#170: Surviving to Thriving featuring Cynthia Thurlow

Cynthia Thurlow is a renowned health expert with a background as a nurse practitioner and nutritionist. Her story became well-known through a famous Ted Talk she gave about intermittent fasting, where she explained the principles and benefits of fasting as a tool for better health. The talk has over 14 million views on YouTube and became one of the most widely shared videos on the power of fasting. Cynthia became well-known for her perspective on fasting, however, her own personal story is remarkable. She went from a near-death experience with a ruptured appendix to thriving on stage at her Ted Talk. In our conversation with Cynthia, we discussed: 

• Is fasting the same for men and women?
• The benefit of fasting for better health
• Why do we need saturated fat?
• Recovering from a near-death experience
• Strategies to make habits stick

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2:21- Backstory
6:50- Learning about fasting
12:30- Men vs. women when it comes to IF
15:30- Benefits of different types of fasting
24:30- Are females suffering from hormone deficiency?
26:20- Optimizing fertility
28:00- “The Triad"
34:10- Tactics to make habits stick
38:15- Honoring our anatomy
41:40- "Eat the Yolk"
49:00- Story around the famous TED talk
50:00- The recovery process

If you have these questions you will love this episode:
- How to intermittent fast?
- What is intermittent fasting?
- How long should I fast for?
- Should women fast?
- What are the benefits of fasting?
- Why should I eat saturated fat?
- What are the benefits of saturated fat?
- How can I fix my hormones?