#135 - Cynthia Thurlow: Intermittent Fasting Transformation, The Clean Fast, The Monthly Hormonal Cycle, Hormonal Dysregulation, Extended Fasting, PCOS & Thyroid Dysregulation, Getting Enough Oxytocin, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/intermittentfastingtransformation 2:00 - 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! 2:10 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 11:55 - Cynthia's Personal Journey With Fasting 15:40 - Best Practices For Fasting For Women? 17:10 - OMAD 20:50 - Fasting And Feeding For Your Cycle; Is It Intuitive? 23:15 - The First Two Weeks Of Your Cycle 24:50 - Nutrition For Your Cycle 26:45 - The Lack Of Research On Cycling Women 33:00 - Rodent Studies 34:10 - Extended Fasting 37:30 - What Can Effect Our Cycles The Most? 43:15 - Hormones Dysregulation 50:40 - The Effect Of Fasting On Hormones; PCOS & Thyroid Regulation 53:00 - Weight Loss And Adipose Tissue 54:50 - Autoimmunity 58:15 - Carbohydrate Intake, Low Carb Diets 1:03:10 - Cortisol 1:10:00 - Testing Cortisol 1:15:20 - What Should We Be Testing? 1:18:30 - Oxytocin 1:21:30 - Clean Fasting, Breaking Your Fast 1:26:05 - Coffee 1:27:30 - Using A Glucometer 1:28:40 - DHEA 1:32:00 - Having Your Sleep And Stress Dialed In Before Beginning Fasting 1:34:20 - Melatonin 1:38:50 - CBD 1:40:45 - Perimenopause 1:49:30 - Mindset

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0:00.0	I think most, if not all of us, are navigating with some degree of hormonal imbalances.
0:05.3	If we look at the lack of metabolic flexibility, we should be doing everything we can to find
0:10.7	strategies to help men and women become healthier. What's the harm in trying? I would say post-menopausal
0:17.9	women and men have a much easier time making fasting work for themselves.
0:22.6	And one thing I want to emphasize is that I want women to use their menstrual cycle as a barometer
0:28.0	for how much stress that they are putting themselves under.
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.
1:04.1	Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast. Hi friends. Okay, so many reasons I am excited
1:10.8	about this episode. One, it's about
1:13.1	intermittent fasting, which is obviously a huge passion of mine. Two, it's about specifically
1:18.4	women and intermittent fasting. And then lastly, ever since I had Cynthia Therlo on the show the
1:24.1	first time, she has become one of my dear, dear friends. I love this woman. She is so
1:30.5	strong, so incredible, so intelligent, so beautiful. And she's become just a really amazing person
1:36.4	for support and guidance in my own life. So it is an honor. It is a true honor to have her on
1:41.9	the show. And I think you guys will really, really enjoy it.
1:44.6	These show notes for today's episode will be at Melanieavalon.com slash intermittent fasting
1:50.0	transformation. Those show notes will have a full transcript, so definitely check that out.
1:54.4	There will be two episode giveaways for this episode. One will be in my Facebook group,
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