Intermittent Fasting Versus Caloric Restriction | Naturally Engineered

May 19, 2011

TweetSharebarTweetA recent reader question regarding the topic in my previous blog post has prompted me to delve a little deeper into intermittent fasting and how it differs from caloric restriction. To some, it may seem like the two concepts are the same thing but they are not. So, let me lay out the differences.Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where one attempts to increase the time elapsed between meals on a semi-regular basis.Whereas the typical meal frequency might be three per day spaced out with four or five hours between them, a fasting person might skip breakfast (of course, since we’re not breaking the fast yet) and not eat their first meal until the normal midday lunch hour.Combined with the overnight fast which occurred during sleep, we could estimate a total fasting period of around 12-14 hours, depending on how much sleep was obtained.There are other ways to accomplish this, like skipping dinner instead or even fasting an entire day. However, the fast is typically ended with some sort of feast or large meal.

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