Gene-ial or Dan-Gene-rous? Better Make Sure You Are Made For Every Other Day Fasting, If You Don't Want to Ruin Your Glucose + Lipid Metabolism and Become Viscerally Obese
Yes! I freely admit that I do have a problem with the subliminal "binge and starve" of the popular every other day fast, because it paves the not so royal road to binge eating disorders. Only 2 years ago, there was hardly anyone but the followers of Martin Berkhan's "Lean Gains" regimen who knew what intermittent fasting would be. Ironically, now that mainstream is catching on, the hype within the fitness community is slowly abating - maybe part of the reason is that it's no longer "cool" enough now that your fat neighbor does it ;-). It goes without saying that the mainstream version comes without an obligatory exercise component and - what's probably even worse - in the absence of macronutrient, let alone food prescriptions that would make sure that the every other day fasts that are becoming increasingly popular these days become "binge and starve" protocols. The every other day fast, a gateway to eating disorders? I c...