I'd heard of this before. Skipping entire meals. Eating 2-3 times a day, sometimes having no Breakfast and some people report feeling fine on it and saying they lost weight and don't bloat.
Well you will lose weight up to a point, if you're eating less calories a day.
One guy I read of, even started berating the several small meals brigade and saying don't tell me I'm wrong and give me your "think about your long-term health" psychobabble, "I know how I feel, don't diss what you don't understand", sort of summary about it, as if his life had been radically changed and any other argument that might be rational, was clearly going to come from people living in a fools paradise.
To be honest, I don't think it's all that hot. I think it could cause Metabolic fluctuations on a daily basis, which may not allow for a proper metabolic cycle and it could cause minor nutritional deficiencies, which are all good and well when you're young and don't worry too much, about eating 200mg below your RDA for Calcium, or 0.5mg below your Copper RDA etc.
However, any nutritional deficiencies sustained in the over 65+ category, could help speed up physical decline and the evidence for this kind of eating, probably hasn't been established over 20+ years, as the methodology is relatively new school so I believe.
All in all I've seen worse dietry plans like the Maple syrup diet, but most of these things are pretty unnecessary. They use points, or assigning tags to things like "blocks", or advise total abstinence of good nutrition, because it's high GI etc, so many of the ones that aren't complete whacko, like the MS diet, either restrict, educate poorly about weightloss maintenance or vilify perfectly good food, when some things like Wheat and Soy, should only be minded in those intolerant to them, not barracked as totaly unnacceptable to all.
Simple sensible things are the mainstay for me. Limit certain things, eat small regular meals, don't over Carb, don't think you can never have an indulgent meal ever again, when once every now and then is okay. Be aware of things like Salt and Saturate levels, avoid too much heavy Metal from water based flesh nutrition etc.
I''ve seen evidence as stated, that this methodology can be defended by people who have tried it and others can be castigated, as not being allowed an opinion on something they haven't tried.
Frankly I think I'm allowed an opinion on things I haven't tried or done. I don't like the thought of eating Shellfish and hate the smell of prawns, but should I try them or shut up? Same with things like bungee jumping or rock climbing or sword swallowing.
Okay maybe that last one was a little bit of an over statement, but I'm being honest with you here. To me, you trying it wouldn't concern me, nor would it sully view of you as an individual. I certainly wouldn't implore you for your own sake, never to try something like intermittent fasting, but I would honestly say, I don't value it enough to say, yeah go ahead
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