The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

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13:15 - Listener Q&A: Celia - New To Keto And IF(6 Months In) And I Am SOOOO Thirsty ALL NIGHT LONG! Up 3 & 4 Times, Drinking LMNT, And Going To The Bathroom And Having A Hot Flash. HELLLPPPPPPP

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36:15 - Listener Q&A: Kim - Hi! Would You Recommend Fasting Longer And Then Have A 3-4 Hour Eating Window Or Fasting Shorter But Having 2 Meals, No Snacks In A Longer Eating Window, Say A 6-7 Hour Eating Window? 53year Old Female, Post Menopause, Exercises Daily With Walking And Lifting, Tries To Eat Real Whole Foods And Wants To Lose Another 5-10 Pounds Then Enter Maintenance. Thanks So Much! Love Your Podcasts And The Fantastic Info You Both Share

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1:00:00 - Listener Q&A: Nicole - What’s One Beauty Or Health Product/Fad That Didn’t Work For You? 

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19:10 - Listener Q&A: Neva - I’ve Been Dying To Ask, Any Suggestions On Balancing The Fung Community Perspective Of “Longer Fasts Needed To Get Insulin Resistance Reversed And For The Autophagy Needed To Reduce Excess Skin” Vs Cynthia’s Concerns About Longer Fasts And Especially Getting Enough Protein? This Conundrum Has Been A Problem For Me.

28:05 - Listener Q&A: Nicole - Is It Ok To Cycle Your Fasting Times? Anywhere From 14-18

If You Consume 10 Calories Via Electrolytes (LMNT) Are You Still Fasting?

Is Coffee Ok To Have While Fasting?

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43:45 - Listener Q&A: Sarah - Help! My Fasting Glucose Is Going Up! I Have Been Intermittent Fasting For Over 2 Years. I Usually Eat Lunch And Dinner And I Am Low Carb. I Have Been Doing My Best To Eat 100 Grams Or More Of Protein Daily. I’m 40, Haven’t Made Any Huge Changes Lately. My Fasting Glucose Has Been Staying Over 100 Even After 18 Hours. In March I Had My Insulin Checked And It Was 2, 3 And 5 Within Two Weeks On 3 Separate Occasions. I Would Love Any Advice!

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56:40 - Listener Q&A: Natalie - How Come Some Times It’s Easy To Fast And Other Times I Can Barely Make It 16 Hours. Does Age? Cycle? Does/ Should Perimenopause Change Anything About The Way We Fast. How Can We Get Comfortable Fluctuating Between 3-5 Lbs Knowing We Didn’t Eat That Much, Yes Water Weight And Bloating, But How Can We Not Let It Ruin Our Vibe. Lol! Random Thoughts By A 40-Something.

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12:40 - Cynthia's Personal Journey With Fasting

16:25 - Best Practices For Fasting For Women?

17:55 - OMAD

21:35 - Fasting And Feeding For Your Cycle; Is It Intuitive?

24:00 - The First Two Weeks Of Your Cycle

25:35 - Nutrition For Your Cycle

27:30 - The Lack Of Research On Cycling Women

32:20 - Extended Fasting

35:40 - What Can Effect Our Cycles The Most?

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44:30 - Amenorrhea

45:00 - Hormonal Dysregulation

52:45 - The Effect Of Fasting On Hormones; PCOS & Thyroid Regulation

55:00 - Weight Loss And Adipose Tissue

56:50 - Autoimmunity

1:00:10 - Carbohydrate Intake, Low Carb Diets

1:06:10 - Cortisol

1:13:00 - Testing Cortisol

1:14:40 - What Should We Be Testing?

1:18:00 - Oxytocin

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1:24:00 - Clean Fasting, Breaking Your Fast

1:28:45 - Coffee

1:30:20 - Using A Glucometer

1:31:30 - DHEA

1:34:50 - Having Your Sleep And Stress Dialed In Before Beginning Fasting

1:37:10 - Melatonin

1:41:30 - CBD

1:43:25 - Perimenopause

1:53:00 - Mindset

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25:00 - Listener Q&A: Cara - New Study Found Increase Risk Of Early Mortality With Fasting?

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41:50 - Listener Q&A: Kemla - Does It Matter?

44:00 - Listener Q&A: Nancy - One Meal A Day?

57:25 - Listener Q&A: Spencer - Breaking Fast

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21:40 - The Benefits Of Berberine

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35:30 - Dosing

41:20 - The Contraindications

43:00 - Meal Timing

46:00 - Body Composition

53:10 - AMPK Activation

54:30 - Positive Effects On The Liver

1:01:25 - Dihydroberberine

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54:30 - Listener Q&A: Therese - Repetitive Routines Or Mix It Up?

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