READ: What is Ivan Dorschner's diet secret?

In an interview with Alyssa Castillo for theneighborhood.ph, Ivan talked about how intermittent fasting works for him in maintaining his figure.

He discussed, "It makes everything simple. I don’t have to worry about preparing food or breakfast in the morning. After all, it’s so time consuming. It’s not about being lazy and skipping breakfast. There’s a reason: If you skip a meal, you put your food into this eight-hour window, and then your body itself secretes more growth hormones, your skin gets clearer, and you sleep better. Not only that, from three meals, you cut down to twjo meals, which actually makes you spend less money and time."

Ivan then explained, "Intermittent fasting, I believe, is great for you because way back when, this was how the cavemen did it. They’d only eat when they’ve been able to hunt, when food is ready. The body is made to survive food schedules that are intermittent. Another good thing here is that you don’t lose any muscle mass because it takes 36 hours of fasting for that to happen. This is only a daily 16-hour fasting period that allows you to even exercise without getting burned out and then eat a heavy meal after. It’s nothing like starvation."

He talked about how he does it. He said, "From 1 to 9 p.m., I eat my 2000 calorie diet for those eight hours, and yes, I’m strict about it. I don’t eat pork, I only eat beef, chicken, and fish (salmon’s my favorite.)"

Still, he does have cheat meals sometimes, "Although, admittedly, I cheat a lot. My cheat meal would have to include peanut butter, matcha, and ice cream. But it isn’t necessarily about what I eat. Cheating for me is eating when you eat too much of something, let’s say, triple the actual serving. The real mentality of cheating is never have anything unhealthy. If you do, just take a little bit. Too much of anything is a bad, bad thing – unless if it’s a good thing, then that’s forgivable. Cheating is having double to triple (or even more) servings of something."

He also added that in addition to his diet, he also still workouts at least once a week.