Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsSome contradictions
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020
I started intermittent fasting about six months ago. Here is the truth: you cannot eat whatever you want in a given window. Your body will feel super icky if you do this. I tested this theory for the first month. I ate whatever I wanted within a given 8 hour window. I'll never do that again. When I started eating healthier within that 8 hour window, the results were much different. The weight doesn't just fall away, you have to be active, but it does help. Even the author states: "Do You Want to Eat All Your Favorite Foods (Yes, Including Ice-Cream and Chocolate) and Still Lose Weight? Imagine having a daily meal of roast with gravy, potatoes, your favorite veggies, a crispy salad and a serving of ice-cream. Is it possible to eat all that food and lose weight? The short answer is yes." Then soon after beginning reading comes this: To find the IF more effective for you...."Combine this with a healthy diet, and you're sure to succeed. On the other hand, if you only consume processed or junk food on IF, you will place yourself at risk for the common dangers and side effects of this diet." I DID notice that her idea of eating whatever you want was fairly balanced and "a serving of ice cream" isn't going to hurt anyone. But people see "eat all of your favorite foods" or, as I saw written in another text, "eat whatever you want", and they think that as long as they eat within a given window, their body will be forgiving. Not so (as the author stated). This diet, along with every other diet on the planet, requires that you make a change in your eating/exercise habits, otherwise nothing is going to change. For the most part, I appreciated the author's use of credible sources, but don't think for one minute that Intermittent Fasting will be your miracle diet. The only effective weight-loss program is healthy eating and exercising.
