Benefits of Pairing Low-Carb Eating with Intermittent Fasting for Health and Weight Loss
Most of the low-carbers I know end up experimenting with intermittent fasting at some point in their journey, and most of the IFers I know end up drifting toward low-carb eating as time wears on. Why? Is it just a case of overlapping interests? Is it because when you stumble upon one big lie perpetrated by the experts—that cutting carbs will give you heart disease and leave your brain starving for energy/you must eat 6-8 small meals a day or else risk “starvation mode” and “slow metabolism”—you start questioning all the other advice they give? It might be some of that. But a big reason why intermittent fasting and low-carb eating tend to converge is that they are synergistic. Doing one makes the other work better, and vice versa. What are the benefits? What are the synergies? Fasting is easier when you’re low-carb. Low-carb is easier when you fast. Low-carb is easier when you fast. Fasting is easier when you’re low-carb. The two inputs support each other. Rather than a vicio