The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Aug 27

Episode 71: Common IF “Phases,” Parasite Cleanses, Muscle Gain, Required Supplements, Eating Before Your Window Closes, And More!

Blood Sugar , Exercise , Fasting Approaches , Gut Health , Intermittent Fasting , Supplements

GET THE EPISODE ON ITUNES!

Welcome to Episode 71 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, author of What When Wine Diet: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine and Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle.

Hi Friends! You can support us and help keep our podcast and research going, by pledging on Patreon! Every dollar helps!! It would seriously mean the world and help SO much!

To submit your own questions, email questions@IFpodcast.com, or submit your questions here!!

SHOW NOTES

Low Mercury, Sustainable Barramundi Fish

Low Mercury Costco Tilapia

Blood Type Diets

Eat Right for Your Type (Peter D'Adamo's book on the Blood Type Diet)

Listener Q&A: Becky - What Are The Typical Phases People Go Through When Adjusting To IF?

Listener Q&A: Karen - How To Do A Parasite Cleanse With IF?

HealthForce's SCRAM: Melanie's all time favorite for parasites and other bad buggers! This wonderful ORGANIC formulation contains clove, wormwood, and black walnut, with additional enzymes and liver support, and no fillers to boot!

Alli-C Allicin: Allicin is the active compound found in garlic, and is epic for wiping out bad thing.

Oil of Oregano: Oregano is rich in the antimicrobial compounds Carvacrol and Thymol.

Listener Q&A: Jackie - What If You Stop Eating Before Your Window Closes?

A Guide To Finding Your Perfect IF Window/Approach: What When Wine: Lose Weight and Feel Great with Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, and Wine

Listener Q&A: Jackie - What If You Stop Eating Before Your Window Closes?

Listener Q&A: Gayathri - Does IF Require Supplements?

Melanie's Blog Post: MTHFR Mutations: Do you have this hidden kryptonite?

Listener Q&A: Skye - Can You Gain Muscle With IF?

Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat: The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation (Ori Hofmekler)

STUFF WE LIKE

Check out the Stuff We Like page for links to any of the books/supplements/products etc. mentioned on the podcast that we like!

REFERENCES

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

If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving us a review in iTunes - it helps more than you know!

Feb 26

Episode 45: The Coffee Episode! (Part 1) – Does Coffee Break The Fast?, Coffee And Autophagy, The Metabolic Clock, Blood Glucose, Caffeine Vs. Tea, And More!

Blood Sugar , Coffee , Intermittent Fasting , Ketosis

GET THE EPISODE ON ITUNES!

Subscribe For Updates HERE!

Welcome to Episode 45 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, author of What When Wine Diet: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine and Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle.

To submit your own questions, email questions@IFpodcast.com, or submit your questions here!!

SHOW NOTES

Listener Q&A: Red - Dr. Rhonda Patrick Says Coffee Opens The Window?

Listener Q&A: Chris - Dr. Rhonda Patrick Says Coffee Breaks The Fast?

Rhonda Patrick Coffee Youtube Clip

Rhonda Patrick Interviews Dr. Satchin Panda on Time-Restricted Feeding and Its Effects on Obesity, Muscle Mass & Heart Health

Rhonda Patrick Interviews Dr. Guido Kroemer on Autophagy, Caloric Restriction Mimetics, Fasting & Protein Acetylation

Listener Q&A: Laura - Does Coffee Exacerbate Hunger? Is Tea As Beneficial As Coffee?

Listener Q&A: James - How Much Can I Lose? Does Caffeine Speed Up Weight Loss?

Xcode Nutritional Genetic Analysis (A La Carte!)

Listener Q&A: Shannon - Is Herbal Tea Or Plain Water Ok During The Fast?

Gin's Blog Post: Can I have ______ while fasting?

Listener Q&A: Statia - Is Dandy Blend Ok?

Listener Q&A: Stacy - Can I Have Sweet Tasting And/Or Matcha Teas During The Fast?

Matcha Tea Episode

STUFF WE LIKE

Check out the Stuff We Like page for links to any of the books/supplements/products etc. mentioned on the podcast that we like!

REFERENCES

Coffee induces autophagy in vivo

Caffeine prevents human prion protein-mediated neurotoxicity through the induction of autophagy

Fasting and Autophagy – Fasting 25

Effects of caffeine on the human circadian clock in vivo and in vitro

Enhanced thermogenic response to epinephrine after 48-h starvation in humans

Cephalic phase insulin release in healthy humans after taste stimulation?

Effects of Coffee Consumption on Fasting Blood Glucose and Insulin Concentrations

Cross-Reaction between Gliadin and Different Food and Tissue Antigens

Coffee and caffeine consumption and depression: A meta-analysis of observational studies

Coffee Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Effect of green tea on glucose control and insulin sensitivity: a meta-analysis of 17 randomized controlled trials

A naturalistic investigation of the effects of day-long consumption of tea, coffee and water on alertness, sleep onset and sleep quality

L-Theanine and Caffeine in Combination Affect Human Cognition as Evidenced by Oscillatory alpha-Band Activity and Attention Task Performance

Genetic Link to Caffeine Sensitivity

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption

LINKS

More on Melanie: MelanieAvalon.com

BUY What When Wine: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine

More on Gin: GinStephens.com

BUY Delay Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle and Feast Without Fear: Food and the Delay, Don't Deny Lifestyle

Theme Music Composed By Leland Cox: LelandCox.com

If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving us a review in iTunes - it helps more than you know!

Nov 06

Episode 29: IF To Get Shredded, Jumpstart Fasts, Leaky Gut, “Clean” Wine, Toxins Stored In Fat, Water Intake, Berberine, And More!

Blood Sugar , Exercise , Fasting Approaches , Gut Health , Intermittent Fasting , One Meal A Day , Supplements , What To Eat

GET THE EPISODE ON ITUNES!

Subscribe For Updates HERE!

Welcome to Episode 29 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, author of What When Wine Diet: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine and Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR PODCAST LISTENERS: Preorder What When Wine: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine (available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com) and send a picture of your receipt to preorder@IFPodcast.com, and I'll send you early access to the Holiday Recipes from the book (just in time for Thanksgiving!), access to a quiz to determine your perfect IF protocol, and entry into a drawing to a win a skype or phone call with Melanie!

To submit your own questions, email questions@IFpodcast.com, or submit your questions here!!

SHOW NOTES

Listener Q&A: Becky - Should You Do A Longer Jumpstart 48 Hour Fast To Get Into Ketosis?

Listener Q&A: Becky - Can Berberine Help With Plateaus?

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - What's The Best Way To Heal Leaky Gut? What Are Good Supplements For The Gut Microbiome?

Diet Protocols to Heal Leaky Gut And Address GI Distress: The Gaps Diet, The Low-FODMAP Diet (Check out all the info from the Monash University, and get their app)

Betaine HCL/Pepsin: Helps break down fats and proteins - great for digestion!

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - Are The New "Cleaner" Wines Really Better?

YES! Check out Episode 26 for ALL the info! We interview Todd White of Dry Farm Wines who is the expert on this: basically, you'd be SHOCKED by what's in most wines! Want your own low carb, low sugar, toxin free wines (including a bottle for a penny?) Check out DryFarmWines.com/IFPodcast. We cannot reccomend this enough!

Listener Q&A: Melanie - Can Toxins Stored In Fat Cause Detox Symptoms?

Listener Q&A: Mary - Can Activated Charcoal Help With Toxins Released From Stored Fat When Fasting?

Listener Q&A: Tommy - How Can You Use IF To Get Shredded Like A Body Builder?

Melanie's Blog Post: Is Intermittent Fasting Bad For Women?

Check out Episode 17 for a full discussion of HIIT

Listener Q&A: Hannah - How Much Water Should You Drink While Fasting?

The Salt Fix: Why Experts Got It All Wrong - and How Eating More Might Save Your Life (Dr. James J. DiNicolantonio)

STUFF WE LIKE

Check out the Stuff We Like page for links to any of the books/supplements/products etc. mentioned on the podcast that we like!

REFERENCES

Treatment of type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia with the natural plant alkaloid berberine

Meta-analysis of the effect and safety of berberine in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipemia and hypertension

Berberine: new perspectives for old remedies

Water, Hydration and Health

LINKS

More on Melanie: MelanieAvalon.com

BUY What When Wine Diet: Lose Weight And Feel Great With Paleo-Style Meals, Intermittent Fasting, And Wine

More on Gin: GinStephens.com

BUY Delay Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle and Feast Without Fear: Food and the Delay, Don't Deny Lifestyle

Theme Music Composed By Leland Cox: LelandCox.com

If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving us a review in iTunes - it helps more than you know!

Aug 14

Episode 17: Advice Learned The Hard Way, High Fasting Blood Sugar, HIIT, Lemons, Limes, Apple Cider Vinegar, Headaches, Hangries & More!

Blood Sugar , Cravings , Exercise , Intermittent Fasting , Mindsets , Vegetarianism

GET THE EPISODE ON ITUNES!

Subscribe For Updates HERE!

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!

To submit your own questions, email questions@IFpodcast.com, or submit your questions here!!

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?

The Dawn Phenomenon – T2D 8

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!

The Adrenal Reset Diet

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.