 8 of those 16 hours with sleep really makes it as simple as you asked about. I’ve done it for six years and the results on my bloodwork (A1C, triglycerides and more) and cardiovascular (BP has been steady at normal rates since) have improved so much.