Of course it makes sense that people would be a bit sharper with elevated adrenaline and cortisol. But those fundamentally put stress on the body.
Of course it makes sense that people would be a bit sharper with elevated adrenaline and cortisol. But those fundamentally put stress on the body.
I was under the impression that short term fasting was metabolically different from term fasting.
My source had been Martin Berkhan's blog. He cites the Ramadan literature in point 8. I'm not well placed to evaluate the papers as I lack expertise.
http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debun...
The rule of thumb with stress is that low but chronic is way worse than acute. With that in mind maybe don't eat at all one day a week, but get your three squares the other six.
The onus would be on those making claims. It's for him to support the claim that one a day is healthy, but you are conversely making unsubstantiated claims about the health effects of just eating one meal a day, and the onus is on you to substantiate those.
It is one thing to ask him for evidence of his assertion, another to make your own and expect him to disprove them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/shows/ramadan/timetable/
So more like 18 hours.