Myths about intermittent fasting. In another remark Nature Surveys Endocrinology, UIC specialists expose each of these. They base their decisions on clinical investigations, some of which they have led and some of which others have done. "I've been reading up discontinuous fasting for a considerable length of time and I'm continually inquired as to whether the eating regimens are protected," said lead writer Krista Varady, teacher of kinesiology and sustenance at UIC. "There is a great deal of deception out there. In any case, these thoughts are not in view of science; they depend entirely on closely-held convictions."