Welcome to Episode 425 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, biohacker, founder of AvalonX, and author of What When Wine Diet: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine, and Barry Conrad, actor, singer-songwriter, and creator and host of Banter with BC. 

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Melanie Avalon
Welcome to Episode 425 of the Intermittent Fasting Podcast. If you want to burn fat, gain energy, and enhance your health by changing when you eat, not what you eat, with no calorie counting, then this show is for you.

I'm Melanie Avalon, biohacker, founder of AvalonX, and author of What, When, Wine. Lose weight and feel great with paleo-style meals, intermittent fasting, and wine. And I'm joined by my co-hosts, Barry Conrad, actor, singer-songwriter, and creator and host of Banter with B.C. For more on us, check out MelanieAvalon.com and BarryConradOfficial.com. You can submit questions for the show by emailing questions at iapodcast.com or by going to iapodcast.com. We would love to hear from you. Please remember, the thoughts and opinions on this show do not constitute medical advice or treatment. So pour yourself a mug of black coffee, a cup of tea, or even a glass of wine if it's that time, and get ready for the Intermittent Fasting Podcast. Hi, everybody, and welcome. This is episode number 425 of the Intermittent Fasting Podcast. I'm Melanie Avalon. I'm here with Barry Conrad. Barry, how are you today?

Barry Conrad
Hey Mel hey everyone I'm doing really good it's a jam packed Wednesday for me here in Australia and it's all happening that's one of those days in a good way how about you.

Melanie Avalon
Same, and I'm just reflecting on how when Barry Conrad says jam-packed, like the stuff you go to and do, you set the bar high for doing really cool things, like events and stuff.

Barry Conrad
You do too though, so what do you mean? You do amazing stuff.

Melanie Avalon
I feel like I kind of exist though within a circle of like I go to shows at this theater or this theater like it's a little bit limited. You like go to like all these crazy events and like red carpets.

I mean it's it's very cool. It's very cool.

Barry Conrad
Thanks. Well, tonight, speaking of red carpets, I'm going to the Rolling Stone Australia Awards. Mic drop.

Mic drop. But it's going to be pretty lit. It's going to be like the shot glass you bought me.

Melanie Avalon
Yes, yes, I think I was aware. Well, I guess I knew that Rolling Stones was very international.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, so there's obviously in America, Australia, and it's going to be like star studded night, like lots of amazing Australian talent, lots of categories, red carpet, lots of good, you know, drinks, connections, people, it'd be fun. It'd be good.

Melanie Avalon
Super exciting. Can't wait to see all the pictures.

Barry Conrad
What about you? How's your week been? How's your day been? How's everything in your world?

Melanie Avalon
The world is good. I had a very good meeting today. We wrapped up the financial model for the dating app I am working on. Whoa. We've talked about that, right?

Barry Conrad
You mentioned to me ages ago but now you bring it up again I'm like. Almost my mind that you were doing that I can't melody and I can't keep up with all of your projects so tell me again about the stating out.

Melanie Avalon
been working on it a long time. I don't know. I think I've mentioned it on the show. So we're aiming to have it come out hopefully January 2026. Fingers crossed we shall see.

But basically it is a dating app which allows you to filter and sort by and connect depending on your dietary and drink preferences. So it's going to be like any other dating app, the big mainstream dating apps, you know, hinge, bumble, the league, et cetera. And you will be able to search by diet. So.

Barry Conrad
That's awesome.

Melanie Avalon
So people who are like paleo, or keto, or vegan, or carnivore, pescatarian, whatever you are, gluten-free, organic, there's a filter for that. And then also on the drink side of things, we're going to do if you're, you know, like a wine lover or there's this whole sober curious movement, you know, if you're not a drinker.

Because so much of dating and relationships involves food and drinks. They did a study where they looked at the top four different first dates and they all involve food or drink, all of them.

Barry Conrad
I'm not surprised that that makes total sense and it's important if you don't if you're not compatible sure you can have your own situation that's totally fine but if it's going to be so different where you can't. I just put so many parameters around what you can do together that can kind of get in the way maybe what do you think.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, and I also I left out so it's also going to be like food if you're just like a food lover, you know, because that's a whole category people who love food and they're not dietary like restrictions per se. And there's also like a whole world of like junk food lovers, like that's a whole that's a whole community.

Wow. Yeah, I know this because I read the blogs of them. So I guess I'm in the community. I just don't eat any of it. Oh, my goodness. Okay, but to answer your question, great question. Yes. So I think I think people being on the same page about a lot of stuff about food and drink is just so helpful and important for especially like the drinking and then on the food side of things when you're, yeah, choosing restaurants, going out. I mean, I'm all good for people to eat whatever they want to eat. Honestly, like it does not bother me do what you want to do. At the same time, I think if I was ongoing with somebody who was not into any sort of healthy diet, that might be a little bit difficult.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, I mean, I'm with you in the sense that people can eat whatever they want around me, but if I had to be around someone that, for example, was an alcoholic that, or someone that really struggled with alcohol, and then I had to sort of watch that, I don't know, it's not a deal breaker at all, but I do think it just makes it easier to be compatible when you like the same things. So some of the same things anyway.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, definitely. So, yeah, and it's really interesting, like, on the drink thing, like, there's the whole sober curious movement, like I said, where I feel like a lot of people are into that now.

Oh, and they'll also have a section for like coffee, you know, so if you're like a coffee lover, you're just, oh, now I'm just brainstorming. I could integrate with my coffee company. Oh my goodness. Vertical. No, that wouldn't be vertical integration. That would be the glow. We're still figuring out our marketing strategies and, you know, user acquisition and such, but at some point we will have a landing page where we can get people, people coming, but it's going to be called craving.

Barry Conrad
I love their name. It's genius for what it is, the kind of app it is.

Melanie Avalon
I think we talked about this. I think you should be like the cover model. Oh my goodness. We could do ads. We could do a photo shoot together. That'd be so funny.

Barry Conrad
Even if you wanted to listen as if you tuned in recently when Mel talked about her mirror technique, remember that, Melanie?

Melanie Avalon
Yes, so we will bring the mirror to set and then you can adopt the mirror technique.

Barry Conrad
I somehow think I wouldn't be as good at it as you, because you have a downpact. You like stroll it out.

Melanie Avalon
I feel like you'd be a natural. All you do is you just pose in the mirror.

Barry Conrad
I think I'd be too self-conscious where I think it helps you get shy to see myself like I can't see myself.

Melanie Avalon
That's so funny. It's going to help. That's so interesting. You're so right. So like it would help me and like help me take good photos and it might do the opposite for you.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, it's the same thing like when I'm doing yeah, I can't watch myself I just have to be in it and just do it and then just let them decide You know

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Listeners, let us know.

Okay. So this is not the selfie situation to clarify for listeners. This is when somebody's taking your photo. Can you just have the photo be taken or would you rather see yourself in a mirror and pose yourself such as I do?

Barry Conrad
You are the very first person, you in Paris, it's the view of the very first example, you in Paris, that I've heard of, who does this. So that's a first.

I'm going to start a trend. Speaking of wine, by the way, going back to what you were saying about sober curious, I'm not sober curious necessarily, but for the past week, I didn't buy any wine to have around the house because I'm in a new apartment right now. And usually I drink on the daily while I'm cooking to break my fast, which listeners might know. But last week I didn't buy any, just to kind of see how I felt. And interestingly enough, I don't know if I feel any different, which is curious, like I'm curious about Melanie, because a lot of people, you know, have dramatic changes like, oh, I've sleep better, or I feel better in the morning, but I actually don't feel a difference. So that's really interesting.

Melanie Avalon
I, you know, I did a similar, well, it was more intense. I told you I didn't drink for a whole year, right?

Barry Conrad
What?

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Why? For the same reason that you did last week. I was like, I'm going to do it for a year. I went a year with no caffeine, no alcohol.

Barry Conrad
Oh wow, that's impressive though.

Melanie Avalon
to see if this thing they speak of where they're like, cut out all the stuff, you'll feel amazing. So I was like, I'm going to try that. And I didn't feel any different. I did not feel, I felt less amazing by the end.

And then I got kind of scared because I was like, Oh, I've been going so long without caffeine and alcohol. Like, you know, how do I bring it back now that I've been so long without it? So literally I made my new year's resolution was to start drinking again.

Barry Conrad
That's so funny. So when you had that first sip of wine or coffee after that, like what went through your body or your mind? Like, were you waiting for like a reaction? What happened?

Melanie Avalon
So what's interesting for coffee, I never, I didn't bring it back. I didn't bring back it. I did not bring back a ton of it. I brought back, I just have a little bit every morning.

That's like my, my sweet spot for the wine. I don't, you know what? I actually don't remember to answer your question about feeling different or not. I know what the answer is for me, which is that if I'm doing all my stuff, which is the organic wine, you know, lower alcohol, lower sugar, having my z-biotics, probiotic, pre-alcohol drink, doing all my things, I'm just genuinely happier with wine in my life. I think for me, it's like, it's like a ritual. I, you know, it's like a tasting experience. It like brings all good things to my life and my experience. So yes, but if I were drinking like normal stuff, not with all the stuff, I would, I would definitely feel different drinking or not drinking, I think. You, I think you're, I think you're just a very, very good alcohol processor, like genetically. I thought you were going to say.

Barry Conrad
I think you're just a really good alcoholic, I'm not an alcoholic, Melanie, no alcohol, but yeah, I think so too, which is really interesting.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, it's really interesting that you don't feel any different.

Barry Conrad
Because my father, for example, he really struggled and struggles with alcohol, and it has been really awful. So it's just interesting that genetically I'm able to process it in a way different way. So that's really, I'm fascinated by that.

I want to look more into it. Because I am mindful that I don't want to have any excess, but it doesn't impact my life, my ability to focus, because my ability to work the way I feel, the way I train, and my bloods as well, my blood work. So do I keep down that road, or do I just pull back to prevent future issues?

Melanie Avalon
I'll let you know. Honestly, from all the research I've done, I do think there are health benefits to, especially if it's wine, having daily wine, like longevity wise, heart health wise, all the things. It's similar to you because there is in my family, there are people who struggle with, not my immediate, like my extended family, there are people who struggle with alcohol and it is really interesting how some people really fall into that addiction pattern and others don't. Like for me, I have zero, I don't have, I have zero fear of that happening to me. So yeah, it's really interesting.

And I will say, oh, so I'm gonna share this with listeners. I had always been talking, I've been talking a lot about ion layer and AD patches, which I was wearing those when I would go out and or the next day. It's your body's master metabolic enzyme that is involved in like basically everything that you do when it gets depleted by drinking. So it always really helped me with, especially when I have like a night out with a lot of drinks. Now they have a glutathione patch as well. Oh my goodness, my protocol now, game changer, it is insane. I've realized now when I go out, this is so crazy, now when I go out and I drink much more than I do normally, I actually feel better the next day than most days because I do this protocol and the only time I do the protocol is when I'm going out. So I wear the glutathione patch while going out and then the next day I wear the NAD patch, it's shocking, it's amazing.

Barry Conrad
I can't wait to try all of these things all of these tax I can't when I moved to America can't wait to do it try it all.

Melanie Avalon
It's, I know, we got to get you stocked up on Ion Layer because it's amazing. So listeners, you can go to melonyavalon.com slash Ion Layer, use the code Melanieavalon, that will get you $100 off. So definitely try that.

Should we jump into some things?

Barry Conrad
Let's jump in.

Melanie Avalon
Okay, do you have a study to start us off with?

Barry Conrad
I do have a study to start us off with. And today, I'm bringing a study called intermittent fasting, does it affect sports performance? I was really excited about this, because as you know, I train a lot, love all this. And it was published in the journal nutrients back in February 2024.

And it's sort of like a systematic review led by researchers from the University of Milan in Italy. And it dives into something we get asked about all the time, can you still perform at your best, whether in the gym, on the field, wherever you train, while intermittent fasting. So this wasn't, it wasn't like a small one off study, they sort of they actually pulled together from 25 different studies, the data. So we're talking about like a pretty comprehensive look at how intermittent fasting impacts a whole range of athletic markers. So think strength, endurance, power output, aerobic capacity, even recovery. And here's what I found super interesting. Now, across the board, results showed that intermittent fasting doesn't negatively affect sports performance. And in some cases, it even even enhanced it.

So let's get into that. So one of the most common fasting styles or protocols that came up in this was the 16, eight method. And so for newcomers, anyone listening for the first time where you're new to intermittent fasting, that means 16 hours fasting, eight hours eating, which a lot of you already know. So with athletes who followed this, researchers found no significant decrease in strength or endurance performance. And if anything, a lot of them actually improve their body composition, which really excited me because I was like reading like, please not be bad. And this basically means more lean muscle, less fat, who doesn't want that, not me.

And another big takeaway was how intermittent fasting seemed to improve metabolic efficiency. So what I mean by that for anyone who doesn't know is the body sort of becomes better at using like a fat for energy, especially during the fasting window, which means athletes aren't constantly relying on quick carbs to get through a workout. And over time, like that shift can sort of lead to more more stability in your energy, improved insulin sensitivity, even enhanced recovery markers, which is massive because recovery is so important.

And the only difference though, that I found was where things got more nuanced was during the like the Ramadan style fasting. Side of things. And that means like sort of dry fasting during the day and dry fasting is like no food, no water. That's pretty intense. And in some of the cases, especially with those elite athletes, the performance did dip during that Ramadan style situation. But the study points out that it wasn't necessarily the fasting that caused that issue. It was often like a mix of hydration, sleep, depletion, inconsistent training because of not feeling strong because of the fasting.

So I guess it's the context, you know, so one of the coolest parts of me about this was that certain faster athletes actually improve their short bursts, high intensity performance.

Barry Conrad
So we're talking things like sprints, which I love hill sprints, and I've said that before. So sprints, hit training, jumps, that kind of thing, which actually totally debunks and or challenges the idea that, you know, you have to be quote unquote constantly fed, constantly eating to be explosive or, or powerful. It's just the more we delve into the research, it's just not the case. So of course, like, you still need proper nutrition, you still need recovery, hydration, but fasting when done right, it doesn't have to hold you back.

And this sort of talks about that might even give you that edge. So the researchers at the end, they did say, though, there's a lot more work to be done, especially with the longer term studies and standardized protocols. But the early signs look pretty, pretty promising, especially if you're someone who's fasting on the regular and wondering if you leave in the gains on the table, you're not leaving the gains on the table. So science is showing that we can fast and train and perform and recover like a bus. So Mel, what do you I'd love to hear your thoughts. What do you think?

Melanie Avalon
I love it so much. And you said when you sat down to read it, what did you think it was going to say?

Barry Conrad
I wasn't worried, but there's always something in the back of my mind like I don't want any new research to come out saying fasting is going to inhibit your performance because I'm so active and so I was glad that these are the findings.

Melanie Avalon
No, that's amazing. I love it.

It's so interesting because people just have... I feel like still they're really, really concerned and think that it really will impede performance and it's just not, you know, seemingly what the people's experience shows, what the studies show. I'm glad that you drew attention to the Ramadan thing because, you know, I feel like that's completely different. So like people not drinking water, like just like dry fasting. Yeah, I would not even... I would not even look at that for athletic performance because that's such a huge factor. Like electrolyte balance and hydration is so important. And then like you said, it's also affecting other lifestyle factors as well.

Amazing. 25 studies.

Barry Conrad
Yeah. So I thought it was really comprehensive. And yeah, I do think I agree with what you said as well.

The Ramada, I feel like it's a different category. Do you think like it's not even, it's not really intermittent fasting.

Melanie Avalon
So, I mean, it is, it is intermittent fasting because I mean, they don't eat during daylight hours, right? So they're getting, I don't, I don't know how long when it's done.

And I don't like, when is it, when is Ramadan?

Barry Conrad
I wanna say, hold on, I don't wanna get this wrong.

Melanie Avalon
February in the U.S. Okay, so like in February, in 2025, it's Friday, February 28th through Saturday, March 29th. Okay.

What I'm trying to envision, what's interesting about it, oh, this is interesting. Oh, I find this interesting. I never thought about this. So, you know, it's a religious event, but the dates are set. So that means depending on where you are, like where you live, it's going to depend on how many daylight hours you have.

Barry Conrad
That is interesting.

Melanie Avalon
So, you know, cause like here in the U S that's a little bit shorter days still. I mean, they're getting days are getting longer, but like for you guys, cause what season is it again now for you?

I know we go through this every time.

Barry Conrad
I want to say it. Okay. It's not, I think it's autumn slash fall. I want to say it's not spring because we talked about this last time. It's like, it's not spring. Yeah.

Melanie Avalon
So presumably based on where you are, not even just location because of the season, but also the latitude, like so like how far you are from the equator.

Barry Conrad
Because I know from Melanie, when I used to live in South Africa, there's a lot of Muslim population there. And one of my mom's best friends, one of our best family friends, she married into a Muslim family, and we'd go over during Ramadan so we could eat all the food at night.

But basically, the point is, as soon as the sun went down, that's when they would eat. So there wasn't a set time on the clock. It's just usually somewhere between six and eight, it would be where they can eat and drink.

Melanie Avalon
Okay. So like if you lived, for example, at the polls, you would have, you know, that would come, that would drastically affect the daylight hours.

Barry Conrad
Do you think in that case, so like Norway and places like that, would they have to like maybe put a time on it then maybe like

Melanie Avalon
I don't know, like, do they adjust? I don't, I mean, how would they adjust though? Because like, isn't the rules about the light?

Barry Conrad
They'd probably never break their fast data, though. I don't know. Actually, now I want to find out.

Melanie Avalon
Okay, so I looked it up. Ramanan fasting can be adjusted for Muslims living in regions where daylight hours are extremely long or short, such as near the Arctic or Antarctic circles, where the sun may not set or rise for days or even weeks. Islamic scholars and councils have addressed this unique situation with practical solutions. So here are some approaches.

They might follow the nearest moderate location, so like the closest city that has a clear distinction between day and night, or follow Mecca's timetable. Hmm, that makes sense. Or follow a 24-hour clock, like you were saying, using a set number of hours. So interesting. I can't believe I never thought about this before.

Barry Conrad
That actually is interesting. Now we know, so follow near a city or, okay.

Melanie Avalon
But you know what's interesting also? So this is for like the polls.

So, but for people who there is a distinct difference between day and night, but it's like you mentioned, like Norway or something, I feel like in that situation, they're just getting more or less daytime hours, but it wouldn't be so extreme that they might do a different protocol. So basically, I mean, I don't know, but it sounds like maybe, I feel like there would be subtle differences and the length of fast based on where you live.

Barry Conrad
I agree, because if people had for the polls, like you were saying, or like Norway and stuff like that, they would have to, they'd probably be more uniformed with their like structured in their fasting. Like from this time to this time, we'll just do it because it doesn't get dark.

Whereas other people will wait. And it would probably change quite like even in the daily. Yeah, interesting.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Wow. I'm never going to look at Ramadan fasting the same way again. I'm just really surprised that I've never thought about this before, and I've been talking about this for so many years.

Barry Conrad
I do know, based on mates I've had who are Muslim and they do Ramadan, they always have no energy. It's just because you can't drink water, and that's a major thing. I think food is one thing, but being dehydrated and then having to work and things like that, that's pretty intense.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Yeah. I know people will do conscious dry fast and they, and it can have other benefits to it in general though. And that's a long time to be doing that. It's like a month.

Barry Conrad
It's a whole lot and also I wonder how people who practice Ramadan fasting, how it affects their bodies over the long term, doing that all the time, you know, because it's like this massive depletion and then like, I'm sure some of them probably, I'm guessing over eat or overdo it when they get back to eating, whereas some probably don't. But I wonder if it has any impact on their long term health, you know?

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Well, it's interesting.

I could see how it could be a good thing or it could be a catalyst for fasting and making good dietary choices. And then I could see how for a lot of people, it might be like, oh, the thing they are required to do one month a year. And then they're just making up for it the rest of the time, which is like 11 months not fasting and one month fasting.

Barry Conrad
Have you ever done, I know you've talked about like, you know, you raised Christian and whatnot, did you ever fast during like for religious reasons in your family? Did they ever get into that?

Melanie Avalon
not fasting. So it's interesting. So I have two memories associated. One is Lent. So that's kind of like the Christian equivalent, but you can quote fast from anything. So that Lent is people often give up something for Lent.

I don't know if I ever actually, I might have given up like candy or something at some point. I do remember though, I remember one of my friends when I was in middle school was doing a fast. It's so interesting to think how far you've come and perspective and mindset because I was much younger then. So it's a different situation. But I know she was doing like a, was it only, was it a 24 hour fast? It's probably like a 36 hour fast. I don't know. Might have been a 24 hour fast. I just remember like it was a whole thing. And that's the only memory I have about fasting related to religion that was for her church. So I don't think I did. Did you?

Barry Conrad
You know what, not without food or water, but what I do remember is like, have you heard of the Daniel fast or whatever that is?

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, you eat like what Daniel ate when he was in the lion's den, assuming he was there because we recently did an episode, and I know Barry listened to it, on the Mindblown podcast about biblical misconceptions. So many of those blew my mind when I learned them.

Yeah. So which ones blew your mind the most?

Barry Conrad
Well, the fact that it's the best selling book of all time, for some reason in my head, I didn't put together that it gets sold. It doesn't just come from nowhere.

So who's getting that money? A, B, B, the Jonah and the whale as well. It's actually meant to be a big fish, not a whale, technically.

Melanie Avalon
It never says whale, it says big fish, which could have been a whale, they could have been calling it that, or it could have not been a whale.

Barry Conrad
the three wise men there wasn't technically there weren't three oh yeah that was come on really

Melanie Avalon
Because because there were three gifts so that that's why we think that no no they name three gifts.

Barry Conrad
But what if there were 10 people or one person?

Melanie Avalon
Well, what if there were other gifts too? And Mary Magdalene, they never actually said she was a prostitute. I definitely thought it said that.

Barry Conrad
Sam, going back to what you said, Mel, assuming that what we're talking about, the Daniel diet, assuming he was in the lion's den and he actually ate whatever it was, like, it was a specific diet. Like, I've done that for a week and that's meant to be this hardcore thing, which is so easy to do now, but I thought that was, like, so meaningful at the time. Like, yay, I'm doing something for God, you know, eating this.

Melanie Avalon
It's like a, it's like a vegan fast, right? Like, isn't it very like vegetables and stuff? Yeah. Yeah. I don't think I, I don't do that. I'm familiar with it though. I did not, I did not do it though. There you go.

Very interesting. Okay. Well, thank you for finding the study. Take away fasting for athletic performance. Yes. It's support. So it helps muscle growth, helps actual performance, body composition. Just make sure you're, you know, drinking, getting your electrolytes, sleeping. Yes. Really important. Shall we jump into some questions for today?

Barry Conrad
We should. Let's do it.

So, Carolina from Facebook, she asks, why am I feeling so cold when I extend my fast? I normally eat three meals in an eight hour window, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. I stay under 50 grams of carbs and prioritize protein and fat. I'm very active every day. Resistance training, five days per week. Walk 13K steps every day. No need to lose weight. I'm in calorie maintenance. My goal is body re-composition. I like the idea of having one 800 calorie meal on Mondays for health reasons and digestive rest. But when I fast to delay my breakfast, I'm literally freezing. I have to have a full blast heater on. Is this normal? Melanie, what do you think?

Melanie Avalon
Awesome. Okay. So I love this question. And what could possibly be going on here?

I did some research and so people's core body temperature can vary pretty individually. And there tends to be, there's this concept of a human thrifty phenotype. I'm not necessarily saying that I know that Carolina, that this is the case for you. But that said, basically, they've done studies on people's energy expenditures, like how much energy and heat their body is producing and how that relates to core body temperature. And it seems that some people have a thrifty phenotype. And when they have that, their core body temperature drops more while fasting compared to people who aren't that phenotype. And then on the flip side, that same phenotype where they get colder while fasting, they also don't get as hot when overeating. And what's actually going on with the neurotransmitters and hormones is that people who have this thrifty phenotype, they basically don't release as much adrenaline and epinephrine during the fast. So it could be genetic. It could be completely normal that, yes, for you when you fast, your body just gets colder. It doesn't try to, or it more actively tries to preserve fat in the fasted state. That's one option. And I think that applies to a lot of people. Another thing is you could be over fasting or overdoing it. And this is just a signal to your body that it's too much. A benefit, kind of like a good thing about this is lower core body temperature in general does correlate to longevity. So calorie restriction, it has been the one thing consistently shown to promote longevity in all species. It also correlates to lower body temperature and lower body temperature tends to correlate to longevity. So not that it's like a great thing to be really cold feeling, but if you are cold, it might be more beneficial for longevity. So that's an upside. Something you could do. So there's some options here. There are some foods that you can eat. And I have found personally that they are very thermogenic and they actually keep me warm. If you've tried adding MCT oil to your food, that is so thermogenic. For me, it makes me really hot. So you might find that adding that to your meals can help you fast longer. If being too cold is impeding you from fasting, you might find, can find that adding MCT oil to your meals will keep your body temperature warmer. You also might want to try doing not the whole low carb diet thing and fasting, you know, doing the fasting hours that you want, but having carbs in your eating window. A lot of people when they do like a ketogenic diet or a low carb diet, they get cold from that diet. So yeah, that's definitely an option to play around with is try having more carbs in your diet. If you're worried about fat gain and weight gain and anything like that, I really want to encourage people that when you're eating whole foods, adding back in carbs after being low carb, as long as you don't also keep all the fats, you actually might find that you actually lose weight from that or see beneficial effects and energy,

Melanie Avalon
body composition, warmth, all the things. So that's something you could try is make a switcheroo and do a more higher carb, lower fat approach.

Yeah, but basically it comes down to yes, it is normal to get cold while fasting could be a genetic phenotype and that's just the way it is and not something you can change or it could be that you're over fasting either way, adding in, you know, carbs or MCT oil. Also, you can add in lots of like spices to your food. Those can have a heat, a heating effect. Actually, I might be a little bit wary about the spices because some people actually eat, add those to their meals because it does increase the temperature, but then they have a response to it where they're bought, the body adapts to cooling. It's kind of like how in hot cultures, they'll eat spicy food to stay cooler. So actually, maybe don't listen to me on that. I do know with the MCT oil though that, I mean, that makes me really, really warm. So what are your thoughts, Barry? And have you ever experimented with MCT oil?

Barry Conrad
I actually have not experimented with MCT oil in my food yet. Do you think it's something that I should experiment with?

Melanie Avalon
Just if, just, I mean, no, just if you want, just if you want, the reason I don't like it is how hot it makes me, honestly.

But it's basically a, especially if you get the C8 or C10 version, which is the most easily, like ketogenic, easily used fat compared to the more full spectrum. If you get just the C8 version, but basically it is a fat that kind of functions more like a carb because it is instantly shuttled to the liver, used for energy. It doesn't easily get stored as fat and it's very, it easily becomes ketones. It's very metabolism stroking, making you, you know, warm and thermogenic and all that. Yeah, it's an interesting food.

Barry Conrad
I have had some in my coffee.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, so you've had it.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, but I haven't experienced how it feels putting it with my food. Yeah, in general, I'd get pretty hot when I eat, which is kind of frustrating because maybe I'm just eating so intensely, but I get really hot.

What I thought, I mean, you hit everything so amazingly, Mel. The only thing that did cross my mind was when you said that maybe she isn't eating enough carbs, like the fact that, Carolina, you're training five times a week, 13,000 steps a day, like your body sounds like it's already efficient, and there's not a whole lot of extra body fat there for insulation, so you're probably going to feel that chill more. That's the only thing that I thought, which you mentioned. So maybe a tweak, having some more carbs in there. I don't actually get cold when, I don't really get cold when I fast, but you experience that, Mel, called the cold fasting effect.

Melanie Avalon
Yes. When I was low carb, I was much colder. Now, honestly, it really depends on the meal I had for my one meal a day. It is, it's kind of shocking how much it affects me.

So if I have, it kind of goes back to like the, the warming and the cooling foods, especially in like traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurvedic, I actually really find that that applies to me. So if I have a meal of, you know, just lean fish for my protein, I'll be colder the next day compared to if I have a meal with lots of like chicken or steak. Even if I eat the same amount of actual protein, the, the warming proteins really keep me warmer the next day and the colder ones I'm colder the next day.

Barry Conrad
That's really interesting.

Melanie Avalon
in the past I've done where I would just have, like I wouldn't have protein for like a no protein day. And that would make me really cold the next day.

Yeah, the foods you're eating can really, really affect you. But if I had that MCT oil, yeah. Actually, one of the reasons I kind of dread summer is because I feel like I have less freedom in what I can eat because I really don't like being hot. And so I feel like in the summer I have to be more cognizant of meal choices that won't make me really like too hot the next day.

Why are you laughing?

Barry Conrad
I've just never heard of someone say, like, I've never experienced, like, okay, the food that I ate yesterday, this is going to make me feel hot tomorrow, or it's going to make me feel colder tomorrow. That's amazing.

I've never thought of it in that way or experienced that, but maybe now that you've mentioned this, maybe I should try to pay attention to, like, have an experiment and see if I do feel different.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. So, and it will especially, so, so some comments, um, it's a little bit different. Like it is the next day for me, but I eat my meal really late. And then, so the next day isn't even necessarily that long into the fast because I think I eat and I go to bed. But all of that said, because I'm so like, I, I'm so conscious and eat within a certain collection of foods. That's pretty similar.

Like I, I, I always crave a certain protein. So basically it's a chicken night or it's just a fish night or it's a steak night. So it's really easy for me to experiment and notice. It's yeah, it's easier for me to notice. So I'd be really curious if you do notice a difference, but you might always have, do you pretty much always have like chicken or steak or.

Barry Conrad
I have a lot of I have a lot of ground beef, steak, chicken, but oftentimes, like, I'll combine like how you said you like to have you crave one type of protein. I'll have smoked salmon to start, for example, or chicken wings to start, and then I'll also have beef. So I don't I often like combine protein. It's never just one.

So that's probably why I can't really I can't really notice because I'm always combining.

Melanie Avalon
Well, what's interesting is I always combine because I always have my scallops. So there's always a fish there, but then sometimes I have just chicken or steak. I'd be curious. Okay. So maybe notice if you have, if there's ever a day that you only eat seafood, see if you notice that you're not as hot.

Okay. There's this book. Okay. If, if friends are interested in this, oh my goodness, I love this book. It's very famous in the world of traditional Chinese medicine. It's called healing with whole foods. It is the, oh, with more than 600,000 copies sold. Okay. It is the biggest Bible of information about every food seen through the lens of traditional Chinese medicine and like yin yang balance. And so it has like, it literally has every food ever. It's crazy. It's so big. It's heavy. You could use it as a weight at the gym and each food, it'll say like, is this warming or cooling? And like, what, like, what parts of your bot, like what organs does it benefit? I love this book. Mine's like all, like all marked up with like notes and highlighters and stickies and that's a great book.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, that sounds interesting. I definitely want to dive more into this because I know when I have spices, I get hotter, spicier foods, but that seems obvious.

But I want to try this fish-only day, chicken-only day, and see if it impacts how I feel.

Melanie Avalon
Here's something important, and I kind of said it earlier, but to clarify about the spices. So this is just me thinking it through in real time. When you eat a lot of protein or meat, A, protein is the most thermogenic macronutrient. And what that means is about 30% of the calories just get burned off as heat by processing the protein.

But the long-term effects of eating that protein, it's going to actually keep you warm and keep giving you heat because it's like a slow digestion process, it's thermogenic, et cetera, compared to spices. Where spices are non-caloric, they're not even providing, I mean, what, they might have like a calorie, but they're barely providing any calories, so they're not having a thermogenic effect from that perspective, but they can be very, you know, heating, like create the feeling of heat. But I think that ends up having the opposite effect, like I was saying, where your body gets good at cooling yourself down. So the longer-term effects of the spices might actually make your body cooler in the future, like not at the moment of eating it, because at the moment of eating it, eating either of these things, you're going to be probably feeling warm, but like the long-term effects, like eating a high protein meal is going to make you warmer later, but eating hot spices might make you cooler later.

Barry Conrad
There you go. Carolina, we hope that you- we hope that helped. That was- Melanie said it all. That was amazing.

Also, Melanie, I had to- you're like, why are you laughing? What do you say? I'm gonna be hotter tomorrow or cooler tomorrow. There was just- I've just never heard that. That's why I was laughing. It wasn't- yeah.

Melanie Avalon
You're going to start notice, you're going to notice.

Barry Conrad
And, yeah, you don't like somewhere. I know that. You don't like being hot.

Melanie Avalon
No, you know what's funny is within the past, I think a couple days, three, maybe three, I think three different, I got emails about three different concerts, all of which I would like to go to. They're all in ampli theaters outside in the middle of the summer in Georgia.

I don't understand who, why do people enjoy this? I'm so confused. Somebody please explain to me.

Barry Conrad
Melanie, a lot of people love to be hot and they love summer. Like, I'm sure you know that these people, like a lot of people like that.

Melanie Avalon
It's like so mind blowing to me, it's so crazy. And so I get these, I'm like, oh, I want to go to Mumford and Sons or I want to go to Kesha, but it's like in the summer outside.

Barry Conrad
Okay, but hold on, what if, because I'm guessing the show is like at night, so it would probably cool down.

Melanie Avalon
It doesn't matter. I was Googling. I was like, what time is it going to be?

I was like, what temperature is it going to be at seven o'clock in August in Georgia? And it could, it can literally still be like 80 degrees. I was like, I can't, this is ridiculous.

Barry Conrad
That's not even that hard. That's like 26 degrees Celsius. That's like the limit for me.

Melanie Avalon
Did you look up the right number? That is hot. That's too hot to be like, am I get up? Like my concert get up? I cannot.

Barry Conrad
What if you brought like an umbrella? That might sound intense, but a lot of people have umbrellas for the sun.

Melanie Avalon
it's already covered. It's like covered amphitheaters.

Barry Conrad
That's even better. You could do it. Like, why, why don't I try? Go, go.

Melanie Avalon
in another life. Why don't they do these in the winter outside? That's when I'm there. I'd show up for that.

Barry Conrad
Because you know what? In the winter, no singer, singers inside baseball want to sing in the cold. It's just the worst for your voice.

Melanie Avalon
I'd be there. Okay. Then how about the fall?

Barry Conrad
If there's humidity, it's easier to sing in. But again, what's good for you, the singers is not good for necessarily some audience members, aka Melanie Evelon.

Melanie Avalon
You know what's good for everybody? What? Singing inside.

Barry Conrad
That's so funny.

Melanie Avalon
solves all the problems.

Barry Conrad
What it's so funny that you said you googled what temperature it could be.

Melanie Avalon
I did. I was, I really wanted to buy these tickets. And I was like, I just can't. And then what if it's raining?

Barry Conrad
You couldn't do it? Nope.

What would happen? Okay. So if you were there and it started raining, what would, how, what would go through your mind? Would you just hate that experience or would you deal with it?

Melanie Avalon
No, I would I would I mean, and it's covered so but it's just my hair would not be nice. You know what? I really love climate control. I'm just it's so great like inside climate control.

Barry Conrad
Have you, Tangent, but have you watched a show called Paradise? What happens?

Melanie Avalon
Is it not paradise? Is it in paradise, but it's not paradise?

Barry Conrad
Basically what you're saying makes me think of the show because long story short, these people have to get on this these flights and go to this like created manufactured world because there's going to be a catastrophe out in the real world. And the president takes like, I don't know, 10,000 people to this built world. And like it's everything's controlled like this, the weather and everything. So it made me think of that.

So if you could control, it's, it's basically in a mountain, they've created this world that looks exactly like normal city, but it's not. There's no sky, but people think there's a sky. It's all controlled. Yeah.

Melanie Avalon
I know this is so contrary to like our modern climate controlled everything is not good for us hermetically like we're not exposed to stressors and things like that but at the same time that's why I keep my air very cold inside I do sauna I do cryotherapy so I'm like it's like say it's like do as I I don't know.

Barry Conrad
Do as I say and as I do.

Melanie Avalon
But also, I mean, you can do it as I do. If you do it as I do, make sure you do all the other things too. Make sure you combat. One thing we don't want is to just exist in the perfect temperature all the time. That's not good for us.

Yeah, it's not good. We need those extreme temperatures and such. I just don't want the extreme temperatures while I'm seeing abandoned, singing and dressed up. That's why I don't want the extreme temperatures. I want it when I'm in a sauna, not singing or not dancing and such.

Barry Conrad
Okay. So if you had to choose between one of those concerts that you might, you're on the fence about maybe booking, which one will you go?

Melanie Avalon
I really wanted to go to Mumford and Sons because my sister's going and it would be a whole thing. Do it, do it, do it, do it.

Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry, oh, I think Katy Perry might be indoors, I don't know. Shall we break our fast, reverbially?

Barry Conrad
Let's break it proverbially. What do you got for us, Mel?

Melanie Avalon
So the restaurant I'm picking for today's restaurant, and the purpose of this segment of the show is because what, like we've been talking about, this whole conversation, what you eat and having the eating period is actually very, very important with your fasting because you get a lot of benefits from the fasting and you also need the eating period to nourish your body, grow that muscle, all the things. So I like picking restaurants from Disney World.

I'm picking this one today in honor of your story, Barry, that you posted, was it yesterday when the guy in the cab did not know about he had never been to a Mexican restaurant?

Barry Conrad
That's so funny, Melanie. Yeah, listen, I was to give you some intel, so I was basically in an Uber to a Mexican restaurant, and the Uber driver was like, hey, brother, where are you going to eat?

I'm like, having Mexican food. And then I started listening to the radio, just chilling out, and he just goes randomly. I never tried Mexican before, so it was really funny and random.

Melanie Avalon
What's so funny about this video is yes, Barry is just like selfie videoing himself singing in the car. Perfect timing. And then when he says that like the timing of it when he said it at the end, I was just dying life. I literally watched it five times in a row.

I thought it was so funny. The timing and then it just like cuts off. So I am picking the Mexican restaurant at the Epcot pavilion in Disney World. So remember how I've been telling you about the Epcot pavilion where there's all the different countries and each country has a restaurant and such. So the Mexican restaurant is called San, I probably am saying it wrong, San Angel N. It's probably the Mexican pronunciation, but San Angel N restaurante is so okay. Do you see the picture that came up?

Barry Conrad
I do. Oh, whoa, that that's beautiful. That's really.

Melanie Avalon
And if you go to the picture where you can see like the entrance, so there's water down there because there's actually a boat ride that explores the world of Mexico, as they say in it, Mexico, or I guess I guess and it's stunning. It's beautiful.

There's like Aztec structures in the background and like it's evening. It's very, very dark in there, very dark. It's really authentic Mexican food. My dad loves Mexican food. So we used to always go here. I think this is probably one of his favorite restaurants in Disney.

Yeah. So the setting is the base of 17th century Mayan ruins, a hacienda.

Barry Conrad
It looks like a set, like a film set. It's amazing.

Melanie Avalon
It does. It does look like a film set. Yeah, but it's just, it's so, I don't know. I love it.

The vibe. It's just amazing. Oh, and then if you like zoom out, which I don't think there's pictures of it here. There's not pictures. If you could see like outside of this restaurant, which is still inside, it's like, it's like a, um, it's set up like, uh, like being outdoors at this evening, Mexican. There's like little carts and like stores and it's like being outdoors. It's so, it's really pretty and there's fountains and.

Barry Conrad
Sounds great.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, so shall we look at the menu?

Barry Conrad
I'm going to the dinner menu right now, checking it out. What have you got? I think I'm going to struggle.

Melanie Avalon
with this one a little bit actually no maybe

Barry Conrad
I love Mexican food by the way, haven't mentioned that to you before, I actually love it.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, I mean, I, yes, I think so. I'm pretty sure I think I would have, is it your, what's your favorite? Is it your favorite genre of food?

Barry Conrad
That's that this is really hard. It's really tough.

I did say what my final meal ever would be, but I think It's hard to just choose a genre because I just yeah, I love mexican love greek Love japanese. Oh, yeah I could be here all day, but I do love mexican. Do you have a favorite johner?

Melanie Avalon
Probably New American.

Barry Conrad
What would that be?

Melanie Avalon
I feel like I just know whenever I go to a new American restaurant, it's what I like. It's like steak and fish dishes and new American. It's a fusion. Oh, okay. I've never defined it, but I just know I really like it.

It's modern American cuisine or contemporary American cuisine, a wave of modernized cooking, predominantly served at upscale fine dining restaurants in the United States originating in the 1980s. It assimilates flavors from the melting pot of traditional American cooking techniques.

Barry Conrad
Hmm, okay.

Melanie Avalon
Sounds good. So it's, I'm not sure if that defined it enough, but like seasonal, okay. It's often like fresh local seasonal ingredients, focus on creative and lighter dishes, even though I like steak and such. Yeah, I think that's what I like about it.

It's often like seasonal and local, and there's always a lot of like protein options and it's like a steakhouse, but just American modernized.

Barry Conrad
Okay. Well, that tracks though, because you have a lot of stake and yeah, that makes sense from what you post.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, so what would you get appetizer wise?

Barry Conrad
There's a few good ones here. There's a couple of things. Definitely guacamole. Love my guacamole.

That's gotta happen. So having some guac, I'm gonna also get the chilaquillas, which is the choice of shaved ribeye or chipotle chicken tortilla chips tossed in ranchera salsa, topped with coca cheese, crema, mexicana, and onions.

So that sounds delicious. What about you?

Melanie Avalon
I might taste the guacamole. Do they not have a shrimp cocktail? Is that not a?

Barry Conrad
No. No, it's not.

Melanie Avalon
I thought ceviche. I thought ceviche was a Mexican thing. Is it not?

Barry Conrad
I don't think it's, I don't think it's as such, but I do think a lot of modern Mexican, I think commercial Mexican food like here has a lot of kingfish and ceviche, but if this is meant to be legit, maybe it's not, I'm not too sure. And we should say the guacamole is topped with mango and toasted pumpkin seeds, served with chicharrones and salsa Valentina.

I'm just guessing that's how it's pronounced, but I'm just going with it.

Melanie Avalon
You I think it yeah I think it sounds good what you said okay it does occur in mexico.

Barry Conrad
Okay, okurr is a lie.

Melanie Avalon
Hello, Chris. Yeah. So the marinade in Mexico tends to feature tomatoes. Might have tomatoes, avocados, and tomato sauce with it.

Well, they don't have it here, so. I think I'll save my appetite for the entree. Yeah? Yes.

Barry Conrad
Okay, you go first.

Melanie Avalon
carne asada.

Barry Conrad
And you get that.

Melanie Avalon
served rare. I was debating between that and the chicken. I might get both.

Okay, the carne asada New York strip with Chipotle butter served with a tamal de raha topped with red and green salsas with a corn rice medley. So everything can just be on the side and have the carne asada you know rare by itself and then maybe also the polo a la raha raja raha grilled chicken breasts over roasted potatoes with onions poblano peppers corn and a poblano cream sauce topped with queso fresco again everything just on the side if possible

Barry Conrad
Could I have your potatoes if you're not going to eat them? Yeah.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Oh, they also have a catch of the day. So it might depend what the fish is.

Barry Conrad
What if it's trout?

Melanie Avalon
I don't think they have, do they have trout in Mexico?

Barry Conrad
Yes, you know, as I was saying that I was like, is this not even a fish that they have there?

Melanie Avalon
The takeaway, I'm learning so much about the world, the takeaway on the shows that, uh, yeah, if they had trout, I would have that. I'm not sure if trout is there.

Barry Conrad
It says red snapper and Parago Rojo, a significant presence in traditional Mexican, includes a red snapper.

Melanie Avalon
red snapper yeah that's what's coming up a lot here yeah so i'll probably stick with the chicken and the steak how about you

Barry Conrad
I'm going to go for the enchiladas de polo, which is corn tortillas filled with chipotle chicken, covered with ranchera salsa, crema mexicana, cocha cheese, and crispy onion straws atop beans, served with plantains. Delicious.

Topped with crema, mexicana, and cocha cheese. And I'm also going to get the tacos because that comes with lava taco. And that comes with shaved ribeye, a choice of shaved ribeye or grilled chicken. I'm going to go for the ribeye.

Poblano and red peppers, onions, bacon, and Monterey Jack cheese, served with corn tortillas and plantains. Again, topped with crema, mexicana, and cocha. I want to see what their topping tastes like. It's a common additive on this menu.

Melanie Avalon
That sounds very adventurous.

Barry Conrad
Sounds very me.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. And you know what you can get with it? What? Did you see at the bottom they have create your own margarita flight? Oh.

Barry Conrad
What? I haven't got that far yet. That's happening.

Melanie Avalon
They have a lot of drinks, but I feel like you can choose three. Is that what you would get? Would you get that?

Barry Conrad
I would absolutely, 800% get that and create my own Margarita flight. I will do. Okay. It says three LDR blood, orange, the cucumber classica, or the wild one. I'll get one. What's in the wild?

Melanie Avalon
Oh, you go look at the I see you look at it. Oh, I get you. I'm following now you pick from the

Barry Conrad
menu. This is the Classica, I feel like that's the classic, just standard. I want something spicy.

Oh, there we go, Aldiablo, that's got a cucumber jalapeno sauce, so that's going to be spicy. I'll do that one. I'll do the wild one, which is Centinella blanco tequila, combia, orange, liqueur, ginger rum, corn, passion fruit, cordial, lime juice, dos jombre, mezcal, grenadine, and hibiscus salt rim. And then one more, I'll go the Classica, just a classic as well.

Melanie Avalon
Like a nice palette cleanser.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, to end with, I should say. What drinks would you consume? Is there a wine list there?

Melanie Avalon
They don't even have a wine list, so this might be a BYOB situation.

Barry Conrad
and sneak in a little thing.

Melanie Avalon
I wonder, cause in Disney, I would have to sneak it into the park, but once it's in the park, I wonder if you can just bring in your own stuff because Disney, you can, you know, you can, you don't have to, you can drink, you can carry drinks around outside and such. Cause it's like all inside, I'm not all in, you know, it's like you're inside of a establishment type thing.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, right. That's pretty good if they do that because it's not really in Australia. It's not really It's not a thing where you can carry walk around with alcoholic drinks

Melanie Avalon
I mean, I think I'm pretty sure you can because there's booths everywhere. I mean, yeah, yeah, you have to be able to because there's like there's like walk up booths everywhere with drinks.

So would you get a dessert?

Barry Conrad
I don't know why I keep trying my luck because I know the answer of it. I just think maybe today she'll say, yeah.

Melanie Avalon
someday. I really applaud your perseverance. I think it's endearing.

Barry Conrad
Desserts I would get a couple things the brown sundaes catching my eye at first so that's a fudge brownie soda dulce de leche ice cream yum and topped with kajita sauce can I have that and then I have to have a. Yeah just maybe just the seasonal mexican flavored sorbet which is me of probably saying that incorrectly but sundae and some so.

Melanie Avalon
I can, I can answer for what I would get if I, if I ate desserts, I would get the, probably the chaseless cake. I love that whole concept.

Yeah. Do you like it? Or does it bother you? It bothers some people, like the soaked cake situation, like the milk soaked cake.

Barry Conrad
I actually made a cake, a tres leches cake with my mom a couple of years ago during Christmas. It was pretty good actually.

It was a nightmare to make though, it was a headache because the soaking and it took way longer than we thought so we were up all night doing it but it tasted pretty good. Tasted pretty good.

Melanie Avalon
that story no that was like a that was like a good that was a good sound sorry if it sounded not good i looked up i found a video of them making a trace i don't know how you say it trace leches funfetti cake once

Barry Conrad
How does I'm trying to picture how that would even look because it's

Melanie Avalon
confetti cake is the cake, and then drown it.

Barry Conrad
trying to milk one day one day you'll try it again maybe

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, I'm getting the non-existent shrimp ceviche as my dessert that they don't have.

Barry Conrad
Imagine Melanie asking the server, could this shift just get me some?

Melanie Avalon
Yeah, because is shrimp anywhere else on this menu?

Barry Conrad
I don't think so. I don't think so as well. Yeah.

Melanie Avalon
Oh, wait, no, it is. There's chipotle pepper and garlic sauteed shrimp in the Camerons a la Diablo. So shrimp is in the house. I feel like, can I get some shrimp?

Barry Conrad
What if they say, sorry, man, we can't, you know, it's kind of packaged with other ingredients. We can't do it separately.

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. Then I, then I'm just, I just, I just accept. I just give up.

Barry Conrad
Except defeat in this case you did well you chose this restaurant for my benefit, which I appreciate

Melanie Avalon
Yeah. And I mean, I love the vibe. I would actually love to go here. The point is you can make any restaurant work, I think.

Yep. I thought, I thought, I don't actually, for me, I could not make a vegan restaurant work. That's the only thing I could not make work for me.

I could go. I just wouldn't, there wouldn't be anything to eat. That's okay, though.

Barry Conrad
I mean, it just wouldn't be anything good or fun, but I mean, there's vegetables and stuff, right?

Melanie Avalon
No, like, because I wouldn't. So if I'm like having my meal, like I need.

Barry Conrad
food. He sounded very, like, very passionate just then.

Melanie Avalon
So like, basically, I wouldn't want to just eat vegetables, it would just make me hungry and so I would just at a vegan restaurant, I would just rather, I'm totally down to go, I would just, I'm going for my sister's graduation, I would just rather not eat there, I sound obnoxious, I'm not obnoxious, I promise.

Barry Conrad
No, you're not obnoxious. You just, you don't want to be like, like angry and angry if you can't eat the things that you know that you need, right?

Melanie Avalon
You nailed it. Like I would just be, yeah, it would just make me more hungry. So yeah, okay. Well, we should definitely go here.

Barry Conrad
Yeah, I'm about it. I love Mexican food so much. I'm so down for that.

Melanie Avalon
Perfect. Okay, well, this is super fun. Friends, thank you so much for listening.

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Barry Conrad
No, everybody have an amazing rest of your day. Thank you for tuning in and we'll catch you next time. See you, Mel.

Melanie Avalon
I'll talk to you next week. Bye.

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