Can you intermittent fast while training for cycling/endurance sports?

Yes but according to Mark Sisson there’s a difference if you’re adding fat e.g. coconut oil or butter:

Technically, it breaks the fast. You’re ingesting calories (depending on how much fat you add, it could be a significant number of calories), and calories break the fast. But pure fat has little to no effect on insulin, blood glucose, or any of the other measurements that indicate a “broken fast.”

He also mentions that it shouldn’t affect autophagy.

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