Good thing I didn't read articles like this before I started my IF regimen in late February. I've lost 53 pounds since this and all my health/metabolic markers have greatly improved. If I wasn't plugged into the network here, and had read a lot already about IF, reading an article like this might have discouraged me from even starting. Fortunately I was already a Fung fangirl.

But I admit I didn't have any progress in doing the 16:8 plan as documented in this study.