#135 - Cynthia Thurlow: Intermittent Fasting Transformation, The Clean Fast, The Monthly Hormonal Cycle, Hormonal Dysregulation, Extended Fasting, PCOS & Thyroid Dysregulation, Getting Enough Oxytocin, And More!

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11:55 - Cynthia's Personal Journey With Fasting

15:40 - Best Practices For Fasting For Women?

17:10 - OMAD

20:50 - Fasting And Feeding For Your Cycle; Is It Intuitive?

23:15 - The First Two Weeks Of Your Cycle

24:50 - Nutrition For Your Cycle

26:45 - The Lack Of Research On Cycling Women

33:00 - Rodent Studies

34:10 - Extended Fasting

37:30 - What Can Effect Our Cycles The Most?

43:15 - Hormones Dysregulation

50:40 - The Effect Of Fasting On Hormones; PCOS & Thyroid Regulation

53:00 - Weight Loss And Adipose Tissue

54:50 - Autoimmunity

58:15 - Carbohydrate Intake, Low Carb Diets

1:03:10 - Cortisol

1:10:00 - Testing Cortisol

1:15:20 - What Should We Be Testing?

1:18:30 - Oxytocin

1:21:30 - Clean Fasting, Breaking Your Fast

1:26:05 - Coffee

1:27:30 - Using A Glucometer

1:28:40 - DHEA

1:32:00 - Having Your Sleep And Stress Dialed In Before Beginning Fasting

1:34:20 - Melatonin

1:38:50 - CBD

1:40:45 - Perimenopause

1:49:30 - Mindset