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Just to speak to the contrary, I’ve been using 16:8 for a few months, simply because the evidence for the health benefits of short fasting seems reasonable, and anyway it’s stopped me late night snacking.

One downside is that immediately after lunch I find myself very very drowsy. Sufficiently so that on some days I have to disappear into a meeting room for 10 minutes for a nap.

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> Sufficiently so that on some days I have to disappear into a meeting room for 10 minutes for a nap.

Pretty common in some European countries and there are plenty of studies showing the positive benefits of "power napping". Shame it's so frowned upon where I'm from (UK).

I'm sure nobody would mind you using 10 minutes of your own time to have a quick nap?

Going home for 3 hours isn't really the same thing.

I had the same problem. I used to think that drinking a cup of coffee after lunch would help, and it did, but after a few months it stopped being effective and only made it harder to fall asleep in later in the evening. However, about a month ago I started aggressively fixing my sleep schedule and stopped consuming any coffee, and I now don't experience these drowsy after lunch periods at all.

What do you typically eat for lunch?

Taking a short nap might not necessarily be a bad thing I think. I usually take a 10-20 minute nap in the afternoon if I can.

> One downside is that immediately after lunch I find myself very very drowsy.

What does a typical lunch consist of for you?

Same for me, usually fixed with a cappuccino or a caffeine tablet though

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