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I bought this book a couple years ago off of Brad's website as a little PDF e-book, though the first edition was published back in 2007. Little did I know the popularity that fasting was gaining and would continue to in the next couple of years. Brad's background is as someone who left the supplement industry after questioning some of the practices within. He became obsessed with the simple science of losing fat, not the latest diet fad in the most recent edition of Muscle and Fitness. This little e-book, now expanded, touted the simple idea of fasting as a better way to lose weight, because quite simply - all diets fail because we just don't have the willpower to keep resisting during caloric restriction. Enter fasting. Eat Stop Eat predates other modern fasting books out there, with maybe the exception of the Warrior Diet and some work by Martin Berkhan on Leangains. Brad confronts all the myths against fasting. He shows the health benefits of fasting, which are more than just fat loss. He gives the Eat Stop Eat prescription, which is simply one or two 24-hour fasts per week. He talks about shorter fasts and longer fasts and why 24-hours is the best choice in his opinion. He talks about insulin and the fasted vs fed state, which was sort of eye-opening for me. There is a Q & A at the end which should answer most people's questions. All in all, this book is ground zero for people interested in intermittent fasting. IF is becoming part of the rebel scientific community's answer to the now failed government prescription for weight loss (high-carb, low fat, three meals a day plus "healthy" snacks). As I noted in my title, this book was one of the books that likely started the tide turning toward IF as a preferred way to lose weight (Another was the Warrior Diet). Homage is given to Brad Pilon's work by Jason Fung in his book, The Obesity Code. As one reviewer said, this simple little book was a game changer. It's too bad that this did not get the popularity it deserves. My own success is that I have had a ton of difficulty losing fat, but after trying IF thanks in no small part to this book - the weight comes off rather easily and painlessly once I got used to a 24-hour fast. What fat loss used to take me a week of hunger and lifting and cardio now simply takes me 24-hours of self-control a day or two per week. But, even if I decide to indulge, I'm never more than a couple days away from a fast that will counter it. I would also suggest reading works by Jason Fung and Gary Taubes. They both encourage either low-carb / keto diets. Low carb combined with IF seems to help me with dietary compliance since I'm fuller due to my food choices.