Hi Chris @artscaping, I can tell you how I do the intermittent fasting which is probably not the letter of the law. I take my neuropathy supplements which include 1-1/5 oz hemp oil in the morning along with 5 capsules, 2 of which are omega fish oils. I also take 2 capsules that have to be taken apart from the morning and evening capsules for max bioavailability. Then I take the evening 5 capsules which includes the omega fish oil. I just figure what ever calories are in them are not that big of deal to interfere with my fasting window. So far, the intermittent fasting has worked well even though I take supplements. I have been doing mostly the 20 hour fast with a 4 hour eating window and I have a 2 meals during my eating window and always feel I've ate as much as I want or need to eat.

I've been told to take my stuff with a meal also but so far I've just taken them with water mixed with 2 tsps of Optifiber (Costco's Benefiber). Not sure if that counts as food although it does have a few calories and it also helps with my daily regularity issues 🙂

Hi @artscaping - how often a day to you need to take medications? If I have any that need to be taken with food I do it just as I'm starting an eating window. If you can even keep your eating window to 12 hours, that's a major improvement for many people. Another way is to have coffee with heavy cream (or butter) in the morning, which doesn't raise blood sugar and insulin but does give you some fat to help with those supplements or medications that should be taken with food.

The point is you don't have to go all the way to 16:8 or 18:6 to get a lot of the benefits of time-restricted eating.