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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#084 - Dave Asprey: Fasting For Women, Bulletproof Coffee, Optimized Biohacking, MCT’s, The Fasted Microbiome, PUFA Depletion, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/daveasprey 1:40 - 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! 1:55 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon Join Melanie's Facebook Group Clean Beauty And Safe Skincare With Melanie Avalon At Facebook.com/groups/cleanbeautymelanieavalon To Discuss And Learn About All The Things Clean Beauty, Beautycounter And Safe Skincare! 7:50 - Dave's Background 10:35 - Dave's Introduction To Fasting 12:40 - What Is Fasting? 15:20 - The Role Of Hunger In Fasting 17:20 - Hacking The Fast 19:20 - Adding Black Coffee 19:35 - Adding Butter To Coffee 20:15 - Butter And MCT Oil Creating Exclusion Zones In Water 23:10 - Deuterium Depleted Water 26:55 - Does MCT Or Butter Break The Fast? 30:45 - Using "Training Wheels" During Fasting 31:30 - Letting Go Of Rigid Dogma 33:40 - Protein Fasting 35:30 - Fasted Gut Bacteria 38:10 - Gut Bacteria In Overweight People 40:00 - Negative Symptoms While Fasting 42:40 - Fasting For Women 46:20 - Fasting And Kisspeptin For Hormone Regulation 48:05 - C8 Vs C10 MCT Oil 51:25 - Calories In Calories Out Doesn't Work 54:30 - Diet Experiments & Alcohol 55:50 - Grass-Fed Vs Conventionally Raised Meat The Melanie Avalon Podcast Episode #43 - Teri Cochrane 1:01:45 - Omega-6 And PUFAs 1:04:30 - Smart Nicotine Supplementation 1:06:25 - NMN, NR, Butyrate Supplementation 1:09:00 - Blue Light Blocking Glasses 1:11:00 - Dave's Biohacking Routine 1:15:05 - Hyperbaric Therapy 1:20:20 - Cold Therapy 1:21:50 - The Future Of Biohacking

Transcript

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0:00.0

Fasting just means to go without, but it doesn't say what you're going without.

0:05.5

I think women absolutely should fast, and it's important, but just doing it the way that works for men, it doesn't work the same for women.

0:11.0

What I want women to know is that you don't have to fast the same amount every day.

0:15.0

I've interviewed multiple experts.

0:17.0

Kvall said, well, as long as you keep mTOR down and you keep insulin low, you're getting autophagy.

0:22.7

At the end of this podcast, the body you have will be measurably different than it was at the beginning.

0:27.6

I want to live so that I can die at a time and buy a method of my children.

0:31.5

Welcome to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,

0:40.2

mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack

0:47.1

your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing medical advice

0:52.9

and are not responsible for any outcomes you may

0:55.7

experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. Are you ready? Let's do this. Welcome back to

1:05.0

the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast. Friends, I am so excited about this episode. Dave Asprey is in the house. We brought him on for

1:14.9

his new book about fasting. We dive deep into fasting, including some controversial thoughts

1:20.4

surrounding fasting, and then we really do dive into all things biohacking. This episode, I am just

1:26.5

so thrilled, so honored to bring it to you guys.

1:29.0

I can't wait to hear what you think. The show notes for this episode will be at Melanieavalon.com

1:34.8

slash Dave Asprey. Those show notes will have a full transcript, so definitely check that out.

1:40.3

There will also be an episode giveaway for this episode. For that, just join my Facebook group, IF BioHackers, intermittent fasting plus real foods plus

1:48.5

life, comment something you learned or something that resonated with you on the pinned post

1:53.0

to enter to win something I love.

1:55.1

Also, definitely follow me on Instagram.

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