The Fasting Method Podcast

Episode #37 In this Fasting Q&A episode, Megan and Nadia answer your fasting questions: 1. Can you address the issue of resistant starch and its effect on insulin? [01:21] 2. I would like to start fasting. Where should I start? [09:41] 3. Are you still wanting people to get 90 grams of protein on their eating days? If so, do you use supplements? [15:03]  4. I’m a post-menopausal woman who has been doing a 20-hour fast with a 4-hour window. It has been a great way to maintain, but I haven’t lost any weight for over 2 years. I still need to lose 5-10 lbs. What should I do? [22:21]  Have questions you want us to answer? Please email them to: podcast@thefastingmethod.com Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #36 In today's episode, while Megan is away on a mini-break, Nadia tackles the Hot Topic of Neuropathy with Wende, a special member who has become a huge part of the TFM Community and also featured in episode #29.  Listen to Wende talk about her experience with neuropathy and how reversing Type 2 Diabetes has had a major impact on her life.  Today, Nadia and Wende talk about: what is neuropathy? when Wende was diagnosed with neuropathy how the neuropathy got worse and some of the consequences, including pain, a fall, multiple fractures, serious surgeries, and infections Find out how Wende’s diabetes reversal and TRE allowed her to continue to heal her body and maintain her healthy blood sugars even post-surgery and infection. Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #35 In today's episode, Megan and Nadia interview their colleague, Coach Lisa Chance, a retired RN. Megan and Nadia chat to Lisa about how she started fasting and all of her successes over the last 4 years. Listen in to hear Lisa talk about: how TRE (time-restricted eating) is the foundation of her journey  how she lost over 160 lbs in total, but, more importantly, how she has kept it off how she went from a size 26 to a size 10 and her waist is down 22 inches how she reversed SO MANY health concerns that she created a list of NSV (non-scale victories) for our Community to look forward to Lastly, listen in as Coach Lisa (in the most touching of ways) tells us how she started working for The Fasting Method program and all the amazing things she does in our Community. Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #34 In this Fasting Q&A episode, Megan and Nadia answer your fasting questions: 1. I'd like to fast primarily for therapeutic reasons (mental health and autophagy especially) and aim to do three 42s. My issue is raging ketones! How high is too high when it comes to BK and at what point should I break a fast for this reason? [01:18] 2. What is the best protocol for weight loss? [11:58] 3. I am a TOFI and a pre-diabetic. What fasting can I do to reverse my T2D without losing weight? I noticed when I do extended fasting of 42 hours I lose too much weight. [21:18]  4. The one issue that I'm having the hardest time with is my mood during an extended fast (longer than 24 hours). I feel extremely irritable, agitated, quick tempered, & anxious, which is not how I normally am. I don't know if it's my cortisol levels, or what. Is this common? [31:08]  Have questions you want us to answer? Please email them to: podcast@thefastingmethod.com Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #33  In today's episode, Megan and Nadia’s Hot Topic is the amazing transformation of a very special guest, Melinda. Melinda is a member who has become a huge part of the TFM Community and is now part of the TFM team. She shares how she went from “Sick Melinda” to creating a new identity for herself as “Healthy Melinda”.  Listen in as Melinda shares how: after one year of starting the TFM program, her A1C has dropped to 5, she is no longer a type 2 diabetic, and has lost 109 lbs she is now active enough to keep up with her 2-year-old grandson the foundation to her success has been figuring out a comfortable fasting “Holding Pattern” for when life gets in the way. she has become part of the TFM Family as a Community mentor, providing support, guidance, and compassion to other members. Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #32 In this Fasting Q&A episode, Megan and Nadia answer your fasting questions: 1. I know you have mentioned chia seeds (in water) as a way to gently break your fast, but can I use chia seeds as a training wheel during a fast because they give a feeling of fullness? [07:25] 2. I do 18:6 daily and a 48 each week. It took much effort to get my gut health stabilised. I have completed a couple of 5-day fasts in the past, but now I am worried about what a 5-day fast does to the good guys in my gut. With no fibre coming in, how do they survive? I don’t want to compromise my good gut flora, but I’d like the benefits of autophagy and stem cell generation. [13:44] 3. I’ve been ADF’ing for 6 weeks. I typically fast 36hrs, only consuming plain water, salt, and 2-3 cups of black coffee. I am 46 and have had seven pregnancies. I have hardly lost any weight, only a couple pounds. What am I doing wrong? On my eating days, I eat 3 meals over 12hrs, lower carb but not keto, and add 2 Ts cream to my coffee those mornings. I mostly do not snack. I find it very hard to fast 42hrs. Would three 42-hr fasts be more effective than ADF with 36hr fasts? Does it take a while for results when peri-menopausal? [18:42]  4. As someone “recovering” from PTSD, I have been taught skills and tricks to reduce cortisol and adrenaline. From a recent podcast I learnt that fasting increases these and I am now concerned that it may create effects counter to what I am trying to achieve to reduce PTSD symptoms. Have you had patients with a similar concern? Is there perhaps a difference in duration, or other helpful hormones released at the same time, to differentiate it from the perpetually elevated stress hormones after PTSD? [28:21]  Have questions you want us to answer? Please email them to: podcast@thefastingmethod.com Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #31  In today's episode, Megan and Nadia interview their colleague, Coach John.  Listen in as Megan and Nadia chat about how they met John and his journey with: reversing type 2 diabetes losing 225 lbs weight and maintaining it for over 2 years looking 20 years younger but feeling FORTY years younger! John tells us in detail how he started his journey, how he initially lost weight and got off all his medications for diabetes, hypertension, heartburn, and how he has kept his A1C normal since then.  Also, find out what Coach John has been doing within TFM in regard to men’s health for our clients. Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #30  In this Fasting Q&A episode, Megan and Nadia answer your fasting questions: 1. I am a nurse, and I work night shift (7pm-7am). I usually follow a 20/4 IF eating schedule on my days off, but I’m struggling to figure out how to fast on my night shift schedule when I work 2-3 nights in a row. Do you have any suggestions for fasting and a night shift schedule? [01:06] 2. Does coffee with heavy whipping cream break a fast? [08:38] 3. What and how do you eat when doing a "fat fast”? Do you still recommend following TRE? [15:51]  4. Most doctors will order fasting glucose and insulin, cortisol, and A1C to check for insulin resistance. Are there other markers (laboratory or clinical) to know if your IR is improving after, say, a year of fasting? [24:29]  Have questions you want us to answer? Please email them to: podcast@thefastingmethod.com Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #29 In today's episode, Megan and Nadia tackle the Hot Topic of Type 2 Diabetes with a very special guest, Wende, a member that has become a huge part of the TFM community. Listen to how Wende reversed her Type 2 Diabetes after struggling with it for over 40 years!  Nadia and Megan talk to Wende about how she found TFM, got off insulin and ALL other diabetic meds, dropped her A1C, and lost weight.  And for an extra special bonus, listen to how Wende has blown all her doctors away! Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod

Episode #28  In today's episode, Megan and Nadia interview Dr. Melissa Hague, OBGYN.  Listen in as Megan and Nadia speak to the expert on Women’s Health on the following controversial topics and myths: Is fasting “bad for women’s hormones”? Does fasting cause thyroid and adrenal damage? Should women eat higher carbs during the second phase of their cycle for progesterone production? Why should women with PCOS reverse this condition BEFORE getting pregnant in spite of abundant fertility treatment options? You can connect with Melissa here: https://wesleycarephysicians.com/locations/heartland-womens-group/ Learn More About Our Community: https://www.thefastingmethod.com Join our FREE Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/TFMNetwork Watch Us On YouTube: https://bit.ly/TFMYouTube Follow Us on Instagram: @fastingmethod