The problem is that the resulting inflammation may not be tolerable for many.
I'm seriously coming around to the opinion that intermittent fasting has done as much for my inflammation levels as anything.
I say this because for over a decade I had this stubborn little pink rash across the bridge of my nose and onto my cheeks right below the pupils of my eyes. It wasn't big, and it wasn't rosacea, just red and rashy looking. Some days it would be brighter pink than other days, it would wax and wane, but it was always there.
Awhile back I saw someone on the 'net somewhere refer to the phenomenon of non-rosacea rash on the nose as an "estrogen rash", so that's what I called it since I have all these hormone problems. But since hitting PR I realized it was simply a marker of long-standing, chronic inflammation. I've always had a problem with inflammation...used to get itchy eczema on my hands as a young adult, and when I was a child it was in the bend of my elbows.
Methylation and gut stuff did nothing for the "estrogen rash", in fact some days both protocols seem to exacerbate it. I despaired of it ever being gone.
But the days after I fast for 24 hours it's always completely gone in the morning. It stays mostly gone all the time. I have to look pretty hard for it, if it's to be found. Most noteworthy is that on the days after I fast it isn't too be found at all.
Even my mother has noticed it's gone, and she's a tough critic. We are genetically blessed with really good skin and so if somethings not right with it, it's noticeable. Plus she's kind of a diva.
She's been remarking on the rash since it appeared loooong ago
and now she's remarking that it's gone.
For whatever that's worth. I know IF isn't for everyone but it does seem that it could be an undersung player in reducing inflammation.
P.S. Thanks for the tip about oat bran. I'm going to try adding some to my weekly porridge ration, see what happens.