
The Boring Truth About Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has a thousand devoted fans, a thousand skeptics, and approximately one clear scientific verdict. Here's what the research actually says — no transformation story required.
Cal Reeves·6 articles

Intermittent fasting has a thousand devoted fans, a thousand skeptics, and approximately one clear scientific verdict. Here's what the research actually says — no transformation story required.
Cal Reeves·
You've been tracking carbs, timing your meals, and debating saturated fat. But a 2025 Cell Metabolism trial suggests the light environment where you spend your day may be quietly running your blood sugar — and nobody's counting lux on their nutrition app.
Margot Laine·
The "eat every two hours" rule was never about your metabolism. Follow the money, the research timeline, and the three hunger systems that food companies learned to exploit — and you'll never look at a mid-morning snack bar the same way.
Jules Cortez·
For decades, diet culture treated hunger as a failure of willpower. New research on appetite hormones, metabolic flexibility, and circadian eating rhythms tells a very different story — and the implications are damning.
Jules Cortez·
Your hunger hormones don't care how hard you tried. After weight loss, your body wages a biological counterattack — and it's not your fault. Here's the science, and what to do about it.
Margot Laine·
You're eating plenty but still hungry an hour later. The science behind protein leverage explains why — and the fix is simpler than you think.
Cal Reeves·