intermittent fasting versus famine phase?

saud1774 · Post by **saud1774** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:43 pm

Does intermittent fasting accomplish the same thing as the famine phase? Or is this just wishful thinking?

wtmarcus · Post by **wtmarcus** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:59 pm

For famine you need:

cutting protein to a minimum
reducing calories a lot

most people doing intermittent fasting will not do either of the two. But for sure you can do famine in IF style; eg. one 1200kcal meal of fruit in the evening every day! Rob even suggest experimenting with Warrior Diet style IF in 2.0.

RobRegish · Post by **RobRegish** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:45 am

wtmarcus wrote:For famine you need:
cutting protein to a minimum
reducing calories a lot

most people doing intermittent fasting will not do either of the two. But for sure you can do famine in IF style; eg. one 1200kcal meal of fruit in the evening every day! Rob even suggest experimenting with Warrior Diet style IF in 2.0.

Correct! Thanks for the assist brother...

Famine is certainly different than your classic IF approach. Very specific calorie/protein thresholds need to be adhered to. But yes, practicing IF within this framework has certainly been done - and a worth experiment.

Hope that helps!

bigpelo · Post by **bigpelo** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:10 pm

Been there, done that.

Famine is much easier done with IF IMO. Huge meal without protein late evening then go to bed and sleep well. 0 calorie rest of the day. Plenty if H2O.

RobRegish · Post by **RobRegish** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:06 pm

bigpelo wrote:Been there, done that.

Famine is much easier done with IF IMO. Huge meal without protein late evening then go to bed and sleep well. 0 calorie rest of the day. Plenty if H2O.

Totally agree.

The big man from up north knows what he's talking about!