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Do Your Homework, "Experts!"

You know, as a biochemist, I see things at a different level than most people do.  At the molecular level.  Now, don't get me wrong. . . I view the body as a collection of organs and systems, like you do.  But there's a whole level of activity going on, behind that "bag of guts" that we are.  Metabolism. Energy production.  Storage.  And more. Recently, I heard of another trendy diet (biochemists, like doctors and dieticians, keep their ears to the ground, on such things).  It was a type of fad diet in the "intermittent fasting" category.  In other words, there's an 8 hour eating window, followed by varying periods of fasting, lasting from 12-16 hours.  No problem here.  After all, the word "breakfast" was coined, to describe the meal that BREAKS the FAST, between dinner and morning.  The problem I have, is with the science behind it. The "authors" of this diet say that, during the fasting period, the body switches from using gl...