Welcome to Episode 17 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, author of The What When Wine Diet: Effortless Weight Loss - Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine and Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle.
Hi friends! In this episode, we discuss if lemon or lime juice and apple cider vinegar break the fast, how to deal with fasting headaches and hangries, and why you may have high blood sugar while fasting. On the exercise front, we discuss if you should power through with low energy while fasting, and talk about HIIT. We also gives our best piece of advice we learned the hard way when we first started IF!
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SHOW NOTES
Gin's vacation experience
Listener Q&A: Angelia - Does lemon juice and apple cider vinegar break the fast?
Listener Q&A: Leslie - Does lemon and lime water cause an insulin response?
Listener Q&A: Kelly - Can I add lemon and lime to water? How long till the headaches from starting IF go away?
Gin's Blog Post - Can I Have ____ While Fasting?
Listener Q&A: Heather - Why Are Fasting Blood Sugars High?
Listener Q&A: Jennifer - What To Do If Exercise Performance Is Difficult During IF?
Listener Q&A: Jeanne - What's The Best Piece Of Advice You Learned The Hard Way For IF Beginners?
Listener Q&A: Christine - How To Deal With The Hangries While Fasting?
Listener Q&A: Tom - Is HIIT Ok To Combine With A 16/8 IF?
STUFF WE LIKE
M Berry - Makes Sour Things Taste Sweet!
Bulletproof Coffee - Melanie's favorite brand of coffee (though not ecessarily with added coconut oil) for the fast. It tastes great and is specifically made to be low toxin which is a major problem with most coffees.
REFERENCES
Effect of citrus flavonoids on lipid metabolism and glucose-regulating enzyme mRNA levels in type-2 diabetic mice.
Cortisol increases gluconeogenesis in humans: its role in the metabolic syndrome.
Effect on Blood Pressure of Daily Lemon Ingestion and Walking
High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise and Fat Loss
Effect of acute resistance exercise on postexercise oxygen consumption and resting metabolic rate in young women.
LINKS
BUY Melanie's What When Wine Diet: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine, Gin's Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle, and/or Gin's Feast Without Fear: Food and the Delay, Don't Deny Lifestyle
More on Melanie: MelanieAvalon.com
More on Gin: GinStephens.com
Theme Music Composed By Leland Cox: LelandCox.com
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