Fast Like a Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones

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When our bodies aren’t in a fasted state, we’re in sugar-burning mode – our bodies “burn” the glucose we eat to energize us.

About half way through this book the author started talking about using weekly coffee enemas, sleeping with castor oil packs over your liver, red light therapy and having your breast implants removed - if fasting wasn’t working for you. We will link the fascinating episode below for you, so you can have a listen - it's absolutely worth an hour - actually 2, of your time.

Maybe advising women to reduce the amount of caffeine they drink during this important progesterone-production stage would help them to not have missed cycles and troubles with sleep. The problem is that our blood sugar is high 24/7 because of how often and what we eat which leads to insulin resistance -> obesity and diabetes. So when I did the audio book, the sound engineers were so geeked out by that first section, they were fired up too fast. Mindy wrote this book because “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable. This book also includes more than 50 recipes based on the two food plans―ketobiotic and hormone feasting―she created to best support women’s hormones.

She gives detailed but understandable information about how our bodies work, and how to work WITH our bodies. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I have read Dr Mindy's book the menopause reset, which helped me through my crushing symptoms of Perimenopause, that I didn't understand and not getting much help from my GP, with bloods coming back fine and an offer to medicate or going the natural way. There is a 30 reset plan and in appendix C, these 30 days are adjusted to help specific conditions ie infertility, thyroid, autoimmune conditions etc.

Whiney, stupid insulting women blame their wealthy, privileged "problems" on whatever idiotic paradigm they can find. And I started to see that there was a very clear way that women needed to fast and that it needed to be different than men. Mindy will teach you- * the right steps on how to go from eating all day to intermittent fasting (13-15 hours) * how to safely fast longer if you choose to do so (15-72 hours) * how to time fasting according to your menstrual cycle (although if you don't have a cycle, she has you covered) * the best foods to break your fast to achieve better metabolic health This book also includes more than 50 recipes based on the two food plans-ketobiotic and hormone feasting-she created to best support women's hormones.

Famine (>8 hours without food) switches our energy into ketogenic, fat-burning cycle which gives us clarity of mind, calm and energy that were important to hunt the next meal. A cycle is measured between menstrual periods; it starts on day one of bleeding and ends when the next period begins. It teaches you the benefits of fasting in general, different types of fasting by duration and their individual benefits (Intermittent fasting: 12-16 hours, Gut reset: 24+ hours, Fat burner: 36+ hours), what foods to break the fast with and, of course, fasting for women and how to optimize different fasts with different hormonal stages they go through every month. Sure, it might be worth reading, and I know women have more to think about when it comes to fasting than men do. I have been familiar with Dr Mindy Pelz work for a few years now, after stumbling across her interview with Dave Asprey - I have never looked back.So the first section I make, I might be the most proud, because the editor that I worked with on this book, her name is Kathy Hawk, and I am so grateful to her, because she was an editor slash writing coach, and really pushed me hard on that first section to nail that first section, which is the science of fasting. Have you listened to the Dr Rangan Chattergee 'Feel Better, Live More' podcast with special guest Dr Mindy Pelz? Seemed like quite a bit of repetition and links to various chapters though, and I have no need of the recipe section. As a women's health and hormone doctor, I can't recommend this book and her step-by-step process enough! Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr.

This is the only time in the cycle when all three hormones are present, making it a great time to start new projects, you'll feel motivated and super productive! Not to mention 1/3 of the book is pointless recipes (why ruin a perfectly good avocado by scooping out the entrails, wrapping it in bacon and frying it? I’ve been recommending it to everyone and it’s a great resource for anyone interested in fasting as a tool for health.

Mindy wrote this book because, "once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable. An interactive fasting guide that gives you hands-on tips, with tips not featured in the original book.