20-Hour Fasts: “The Warrior Diet” In his 2002 book The Warrior Diet, Ori Hofmekler stresses that the timing of meals matters almost as much as their composition—as I discussed earlier, both the “when to eat” and “what to eat” questions are important, but “when” is seriously underappreciated. Hofmekler, drawing upon inspiration from ancient warrior tribes such as the Spartans and Romans, devised a “warrior diet” in which all meals are eaten in the evening during a four-hour window. This results in a twenty-hour fasting period each day. Hofmekler’s diet also emphasizes natural, unprocessed foods
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