OMAD is One Meal A Day. I am post-menopausal. Fasting is supposed to slow or prevent the osteoarthritis that comes with aging; I’ve not heard that it contributes to osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women but have seen quite the opposite claimed. Is there a well designed, peer reviewed scientific study that claims IF contributes to osteoporosis in younger women?

I agree most IF studies are insufficient. They have male college athletes do some really low level, short-term fasting (say, 14 hours a day for 3 weeks, probably not even enough to clean out their glycogen stores and reach fat burning mode) and then try to extrapolate from that to claim fasting doesn’t work or makes you tired or whatever. I consider myself a study of N=1. What works for me? 23 hours fasts most days, big meal at noon, a little longer eating window on weekends for socializing and weight maintenance as I’m already at my ideal weight.