#059 - Cynthia Thurlow: Intermittent Fasting For Women, Hormone Health, Endocrine Disruptors, Bio-Individuality, Working With Doctors, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: MelanieAvalon.com/fastingfemales 1:30 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At facebook.com/groups/PaleoOMAD/ For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 1:45 - Tone Your Vagus Nerve With Xen By Neuvana: Get 20% Off At Melanieavalon.Com/Xen With The Code Melanie20 (Learn All About The Science With The Founder In Melanie's Interview: The Melanie Avalon Podcast Episode #58 - Ami Brannon (Xen By Neuvana) ) 2:40 - BEAUTYCOUNTER: Non-Toxic Beauty Products Tested For Heavy Metals, Which Support Skin Health And Look Amazing! Shop At Beautycounter.Com/MelanieAvalon For Something Magical! For Exclusive Offers And Discounts, And More On The Science Of Skincare, Get On Melanie's Private Beauty Counter Email List At MelanieAvalon.Com/CleanBeauty! Find Your Perfect Beautycounter Products With Melanie's Quiz: Melanieavalon.Com/Beautycounterquiz 6:40 - Cynthia's Story 12:30 - Food Allergies 14:30 - COVID And Children 15:00 - Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 18:00 - The Role Of Hormones In Our Body - Transitioning Into Peri-Menopause 21:20 - Hitting A Wall At Middle Age: Progesterone And Estrogen Dominance 24:00 - Men Vs Women 24:50 - Is Cortisol Bad? 26:10 - Endocrine Disruptors In Skincare 28:00 - IS IF Good For Women? 31:00 - The Role Of Bio-Individuality 32:10 - Prep Dish Is An Awesome Meal Planning Service Which Sends You Weekly Grocery And Recipe Lists, So You Can Do All Your Meal Preparation At Once, And Be Good To Go For The Week! The Meals Are All Gluten Free Or Paleo, Which Is Fantastic If You're Already Doing So, But Also A Wonderful Way To "Try Out" Gluten Free Or Paleo With Delicious Meals, And No Feelings Of Restriction! Get A Free 2 Week Trial At Prepdish.Com/Melanieavalon 34:35 - Fasting During The Menstrual Cycle And The Importance Of Carbs 36:20 - The Importance Of Variety And Experimenting With Fasting Windows 37:40 - Alternate Day Fasting 39:15 - How Intuitive Is Fasting? Is OMAD Not For Women? 41:40 - Fasting And Eating Disorders 44:15 - Bio-Identical Hormones 49:30 - What Is The Shortest Eating Window Appropriate For Women 53:10 - What To Test? 55:45: - Lumen Lovers: Biohack Your Carb And Fat Burning (With Melanie Avalon): Join Melanie's Facebook Group At facebook.com/groups/melanieavalonlumen/ If You're Interested In The Lumen Breath Analyzer, Which Tells Your Body If You're Burning Carbs Or Fat, Or The Biosense Breath Analyzer, Which Measures Ketones! You Can Learn More In Melanie's Interview With Lumen Founder (The Melanie Avalon Podcast Episode #43 - Daniel Tal) And Get $50 Off A Lumen Device At MelanieAvalon.Com/Lumen With The Code Melanieavalon, And Melanie's Interview With Biosense Head Researcher Trey Suntrup (The Melanie Avalon Podcast Episode #53 - Trey Suntrup) And Get $20 Off At MelanieAvalon.Com/Biosense With The Coupon Code Avalon20 57:40 - Working With Doctors 58:40 - Ideal Study? 1:01:40 - Bio-Individuality, Especially With Medicine

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Women are left out of research.
0:02.2	So what makes us unique is also what makes us a little bit more complicated.
0:05.8	There's this perception that cortisol is bad and other hormones are good.
0:10.0	I've seen women that are cycling, parimenopausal, and menopausal harness intermittent fasting and do it well.
0:15.2	But there's so many factors that impact that.
0:18.2	There's a mindset shift that needs to occur where we just give ourselves some
0:22.0	grace. And we acknowledge that part of the process and our life's journey is to just determine
0:28.1	that at any given point in time, we may need to do things a little differently. And that's totally okay.
0:32.9	Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the
0:40.0	secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more.
0:44.7	Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack your life?
0:49.0	This show is for you.
0:50.9	Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing medical advice and are not responsible for any
0:55.9	outcomes you may experience from implementing the tactics lying here in. Are you ready? Let's do this.
1:03.9	Welcome back to the Melody Avalon Biohacking podcast. Friends, I think you will love today's episode.
1:10.0	Finally, all your female fasting questions answered. I know there's a lot of controversy surrounding fasting and females, a lot of questions about hormones. It was so wonderful to dive really deep into all of that. I think you'll really enjoy it. The show notes for today's episode will be at Melanieavalon.com slash fasting females.
1:29.9	Those show notes will have a complete transcript, so definitely check that out.
1:33.7	There will also be an episode giveaway for this episode.
1:36.2	For that, just join my Facebook group, IF BioHackers, Interprinted Fasting plus Real Foods
1:41.0	Plus Life.
1:41.7	Comment something you learned on the pin post to enter to win something I love.
1:46.1	Hi friends.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Melanie Avalon, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Melanie Avalon and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.