I am doing a keto caloric restriction for 2nd time. First time it worked very well. Now it is working very well again. I am at 79.15kg, so I would say I am at around 4kg of my ideal weight.
PSMF is basically caloric restriction. For me, it works very well. But I know most people here argue for eating to satiety, or IF or fasting.
But for me, none of those works (I have tried). But a PSMF, keto calorie restriction diet makes wonders to me.
My question is: could a caloric restriction diet “mimic” fasting?
From comments, it seems that people distinguish a lot between fasting and eating little. It seems that the last mile (not eating anything) is what really provides health and longevity benefits.
But in my case, I feel very well with this caloric restriction. And being a scientist, it is difficult for me to accept that if you are at 2 in a scale from 0 to 10, you are gaining nothing, and you really need to go to 0 instead. Usually, 2 is better than 4, which is better than 6 which is better than 8. And the jump from one to the other is more or less proportional.
But from reading about fasting, it seems as if this is not the case. That one needs perfection in fasting (i.e. not eating anything at all) in order to reap the benefits.
Is there any idea here about this topic?