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Apr 15

Episode 104: Fasting Dreams, Smells And Insulin, Liposuction, Fascia Detox, Tea Recommendations, KetoFasting, & More!

Autophagy , Cravings , Fasting Approaches , Insulin , Intermittent Fasting , Struggles

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Welcome to Episode 104 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

Today's episode of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast is brought to you by

Bonafide Provisions: They make wonderful organic bone broths and bone broth soups, slow simmered for 18 hours, and completely free of preservatives! Bone broths are wonderful, nourishing foods and a fantastic way to open your window! Bonafide broths are available online and in stores! Go to BonafideProvisions.com for more info! Use the code IFBROTH at Bonafideprovisions.com for 20% Off!

BioOptimizers: A company whose mission is to fix your digestion! They make a range of awesome supplements, including digestive and proteolytic enzymes, gluten-hacks, a "one size fits all" superstar probiotoic, HCL, and more! Check out the interviews we had with their founder, Wade Lightheart, in episodes 74 and 84! Use The Link BiOptimizers.com/ifpodcast With The Code ifpodcast, To Save 20% On All BiOptimizer Products!!

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

SHOW NOTES

01:05 - BIOPTIMIZERS:  Use The Link BiOptimizers.com/IFPODCAST With The Code IFPODCAST For 20% Off!

3:40 - Get Melanie's Food Sense App To Tackle Your Food Sensitivities!

13:05 - Listener Feedback: Angelica  - Intermittent Fasting, Liposuction, And The Whoosh Effect

18:30 - Listener Q&A: Dave  - Does Smelling Foods Release Insulin?

Food odors trigger an endocrine response that affects food ingestion and metabolism

Olfactory influences on appetite and satiety in humans

Breakdown of dietary restraint following mere exposure to food stimuli: interrelationships between restraint, hunger, salivation, and food intake.

25:00 - Listener Q&A: Nancy  - How Does Smelling Foods Affect Insulin And The Fast?

Insulin and Insulin Resistance

29:20 - Listener Q&A: Danika  - Smelling Sugar And Feeling Shaky?

34:15 - KetoFast: Rejuvenate Your Health with a Step-by-Step Guide to Timing Your Ketogenic Meals - Dr. Joseph Mercola https://amzn.to/2U1Mxb6

35:40 - Listener Q&A: Sue - Do Sweet Swelling Candles Affect The Fast?

37:30 - BONAFIDE BONE BROTH: Go To BonafideProvisions.com And Use The Code IFBroth For 20% Off!!

39:50 - Listener Q&A: Annie - Do You Ever Have Dreams Of Breaking The Fast?

43:10 - Listener Q&A: Kristi - Does Burgamot Tea Help Autophagy? Herbal Tea Options?

44:15 - Listener Q&A: Sarah - Do You Have Tea Recommendations?

48:15 - Listener Q&A: Kristi - When Should You Do Fascia Release While Fasting?

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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!

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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Mar 25

Episode 101: Dr. Sara Gottfried – The Brain/Body Connection, Detoxing, Women, Stress, And Fasting, IF When Conceiving Or Pregnant, Female Hormones, HRV, Menstrual Cycles, Neuroplasticity, And More!

Autophagy , Diet Mindsets , Fasting Approaches , Hormones , Insulin , Intermittent Fasting

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Welcome to Episode 101 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

Today's episode of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast is brought to you by

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BioOptimizers: A company whose mission is to fix your digestion! They make a range of awesome supplements, including digestive and proteolytic enzymes, gluten-hacks, a "one size fits all" superstar probiotoic, HCL, and more! Check out the interviews we had with their founder, Wade Lightheart, in episodes 74 and 84! Use The Link BiOptimizers.com/ifpodcast With The Code ifpodcast, To Save 20% On All BiOptimizer Products!!

Dr. Sara Gottfried

Sara Gottfried, MD is the three-time New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure, The Hormone Reset Diet, and Younger. Her new book that we're talking about today is called Brain Body Diet: 40 Days to a Lean, Calm, Energized, and Happy Self. After graduating from Harvard Medical School and MIT, Dr. Gottfried completed her residency at the University of California at San Francisco. She is a board-certified gynecologist who teaches natural hormone balancing in her novel online programs so that women can lose weight, detoxify, and slow down aging. Learn more at SaraGottfriedMD.com


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

SHOW NOTES FIX ALL TIMES

01:30 - AUDIBLE: Go To Audible.com/IFPODCAST Or Text IFPODCAST To 500500 For A 30 Day Free Trial, Including A Free Audiobook! ADD

03:05 - BIOPTIMIZERS:  Use The Link BiOptimizers.com/IFPODCAST With The Code IFPODCAST For 20% Off!

5:30 - Why Dr. Gottfried Wrote The Brain Body Diet

8:00 - What Are The Symptoms Of A Brain Body Dysfunctional Connection?

10:10 - What Is The Root Cause Of This Imbalance?

13:50 - Getting On The Healing Train: The Regenerative Process!

18:10 - Brain Neurogenesis And Neuroplasticity

22:00 - How To Start Healing: The Importance Of Food And 40 Days For Change

25:20 - How Does IF Factor Into The Brain Body Protocol?

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30:00 - Which IF Protocol To Choose?

32:40 - Is IF Safe For Women? How Do You Know If IF Is Benefiting Or Hindering?

34:00 - Timing, Night Eating, Melatonin, & Insulin

36:00 - Cycling In And Out Of Ketosis, Metabolic Flexibility

38:10 - Can IF Work For Everyone? What About Those Who Struggle, Are Pregnant, Breastfeeding, Hypoglycemic, Etc.?

40:50 Listener Q&A: Melissa - Is IF Safe When Trying To Get Pregnant?

44:20 - The Role Of Cortisol

45:55 - Getting Enough Calories For Luteinizing Hormone With IF

48:10 - Women, Stress, And Fasting

52:00 Listener Q&A: Allison - IF For A Mother + Boot Camp + Longer Fasts. How IS IF Different For Men Vs Women? What Are The Signs That Fasting Is A Stress?

55:45: Intense Exercise When Trying To Conceive

57:10: Tracking Sleep And Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

1:00:45: Listener Feedback: Jennifer:  Using HRV To Determine if Stess Is Good Or Bad

1:01:35: Listener Q&A: Madison:  What If IF Changes Your Menstrual Cycle?

LISTEN TO US ON HIMALAYA! Download the free Himalaya App (www.himalaya.fm) to FINALLY keep all your podcasts in one place, follow your favorites, make playlists, leave comments, and more! And with Himalaya, you can LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE!!

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!

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! 

 

 

Sep 18

Episode 22: Thinking About Food, Low GI Sweeteners (Monk Fruit, Stevia), Eating Window Rules, Tracking Fasting Vs. Eating, Pets & IF, Carb Counts For “Low Carb”, Keto Breath, And More!

Carbs , Fasting Approaches , Insulin , Intermittent Fasting , Ketosis , Sweeteners , Windows

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Welcome to Episode 22 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

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

SHOW NOTES

5:33 - Listener Q&A: Karen - Do You Stay Rigid In The Eating Window Start Time, Or Base it On The End Of A Prior Window?

6:20 - Listener Q&A: Joyce - When Does The Fasting Window Start?

6:45 - Listener Q&A: Sarah - Do You Track The Fast Or The Eating Time? 

14:59 - Listener Q&A: Jen - How Many Carbs Can You Have And Still Be Low Carb? Should You Do Keto Or Add More Carbs?

24:12 - Listener Q&A: Julie - How Do You Know If You Have Keto Breath And/Or Are in Ketosis?

32:15 - Listener Q&A: Magdalena - Feedback On Exogenous Ketones 

Video Interview: Mark Mattson talks about benefits of intermittent fasting

36:50 - Listener Q&A: Magdalena - Does Thinking About Food Make Fasting More Difficult?

42:03 - Listener Q&A: Magdalena - Do Sweeteners With GIycemic Indexes of O Affect Insulin? (Monk Fruit, Stevia, etc.)

45:09 - Listener Q&A: Magdalena - Can IF Work For Pets?

STUFF WE LIKE

Primal Freeze Dried Pet Foods

Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Dry Cat Food

Homemade Breath Spray! Mix a drop of Organic Peppermint Oil with some water, in these perfect cute glass bottles!

Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks by Dave Asprey 

Ketone Measuring Strips (For Measuring Ketones In Urine)

Ketone Breathalyzer (For Measuring Ketones In Breath)

Window - Fasting Tracker App

Melanie's Free IBS Guide Comparing 300+ Foods For Identifying Food Sensitivities (includes Low Fodmap, Gaps, SCD, Cedars-Sinai)

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! 

Jul 31

Episode 15: IF Weight Loss Vs. Other Diets, Stalls, Changing Windows, Vegan Fats, Eating Whatever You Want, Insulin, & More!

Fad Diets , Fasting Approaches , Insulin , Intermittent Fasting , Vegetarianism , Windows

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Welcome to Episode 15 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 how much and what type of fats you should consider as an IF Vegan, how to break a stall, and whether you should adjust your windows. We also discuss how much weight we lost from IF specifically (compared to other diets), and tackle the issue of whether or not you can eat "whatever you want" in your fasting window. Lastly, we take another stab at the poorly misunderstood insulin!

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

SHOW NOTES

2:35 - Intermittent Fasting On Vacation

4:40 - Listener Q&A: Pamela - If You're Vegan, Do You Need More Fat From Nuts And Seeds When Doing IF?

4:40 - Listener Q&A: Doug - What Should You Do When You Hit A Stall? Should You Go Back To Normal Eating?

4:40 - Listener Q&A: Doug - Should You Not Do The Same IF Pattern Every Day So The Body Doesn't Get Accustomed To It?

12:10 - BCAAs

13:50 - Keeping Your Body Guessing

17:15 - Listener Q&A: Winnie - How Much Weight Have Melanie And Gin Lost From IF Specifically?

17:50 - Gin's Weight Loss From IF

24:35 - Melanie's Weight Loss From IF

27:09 - The 5 Bite Diet

29:00 - Listener Q&A: Marie - Why Do Some People Think You Can Eat Whatever You Want In The Eating Window?

29:40 - Why Insulin Is Not Always Bad, And Why You DO Want Insulin With A Meal

STUFF WE LIKE

Omega 3 Supplements For Vegetarians (From algae!)

The Yoga Of Eating

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! 

intermittent fasting coffee
May 22

Episode 5: The COFFEE Episode!

Coffee , Insulin , Intermittent Fasting , Metabolism

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Welcome to episode 5 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, author of The What When Wine Diet: Paleo And Intermittent Fasting For Health And Weight Loss, and Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. In this episode, we tackle COFFEE in all its glory! We'll talk about its health benefits, how it affects the fasted state, how you should (and should not) drink it for the best results, the details on MCTs and Bulletproof Coffee, and much more! We also answer listener questions about using essential oils while fasting (and let ya know how to make your own AWESOME homemade, non-insulin spiking breath freshener), as well as what to do if you're insulin resistant and/or not seeing results within a few weeks of starting IF.

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

SHOW NOTES

4:05 - Coffee!

8:20 - Coffee Health Benefits

11:25 - Coffee and fat burning

12:30 - Bulletproof Coffee

14:15 - MCT Oil and Metabolism

19:30 - The Shangri-La Diet

21:00 - MCTS and Ketones

22:15 - Coffee And Sweeteners/Flavors

25:00 - Using Cream In Your Coffee When Transitioning To IF

26:20 - Listener Q&A - Mary Lyn: Fasting And Essential Oils

32:05 - Listener Q&A - Felicity: Slow Results With IF And Insulin Resistance 

STUFF WE LIKE

Check out the STUFF WE LIKE page for links to Bulletproof Coffee, The Hungry Brain, and The Bulletproof Diet.

Homemade Breath Spray!: Mix a drop of Organic Peppermint Oil with some water, in a cute glass bottle (these are perfect!!)

Trace Minerals (Awesome way to add minerals to your water during your fast!)

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! 

May 15

Episode 4: Insulin, Metabolism, And Intermittent Fasting, Night Shifts, Extended Fasts

Extended Fasts , Insulin , Intermittent Fasting , Metabolism , Night Shifts

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Welcome to episode 4 of The Intermittent Fasting Podcast, hosted by Melanie Avalon, author of The What When Wine Diet: Paleo And Intermittent Fasting For Health And Weight Loss, and Gin Stephens, author of Delay, Don't Deny: Living An Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle. In this episode, we delve into the science of Intermittent Fasting! We'll discuss the role of insulin in hunger and weight loss, the differences between calorie restriction and intermittent fasting, and how IF affects the metabolism. We also answer listener questions about losing weight with IF when you work night shifts, and provide our thoughts on doing extended (rather than intermittent) fasts.

Note: We had a slight issue with some of the audio quality this episode, but everything will be back to normal next week! ​

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

SHOW NOTES

4:15 - The Role Of Insulin In Intermittent Fasting 

15:35 - Calorie Restriction vs. Intermittent Fasting

20: 40 - Intermittent Fasting And The Metabolism

26: 40 - Listener Q&A - Kay: Intermittent Fasting For Night Shift Workers

32:10- Listener Q&A - Barbara: What are the benefits of an extended fast?

STUFF WE LIKE

Check out the STUFF WE LIKE page for links to The Obesity Code!

REFERENCED STUFF

Twenty-four-hour energy expenditure and urinary catecholamines of humans consuming low-to-moderate amounts of medium-chain triglycerides: a dose-response study in a human respiratory chamber

Meal frequency and energy balance.

Resting energy expenditure in short-term starvation is increased as a result of an increase in serum norepinephrine.

Compared with nibbling, neither gorging nor a morning fast affect short-term energy balance in obese patients in a chamber calorimeter.

Feeding frequency and energy balance in adult males.

Effect of 6-Month Calorie Restriction on Biomarkers of Longevity, Metabolic Adaptation, and Oxidative Stress in Overweight Individuals

Long-term Effects of Dieting on Resting Metabolic Rate in Obese Outpatients.

Effect of meal size and frequency on the thermic effect of food

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!