How we write and review.

Who writes

The library is written by Ashish Kumar, the founder of Intermittent. Articles draw on the published peer- reviewed literature on intermittent fasting, ketogenesis, autophagy, and related metabolic science. Where a claim rests on a specific study, the study is named and linked. Where the literature is thin or contested, the article says so.

Intermittent isn't a clinic. The library is written for an educated lay reader — people who want to understand the mechanism, not be sold a course. Nothing on this site is medical advice. If you have a condition that fasting could interact with (insulin-dependent diabetes, eating-disorder history, pregnancy, or you're under 18), talk to a clinician before changing your eating pattern.

How we source claims

We default to primary sources: PubMed-indexed studies, journal DOIs, institutional pages from research universities and major medical centres. Secondary sources (textbooks, review articles) are used to summarise where a single study would over-narrow the picture. We don't cite blog posts or marketing pages.

Where multiple studies disagree, we note the disagreement rather than picking one and presenting it as settled. Where mechanism is well-established but human evidence is preliminary (autophagy is the canonical example), we say so explicitly.

Review process

Every article is reviewed by the named author before publish. Each carries a visible Published date and, where the content has been substantively updated, a Last reviewed date. We don't bump Last reviewed cosmetically — only when the content actually changed.

For comparison and review articles (the /blog surface), the methodology is stated visibly at the top of the piece: which device, which version, which date. We don't publish hands-on observations we haven't done hands-on.

Corrections

If you find a factual error, a misattributed citation, or a claim that's overreaching — email support@zerokb.co. Corrections to material claims are made within a week of confirmation, with the change noted at the bottom of the affected article. Typo fixes and copy edits aren't logged.

Cadence

The library is reviewed quarterly: each article re-read, sources re-checked, and updated if newer evidence has shifted the picture. The blog is reviewed when something material changes — a competitor app's pricing, a new government health guideline, a pivotal trial publishing.

What we won't do

• Run third-party affiliate or sponsored content disguised as editorial. If we ever take paid placements, they'll be clearly labelled and never above the fold.
• Publish AI-generated articles without human authorship and review. Research and editing assistance is fine; the draft and the final pass are human.
• Claim therapeutic outcomes without trial-grade evidence and a named clinician reviewer.
• Recycle content from other sites under our domain. The library is original work.