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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#098 - Dr. Will Cole: Intuitive Fasting, Intuitive Eating, Toxic Diet Culture Food Peace, Mindfulness In The Body, Metabolic Flexibility, The Power Of The Microbiome, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/intuitivefasting 2:50 - 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! 3:00 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 8:40 - Will's Background 12:30 - The Controversy  15:25 - The Problems With Intuitive Eating 19:10 - The Insulin Resistance Inflammation Spectrum 23:50 - Can You Intuitively Eat Processed Foods? 25:00 - Who Is Intuitive Eating/Fasting For? 27:40 - Gaining Metabolic Flexibility 29:05 - Healthy Control And Food Peace 30:50 - The Evolution Of Fasting In Culture 31:20 - How Does Fasting Become Intuitive? 34:00 - Using Food And Fasting As A Mindfulness Practice 36:25 - Teaching Intuitiveness 39:00 - Fasting In Spiritual Tradition 41:00 - What Is Required For Change In Our Culture? 46:00 - Transparency In Industry 46:35 - Plant-Based Vs Animal Inclusive Diets And Food Labeling 54:00 - Nutritional Ketosis 55:25 - Being Able To Pivot And Being Comfortable In Evolving 57:45 - The Power Of The Microbiome 59:40 - Intestinal Gluconeogenesis 1:03:00 - Tea 1:07:30 - Tea's Effect On Insulin

Transcript

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0:00.0

Be more introspective on how food makes you feel. How does fasting make you feel using food and fasting as a mindfulness practice?

0:07.6

So intuitive fasting is just how I've seen intermittent fasting work really well for people.

0:13.6

That's why I wrote intuitive fasting. It's for biohackers that want a healthier relationship with these things and more isn't always better.

0:20.2

But as a ripple effect of metabolic flexibility, you will just randomly, intuitively fast

0:25.5

because you have a more sound relationship and an awareness on what works for your body and what doesn't.

0:31.6

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.

1:04.0

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast. Friends, I have had a lot of conversations

1:09.7

about fasting. You guys know this. I am also the host of the intermittent fasting podcast. Friends, I have had a lot of conversations about fasting. You guys know this. I am also the host of

1:13.2

the intermittent fasting podcast. So talking about fasting is sort of what I do all the time.

1:19.4

I say this in the episode, but I honestly think that this conversation with Dr. Will Cole was my

1:25.6

favorite conversation that I've ever had about fasting.

1:29.3

I had Dr. Cole previously on the podcast for his book The Inflammation Spectrum.

1:34.3

Friends, if you at all struggle with autoimmunity or really just inflammatory responses to food,

1:39.4

definitely check out that episode. So I was definitely super excited to bring him back for this

1:43.9

episode for his new book,

1:45.3

Intuitive Fasting. It was so amazing. I originally had this episode scheduled for way later to air,

1:51.8

but I just wanted to get it out there because it was just that great. In particular, we tackle something

1:57.0

that I am haunted by, which is basically the role of intuitive eating in today's

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