A top trending story on my news feed this morning:

Fasting diets are going mainstream — ahead of the science. Here’s why.
Some people lose weight fasting but many others can’t stick to it.
By Julia Belluz in Vox

Long article, leans heavily on Dr Valter Longo's work, balanced, though conclusion that it works ..if you can stick to it, rather obvious no mention of combining it with very low carb diets to make the "sticking" part easier.

https://www.vox.com/2019/1/14/18177...t-fasting-diets