Study claims CR is better than IF dieting

[TylerDurden]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21816219

[Projectile Vomit]

Nice find, thanks for the link. I just downloaded the PDF from Elsevier and will give it a read.

[Ferocious]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21816219

What exactly is the difference between IF and CR?

[Projectile Vomit]

IF is intermittent fasting (or intermittent feeding, as it's used in the article TD linked to). This means allowing modest periods of time (up to a day or two) to pass between meals once in a while. CR is caloric restraint, which means deliberately and commonly eating a lower than normal caloric intake each day. They are both about reducing caloric intake, but differ in their frequency (IF is less common caloric reduction while CR or more common).

[cobalamin]

Furthermore, we show that intermittent feeding can lead to oxidative insulin receptor inactivation and glucose intolerance.

So can inactivity.