Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi #1194 Why Fasting Keeps Failing You and the Hidden Metabolic Mistakes Sabotaging Fat Loss, Energy, and Healing With Ben Azadi
Dec 23, 2025
Fasting can be a game-changer for weight loss and health, but many struggle due to metabolic readiness. Discover why being a sugar burner makes fasting tough and how stress, poor sleep, and nighttime eating sabotage success. Learn the importance of reducing inflammation and toxins before a fast. Ben outlines seven key steps to prepare your body, emphasizing proper protein intake and the impact of environment on metabolism. If fasting has felt frustrating, this discussion reveals why it's not your fault and how to turn things around.
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Sugar Burner Blocks Fasting Benefits
- If your body is a 'sugar burner' fasting will feel like torture because it can't access stored fat or produce ketones.
- Low metabolic flexibility causes crashes, adrenaline spikes, and anxiety during fasts.
Student Who Finally Succeeded At Fasting
- Stephen tried fasting seven times and quit before lunch each time due to poor diet and snacking.
- After fixing his fuel, he fasted 24 hours by week three and lost 50 pounds by week eight.
Stress Converts Fasting Into Harm
- High cortisol and chronic stress turn fasting into an added danger signal and block fat burning by raising glucose and insulin.
- Fasting is hormetic and only helps when your stress bucket is low and foundations are stable.