"Eat Stop Eat" by Brad Pilon

This is a shortish e-book written by a body-builder and long time supplement industry insider.  It doesn't show anything that is not already known and present in other books and on the Net, but does a great job of effectively and succinctly summarizing all that knowledge in one organized presentation.  The main point of the book is that no diet will work long-term unless it restricts the calorie intake in an acceptable way.  Most diets work short term because of the calorie restriction effect, not some magic in them, and fail in the same way, because long-term the food restrictions imposed cannot be maintained effectively in the everyday life.

The Intermittent Fasting (IF) is different from the regular water fasting in that it only lasts for 24 hours in a sequence (although one can do two 24 hour periods per week, but no in sequence) and is repeated every week for the rest of one's life.  Water fasting usually last between 3 and 14 days, and is done once a season or once a year and require much greater preparations and arrangements for the regular employed full-time person.  The IF results in between 50 and 110 fasting days per year which cumulatively is more than most of the averages on water fasting.

The author also recommends combining the IF with 2-3 strength training sessions per week and recommends it for body building.  Body builders can reduce calories and increase health with IF without losing any muscle mass, which sometimes happens with longer water fasting.  Why nobody recommends fasting as often, the author asks? From his experience in the supplement industry he answers: because nobody can make money off it.  It has been the natural way of controlling weight and restoring health for thousands of years, but it cannot be made into a pill or capsule and cannot be sold.  That's why there's plenty of disinformation and no concerned effort to promote it.

Some myths about fasting are dispelled in the book.  It won't make you lose muscle mass.  The weight loss is not only water.  It won't influence your digestive health negatively (quite the opposite).  It won't make you dizzy or weak (that comes from your sugar addiction), etc. etc.   An amazing book for the people who haven't discovered fasting and the way it can improve health.