#42 Intermittent Fasting Journal

In this Broadcast, Donna Reish, blogger, author of 100 curriculum books for preschool through twelfth graders, seeker of health and fitness, and Intermittent Fasting teacher, talks about ways to improve sleep. She begins the broadcast with her and her husband’s fasting update and what she has been learning about processed foods and Appetite Correction through applying Dr. Stephan Guyenet’s The Hungry Brain teaching to fasting. Basically, she explains, seductive, processed, calorie-dense, high trigger foods do not signal AC as well, so she and her husband are learning to save these foods for dinners out and “parties” and eat less seductive foods at home—while not considering what the macros of these foods are (i.e carbs are bad or fats are bad).

Donna then digs into the topic of improving our sleep. (See Episode #40 for WHY!) She begins with steps we can take physically to improve our sleep. These include avoiding lights for the hour or two before sleep, blocking blue light from devices and televisions, exposing yourself to sunlight and Vitamin D during the day, developing good sleep hygiene (and prioritizing it even though it is difficult to do), and eating or not eating before bed.