Martin Berkhan · @Martinberkhan
24th Sep 2010 from Twitlonger
For those wondering about Colpo's misleading and extremely ignorant piece on intermittent fasting, I have addressed this in comments on my blog. I won't link to it, because that's EXACTLY what he wants me and other people to do. Here's what I wrote. Please copypaste this response in reply to anyone who refers to his article:
"I'm baffled by Colpo's sloppiness and dishonesty.
1. He does not mention that DEHYDRATION is a major fucking issue and negatively affects performance during Ramadan when he cites those studies.
2. The rest of the studies are cherry-picked to show only negative effects. For example, he does not mention those numerous studies that show no decrease in REE after ADF/IF or fasting. Nah, he picks the ONE AND ONLY study that shows a decrease.
He even refers to Alan's review at the end. Alan changed his stance long ago:
http://www.leangains.com/2010/03/alan-aragon-on-intermittent-fasting.html
I find his behavior really bizarre and out of character. His articles are usually good and well researched and I suspect he's just after some extra traffic because he knows IF is a hot topic.
Nothing wrong with a little link baiting but it does not excuse his sloppy and misleading article.
How convenient that he's turned off comments on his blog."