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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

My wife & I have been doing intermittent fasting since around April. We eat between the hours of noon and 8:00 PM. I've dropped around five to eight pounds. Doesn't sound like much but starting out at 175/177 & going down to 168/172 is quite a lot for me. I'm basically trying it to see if I can get rid of some visceral fat I'd accumulated by eating a bit of calorie rich foods over a period of time. Something I'd never experienced before. Also I learned I'm prediabetic and am interested to see if I can lower my A1c to normal range. I started out with 6.6 & last test was 6.2. We''re adapting to it. My main problem is trying to eat less for the first meal of the day. I'm not overly hungry until then, & then stuff myself resulting in being full right up to the meal at six or so in the evening. I'm not interested much in snacks (maybe some nuts or slice of cheese) and my ocassional pre bedtime glass of scotch is out. I'm not much of a drinker, but haven't had anything alcoholic since last April. My energy level is the same. My wife experienced a low energy time in the afternoons before, & that has surprisingly disappeared since she started intermittent fasting. We'll try it for whatever time we want & maybe will establish it as our normal eating routine.

This endocrinologist who specializes in diabetes and obesity used to have a great website full of blog type entries on fasting. The website has changed and the data is either harder to find or no longer free. But he's a big proponent of fasting for diabetes treatment and says that it can cure diabetes or catch folks that are prediabetic.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/successful-reversal-of-type-2-diabetes-inspired-by-dr-jason-fung