Mental patients didn't have a say on their diet 40 years ago. This experiment says a lot about the level of care for the wellbeing of those who are locked up and are not given a choice (supposedly for their own benefit). I wonder if these kinds of experiments are still being done at mental institutions and elsewhere people are treated like Guinea pigs.
This was my first thought as well. You couldn't possibly do a study like this today, or at least I hope not, because the issues around informed consent are too thorny when it comes to mental patients.
I've been eating mostly in the 5pm-10pm window for the last 6 months after watching a few TED talks and related videos. Adjustment took about a week or two. I don't feel hunger during the day but when u get home I eat all I want. Lost 10 kilos and am feeling great. Every other morning I go for a 4K run and every day I go for a swim in the ocean. Don't feel any hunger after the run or swim.
I cook breakfast for my family a few times a week and have no cravings while smelling or handling food.
The good things about IF are
- more free time - breakfast and lunch can be spent having fun
- no 3.30itis after lunch - productive all day long
- less money spent
The bad:
- socially awkward. Most social gatherings involve eating. All celebrations are eat-feasts.
All in all it's a positive experience and feels more natural.
I've been thinking "eat less, exercise more" for a while. But only when I started doing IF I really understood what it means: 80% eat less, 20% exercise more. And exercise must come before food - having a big meal, then going for a walk is not as good for you as doing it the other way around. Run first, eat second - like the lions do it.
You have to eat way less and exercise just a little more and your body will adjust. IF is much easier than going for controlled portions. Because "limbic hunger" (look it up).
> The bad: socially awkward. Most social gatherings involve eating. All celebrations are eat-feasts.
I found the opposite: since I can skip breakfast and lunch, going out at night and having beers and snacks without reaching my daily limits is possible.
> - socially awkward. Most social gatherings involve eating. All celebrations are eat-feasts.
And a popular theme is that fast food is taking a toll in recent decades. Well if basically most gatherings involve food, this being advertised with instapics etc. becoming a norm, why do people wonder that the avg. weight is rising ? After starting IF, I'm actually getting to a point where I'm annoyed because everytime I visit somewhere, people insist to offer something to eat.
