Hey guys, I know I would be able to find a lot of this information on the interwebz, but maybe some of you are in possession of really good bits of info, so I will go ahead:
Would it be reasonable to expect IF to have a positive effect on mitochondrial "health", i.e functionality, resistance to the stress of toxins, life in generel etc.
Also, I have practiced IF for a number of years. I actually stopped because I found that the positive benefits (primarily weight loss) seemed to be reversing, and approximately 6 months into my IF programme I actually started gaining weight. Back then, I would fast during for 18 hours and have a 6 hour eating window, typically starting around 1700.
For the past two weeks, I have adopted a new regime, or actually it is the exact same window-wise, however now my eating window is in the morning. I am still figuring out to do this optimally, because I have such a low appetite in the early morning, HOWEVER: I am starting to loose weight for the first time in a long time.
Anybody got any suggestions as why this would be happening? I seem to remember reading studies that detailed how humans are more insulin-sensitive in the morning, could this be the culprit?