Conventional Wisdom: Skipping meals

There is a story in the first Freakonomics book about Psychologist, Seth Roberts, who experimented on himself and developed the "Shangri-La Diet". He found that by eating a spoonful of sugar at intervals throughout the day he could "fool" his body into believing it had enough calories.

It seems like this article about the potential benefits of Intermittent Fasting (IF) may touch on some of the same physiological responses that Robert's observed. I'll be watching to see how Dr Berardi's findings are received by the fitness community. Here's a taste:

For a very specific demographic – people with fitness and exercise experience who also consider breakfast 15 minutes they’ll never get back – IF could be a very effective approach. Maybe even the best approach.