"Skip breakfast and lose weight without cutting calories"—it's the claim spreading everywhere. But when researchers actually controlled for calories in rigorous trials, something shocking emerged: intermittent fasting produced zero metabolic advantage. This episode digs into how earlier studies missed a fundamental confounding variable, how animal research got wildly extrapolated to humans, and why corrections never travel as fast as the original hype. You'll discover what the 2025 ChronoFast study actually proved, why your clock matters less than your calorie count, and here's the plot twist: intermittent fasting can still work—just not for the reasons everyone thinks. The mythology crumbles, but the tool might still help you.

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