No yeah I wasn't disagreeing with the article,but it's also false that it helps with the calorie restriction itself, depending on the food I eat I can get easily more than 2000 calories in one meal. It's all the things together that make the intermittent fasting work.

Not only that, but intermittent fasting works because of all the food nutrients, when I tried before I was just thinking about food all the time and it was a horrible experience.

Lot of micronutrients, high protein, high fiber, food with slow glucose absorbition, no starch, build up to fasting (start with 12, then next week 18, then 24). Also sleep a lot the day before fasting and drink a lot of water