Fasting, Part 1

Workshop Resources

Here you will find everything you need to complete your homework.
PODCAST: Balanced Bites Podcast #298 Fasting with Dr. Jason Fung
In this podcast, Diane and Dr. Fung discuss the basics of fasting along with the health benefits, the hormone response, how intermittent fasting and keto work together, how to exercise while fasting, who should not be fasting, how to tell if you are really hungry and more!

Additional Resources

Here you will find additional resources to help further your knowledge on this module topic.
Bulletproof Radio- Feeding and Fasting with Brad Pilon #348
On this episode of Bulletproof Radio, Dave and Brad discuss the bodybuilder diet myth, the truth about women and intermittent fasting, the role of fasting on your gut microbiome, and why it’s important to understand total biological stress. Enjoy the show!
Optional Book Review
The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting 
by Jason Fung, MD with Jimmy Moore
From a history of fasting to practical skills and tools needed during a fast, Dr. Jason Fung and co-author Jimmy Moore have provided everything you might need to know to start fasting.
British Medical Journal: 20 April 2013, volume 346
Essay- The science of obesity: what do we really know about what makes us fat?
The history of obesity research is a history of two competing hypotheses. Gary Taubes argues that the wrong hypothesis won out and that it is this hypothesis, along with substandard science, that has exacerbated the obesity crisis and the related chronic diseases. If we are to make any progress, he says, we have to look again at what really makes us fat.
BLOG POST: What is Intermittent Fasting? A Nurse Practitioner's Practical Advice by Cynthia Thurlow, NP, NTP
This blog post is all about the fundamentals of intermittent fasting and includes how to do it, what to consume during your fast, and who should NOT intermittent fast.

Workshop Re-Cap Audio File

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