Introduction: The Diet War Nobody Needs to Fight In one corner: intermittent fasting (IF), championed by advocates who claim it's metabolically superior, easier to sustain, and backed by evolutionary biology. In the other: traditional calorie restriction (CR), supported by decades of research and argued to be the only mechanism that matters. Both sides have passionate proponents. Both have genuine evidence. And both are, to a significant extent, arguing past each other. The real question isn't "which is better." It's: for what outcome, in what context, for what kind of person? This article โ€ฆ