Sal Di Stefano

Yeah, absolutely.

Especially if you grow up like we live now where food is everywhere.

You've never felt hungry before.

You think you feel hunger, but no, that's cravings.

You've never been without.

You've never, like, there's spiritual value in that, okay?

The problem is people take that and they say, oh, wow, I lost weight because I didn't eat for three days.

Here's how I'm going to market it.

And so then it became a diet.

By the way, we used to call that starving yourself.

When I was a trainer in the 90s.

I still call it that, by the way.

Okay, so why do people lose weight on it and find a lot of value?

Because they're eating less.

That's it.

Because they're eating less.

I mean, if you look at all the autophagy benefits and all the whatever benefits that they'll highlight, we have studies now comparing a calorie-restricted diet to fasting, and we find that the results are identical.

There aren't cases where fasting may be beneficial for people with really severe gut issues where they need to reduce inflammation, give their gut a break.

These people work with a functional medicine practitioner.

It's very specific.