[Carry_Okie]

This is probably why intermittent fasting, and calorie restriction, low-carb works so effectively. Critics say “starving yourself” but it isn’t starving, it forces the body to relearn how to do something it is intended to do - burn fat for energy. There is only one organ in the human body that requires glucose, the brain, and our bodies can synthesize all that is required from fat. Imagine that.

Well, I did. I've been doing 16hrs+ of intermittent fasting now for nearly four years with little improvement in fasting glucose numbers hanging just above 100.

[Freedom4US]

Are you trying to lose fat? I lost 80+ pounds intermittent fasting. It was the calorie restriction of course that does all the work. Sometimes as little as 600 to 800 calories. Most people don’t want to do that, not for very long anyway.