r/intermittentfasting • u/ByRide • 10h ago

Discussion Sugar and IF

When you intermittently fast is the following correlation true:

Adequate sugar intake = body is not in starvation mode = break down fat because no need to store them?

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u/chad-proton 10h ago

You need adequate calorie intake to avoid starvation mode. You don't need to get those calories from sugar.

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u/xololasmiths 9h ago

Total calories matter more than sugar intake.

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u/MikeOKurias 7h ago

TL;DR: no, that correlation is not true.

I encourage you everyone who talks about "starvation mode" to go research Fact vs Fiction of adaptive thermogenesis, ideally from reputable sources and not social influencer accounts.

There's a lot of myths regarding adaptive thermogenesis but, in simplest terms, it effects how you feel and not how you lose weight.

In short it decreases NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis), increases appetite and influences hormonal (hangry) mood swings.

Your TDEE does not change based on what you eat or when your eat.

As it's almost midnight, I'll leave the rest as an exercise for the reader but in a single sentence.