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Welcome to Episode 18 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 talk about how much food we eat in our window, and our favorite recipes! We also tackle how many calories break a fast, and tips for sticking to IF when you're bored/not working/it's the weekend/ etc. We also clarify some things about the eating windows, like how strict they are and if you can change them up. And much more!

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

SHOW NOTES

Gin's vacation experience

Listener Feedback: Camilla - Veganism As An Ethical Rather Than Dietary Choice  

Listener Feedback: Kelley - Micro Algae Omega-3 Supplementation

Listener Q&A: Jessica - How Much Food Do You Literally Eat In Your Window?

Listener Q&A: Annie - What Are Gin's And Melanie's Favorite Go-To Recipes?

Listener Q&A: Phillip - How Many Calories Break A Fast?

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - How To Do IF On The Weekends, Or When Not Working?

Gin's Post: The Importance Of Mindset 

Listener Q&A: Sandy - Can You Have Collagen Peptides During The Fast?

Gin's Post: Does A "Clean" Fast Really Matter?

Listener Q&A: Mimi - What If You Have Bladder Pain During A Fast? Is It From Oxalates? 

Melanie's FREE Food Sensitivity Guide

Listener Q&A: Mimi - Can You Benefit From IF If You Don't Fast For More Than 16 Hours?

Listener Q&A: Susanne- Can You Alternate IF Methods And Windows?

Listener Q&A: Susanne- How Strict Is The Timing For The IF Windows?

STUFF WE LIKE

50 Awesome Delicious Gluten-Free Paleo Recipes In Melanie's New Book: The What When Wine Diet!

Collagen Peptides (Bulletproof - What Melanie Currently Uses)

Collagen Peptides (Vital Proteins - Melanie has used this in the past, and many people love it!)

Collagen Peptides (Marine-based: Melanie's recent research indicates that marine based peptides may be ideal, and better than bovine-based)

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

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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.

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

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Welcome to Episode 16 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 provide IF advice for recovering from vacation, and discuss how IF can affect bowel movements. (We go into a bit of detail with that one!) We also discuss eating mindsets and dealing with binging behavior, and give our thoughts on multivitamins during the fast. Oh! And we talk about one of our FAVORITE fasting supplements for overall health, which we had no idea we both used!

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

SHOW NOTES

Gin's vacation experience

Julie's IF Experience For Fatty Liver

Listener Q&A: Ashely - How To Recover From Vacation? 

Listener Q&A: Nathan - How Does IF Affect Bowel Movements?

What Determines Bowel Movements

Common IF BM Responses

Listener Q&A: Katie - What To Do If Binging In Your Eating Window?

Listener Q&A: Pat -Do Multivitamins Break The Fast?

Serrapeptase

STUFF WE LIKE

Serrapeptase - We both take this - it's awesome!! 

The Yoga Of Eating - A wonderful book for dealing with dieting and food mindsets!

IBS And Food Sensitivity Guides (Free on Melanie's site!)

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

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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

Intermittent Fasting On Vacation

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

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

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

BCAAs

Keeping Your Body Guessing

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

Gin's Weight Loss From IF

Melanie's Weight Loss From IF

The 5 Bite Diet

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

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

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Welcome to Episode 14 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. 

In today's episode, we discuss how to overcome restrictive mindsets after years of undereating, and how to eat enough when intermittent fasting. We also discuss the potential benefits of beer, analyze calories and celiac disease, talk about the exercise we do and toothpaste we use, and much more!

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

SHOW NOTES

Listener Q&A: Jill - Is It Safe To Exercise While Fasting? What Do Melanie And Gin Do For Exercise?

Listener Q&A: Jennifer - Is Beer Bad For The Body With IF? Does It Have Any Benefits?

Listener Q&A: Zoe - How To Eat More After Years Of Restriction?

Listener Q&A: Zoe - How To Eat More After Years Of Restriction?

Calorie Restriction And Longevity

Listener Q&A: JT - What Toothpaste Do You Use While Fasting?

STUFF WE LIKE

Vibration Platform Fitness Machine

The Yoga Of Eating

Wrist Weights

Ankle Weights

Earthpaste (AWESOME toothpaste for the fast, with NO sweeteners or problematic ingredients!) 

Toothpaste Alternatives: Activated Charcoal, Turmeric, Baking Soda

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

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Welcome to Episode 13 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. 

In today's episode, we tackle the myths surrounding late night eating and adrenal fatigue, and how IF can work as a beneficial stress. We look at fulfilling caloric and nutritional needs (especially when doing CrossFit), and analyze soy and instant broths. Plus more! Enjoy!

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

SHOW NOTES

Listener Q&A: Angie - Crossfit Caloric Needs and Adrenal Fatigue?

What is Adrenal Fatigue? 

Is Intermittent Fasting Bad For The Adrenals?

Getting Adequate Nutrients And Not Overdoing Exercise

Listener Q&A: Briana - How To Get Enough Nutrients With 24 Hour Fasts Or One Meal A Day?

Listener Q&A: Sammy: Is It Bad To Eat At Night?

Studies On Night Eating

Listener Q&A: Briana - Thoughts On Soy Milk?

Listener Q&A: Becky - Can You Drink (Instant) Broth While Fasting?

STUFF 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

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Welcome to Episode 12 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. 

In today's episode, we address some foundational fasting topics, like when does the fasted period actually start, and what is the role of insulin? (You WANT insulin sometimes!) We also go more rogue with topics of body odor, exogenous ketones, and much more! Enjoy!

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

SHOW NOTES

Genetic Tests (check out Melanie's Blog Post: How To Get Your Genetic Data (For Free) And Interpret Your Genes!)

Listener Q&A: Regina - When Does The Fasted Period Start?

Listener Q&A: Leslia- What Are Symptoms Of Beginning IF?

Listener Q&A: Leslia - What Food To Take With Medicine While Fasting?

Listener Q&A: Miolani - Is Body Odor During Fasting Normal?

Listener Q&A: Fabian - Are You Doing Something Wrong If Not Losing Weight With IF?

Listener Q&A: Fabian - Are There Benefits To Exogenous Ketones?

Studies on Exogenous Ketones

Listener Q&A: Fabian - How Does Diet Soda Or Artificial Sweeteners With Meals Affect Insulin?

Studies on Artificial Sweeteners ADD THEM!!!

Why Insulin Isn't Always Bad

STUFF WE LIKE

Green Tidings Organic All Natural Deodorant

DeSouza's Liquid Chlorophyll (Internal Deodorizer)

REFERENCES

Metabolic effects of exogenous ketone supplementation – an alternative or adjuvant to the ketogenic diet as a cancer therapy?

Effects of exogenous ketone supplementation on blood ketone, glucose, triglyceride, and lipoprotein levels in Sprague–Dawley rats

Consuming aspartame with and without taste: differential effects on appetite and food intake of young adult males

The effect of sucrose- and aspartame-sweetened drinks on energy intake, hunger and food choice of female, moderately restrained eaters

Effect of covert nutritive dilution on the spontaneous food intake of obese individuals: a pilot study

Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota

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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Welcome to episode 11 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. 

In today's episode, we tackle a ton of challenges people may face when following an intermittent fasting lifestyle. We'll provide tips and tricks for combatting physical and mental hunger (it's usually more mental!), dealing with awkward situations with friends and family, how to adjust IF when you stay out late drinking, and working out with longer fasts. We also discuss the difference between intermittent fasting and eating disorders (they're not the same!) and much more!

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

SHOW NOTES

Colostrum

Prebiotic Fibers For Gut Health

Listener Q&A: Dorothy- How To Handle Physical And Mental Hunger When Starting IF?

Hunger From Low Blood Sugar

Tips And Tricks To Help With Hunger

Listener Q&A: Lea- How Do You Explain IF To Family And Friends?

Melanie's Tips For Dealing With Friends And Family 

Gin's Tips For Dealing With Friends And Family 

Listener Q&A: Alex- What To Do IF People Think You Have An Eating Disorder?

Listener Q&A: Alex- Distraction Techniques For Getting Hunger?

Listener Q&A: Liseanne- Can You Workout On A 24 Hour Fast?

Listener Q&A: James - Can You Have Carbonated Lime Water While Fasting?

STUFF WE LIKE

Colostrum For GI repair, Gut Health (Soverieng Laboratories) (Melanie)

Prebiotin Prebiotic Fiber (Gin)

REFERENCES

Increased P70s6k Phosphorylation during Intake of a Protein–carbohydrate Drink following Resistance Exercise in the Fasted State.

Artificial Sweeteners: A systematic review of metabolic effects in youth

Consuming aspartame with and without taste: differential effects on appetite and food intake of young adult males.

Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota

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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Welcome to episode 10 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 today's episode, we discuss how to maintain activity levels while intermittent fasting, and how IF affects muscle mass. (Hint: it's GREAT for it!) We also discuss the benefits and side effects of Vegan diets, and finding what works for you, food wise. We discuss our experience with how long it takes to get back into the fasting zone after the holidays, how your body knows when to lose versus maintain weight, and what to do if you GAIN weight when you first start IF? (Oh my!)

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

SHOW NOTES

Listener Q&A: Allison - How To Maintain Activity Levels With IF? 

Listener Q&A: Katherine - Should You Work Out Fasted For Muscle Composition?

How IF Supports Muscle

Protein Intake Timing

Listener Q&A: Lauren - How Long To Get Back Into The Fasting Zone After The Holidays?

Listener Q&A: Lauren - How Does The Body Know When To Lose And When To Maintain?

Listener Q&A: Skipp - Have You Tried A Whole Foods, Plant-Based Vegan Diet?

Listener Q&A: Karen - What To Do If You Gain Weight When Starting IF?

STUFF WE LIKE

Instant Pot (Basically the most awesome thing EVER! It's a pressure cooker, slow cooker, AND steamer. It's so easy to use, healthy, and yummy!)

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

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Welcome to episode 9 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 today's episode, we discuss when to take vitamins and supplements when practicing IF, the best IF windows for maximum weight loss, how to deal with social backlash and naysayers, why it's not ALL about calories, determining your own carb tolerance, how much wine we drink, and much more!

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

SHOW NOTES

Throwing Away The Scale!

Listener Q&A: Marcia - When Should You Take Vitamins And Supplements When Intermittent Fasting?

Listener Q&A: Marcia - What IF Window Provides Maximum Weight Loss Benefits? 

Listener Q&A: Angie - How Do You Respond To People Who INSIST It's All Calories In Vs. Calories Out?

Social Tips For Naysayers

Factors Affecting Calories In Vs. Calories Out

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - Are Certain Weight Losses Possible?

Low Carb/Keto Vs. Higher Carb Approaches

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - Can You Consume ANY Calories During The Fast?

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - How Many Carbs During The Feast Window?

Historical Carb Macronutrients

Personal Carb Reactions

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - How Soon To Experience Weight Loss With IF? Is 5 Days Enough?

Listener Q&A: Stephanie - How Much Wine In Your Eating Window?

STUFF WE LIKE

Measuring Leggings -Like A Glove

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

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