Intermittent Fasting: Holy Grail or Fail?

A look at studies on how it affects growth hormones, testosterone, fat loss, muscle gain, and whether or not it's an eating disorder.
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TIY Tiny House Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhthOBh4_459pAge62at8g

Hugh Jackman: http://www.menshealth.co.uk/food-nutrition/muscle-foods/mh-trials-hugh-jackmans-16-8-diet

Jimmy Kimmel 5:2:
https://healthyceleb.com/jimmy-kimmel-weight-loss-secret-52-diet/54255

Okinawan Study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17986602

Oxidative Stress and IF (25%, 175%): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403246/

Plant-based diet increases telomere length:
https://www.ornish.com/wp-content/uploads/Lancet_Lifestyle-changes-lengthen-telomeres.pdf

High antioxidant consumption associated with low DNA damage:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946160/pdf/nihms551820.pdf

5:2 IF and Flat Calorie Restriction Equal Fat Loss Study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3017674/pdf/nihms224118.pdf

Alternate Day Fasting IF and Restriction Equal Fat Loss Study:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2623528

Ancel Keys Starvation Study: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/135/6/1347.long

Commentary on Refeeding: http://www.madsciencemuseum.com/msm/pl/great_starvation_experiment

Amen Ra 1,250 calories a day: http://www.amentaeliteathlete.com/the-amen-diet.html
Amen Ra on Rothkranz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR1FCJS8DoM&t=974s

Vegan Gains clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odRRFq73ook

Plant Physique Anecdote:
https://www.plantphysique.com/one-meal/

BROAD Study Whole Food Vegan Weight Loss:
https://www.nature.com/nutd/journal/v7/n3/full/nutd20173a.html

Fasting increases HGH:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC329619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC329619/pdf/jcinvest00482-0014.pdf

Simnett Nutrition Intermittent Fasting Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDVGdn9xdc

Injecting Growth hormone didn't increase muscle: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821728/pdf/tjp0588-0341.pdf

16:8 Bodybuilder Study:
https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-016-1044-0

Test Rises on Ramadan: http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdf/10.5339/qmj.2002.2.12

IGF-1 Drops During Fasting:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8156941

Nutritionfacts.org clip on muscle and IGF-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkV3Fl5AAQ

BBC IF Trial IGF-1:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25549805

Animal Protein Raises IGF-1, Vegans Lower Study:
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12433724

Anecdote of lost period on IF:
https://www.paleohacks.com/intermittent-fasting/intermittent-fasting-and-amenorrhea-4925

Decreased glucose tolerance in IF women only: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15833943?dopt=Abstract

IF Eating Disorder Article Psych Today:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hunger-artist/201411/the-fast-diet-fast-route-disordered-eating

Healthlines 6 IF methods:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-ways-to-do-intermittent-fasting#section6

IF Helps with Eating Disorders Study:
https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12937-015-0029-9?site=nutritionj.biomedcentral.com

Brain Autophagy in Short Term Fasting Study:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106288/pdf/auto0606_0702.pdf

Rodents Pancreatic Cell Regeneration of IF:
http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674%2817%2930130-7.pdf

PubMed Article on Pancreas Regeneration on IF:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines/news/2017-02-24-fasting-diet-may-help-regenerate-a-diabetic-pancreas/

General Resources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680567/pdf/185e363.pdf
https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1550-2783-11-20

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