I HAVEN’T TRIED THIS, BUT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK IT’S GREAT: Intermittent Fasting Seems To Be A Good Thing, New Report Suggests. “A typical intermittent fasting pattern consists of 16 hours of not eating and eight hours for eating in a 24-hour day.” I don’t do that, but I generally go from a moderately early dinner to a not-so-early breakfast, about 14 hours. Though some quantity of adult beverages is usually consumed in the evening.