I ranted a little about diet approach, leptin and the set-point theory on bodybuilding.com. Figured it could make for a decent post here. I added some extras in the form of a short review on the effects of intermittent fasting on leptin.

Short background on leptin and set-pointLeptin is a master-hormone with downstream effects on other hormones related to metabolism (T3/T4, neuropeptide-Y, epinephrine, among many others).
In the short term leptin is regulated by under-and overfeeding. More to the point, anything that causes fat mobilization from adipose tissues will drop leptin; this is basically

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