Do you need to count calories on intermittent fasting?

No — most people who do intermittent fasting correctly do not need to count calories. When you combine a restricted eating window with the right foods, your body naturally regulates hunger through hormones, ketones, and stable blood sugar. The focus should be on food quality and your fasting window, not on tracking every gram. The traditional weight-loss advice — eat less, move more, track everything — puts all the emphasis on quantity. But it ignores the most powerful driver of…