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Dhru Purohit Show

#242: How to Use Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight, Live Longer, and Feel Better with Dr. Jason Fung

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

How to Use Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight, Live Longer, and Feel Better | This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker. Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is nothing at all. That’s how I like to look at intermittent fasting. Embracing planned periods without eating has numerous well-researched benefits for our health and longevity. And it’s not just about weight; it’s also about cellular clean-up, which reduces the risk of chronic disease and increases our healthspan in the process. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to Dr. Jason Fung about using intermittent fasting as a tool for optimal health and why dietary advice based on the energy-balance model has only made the obesity epidemic worse.  In this episode, we dive into:  -What role fasting plays when it comes to optimal health and longevity (6:34)  -Why autophagy is so important for health and longevity (7:46)  -The most important thing for turning on and off autophagy (11:28) -Why we age and common things that contribute to it (14:52) -How calorie restriction increases longevity (24:34) -Calorie restriction vs. fasting (28:11)  -The calorie debate (32:07)  -Understanding calorie deficit, weight loss, and the energy-balance model (40:12) -The problem with the “calories in, calories out” model of weight management (48:04) -How Dr. Fung incorporates fasting into his life (53:50) -Three key things to focus on for successful behavior change (57:10)    For more on Dr. Jason Fung you can follow him on Instagram @DrJasonFung, on Twitter @DrJasonFung, on YouTube @drjasonfung, and through his website https://thefastingmethod.com/.  For more on Dhru Purohit, you can follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, and on YouTube @dhrupurohit. Text Dhru at (302) 200-5643 and sign up for his Try This Newsletter - https://dhrupurohit.com/newsletter. This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker. BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough contains 7 different forms of magnesium, which all have different functions in the body. Right now, BiOptimizers is offering my community a few special bundles and for a limited time BiOptimizers with select purchases, just head over to magbreakthrough.com/dhru with code DHRU10.   InsideTracker looks at everything from metabolic and inflammatory markers to nutrients and hormones. Traditional lab tests can be hard to read on your own, but InsideTracker makes their results easy to understand and even provides tips on how to use food first for optimal nutrition. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 25% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you do fasting, of course, you're going to reduce those nutrient sensors, which is going to intrinsically reduce growth and potentially reduce your risk of cancer.

0:08.8

Because we know that there's a number of cancers that are highly insulin-sensitive.

0:14.8

Hi, one droop road here. How can we tap into the power of fasting to optimize our health and maybe even increase our longevity?

0:23.5

Well, today we have Dr. Jason Fung back on the podcast to talk about this exact subject. If you're fascinated about the topic of fasting to improve your health, stay tuned.

0:34.9

There's a reason I've talked to so many of our experts on the podcast about magnesium.

0:40.6

This supermineral is needed for over 600 enzymatic reactions in your body. In fact, every single cell contains it and needs it to function.

0:50.8

Magnesium is essential for stress management and restful sleep because of its influence on our neurotransmitters.

0:57.2

It supports insulin sensitivity and fights the risk of type 2 diabetes. And magnesium also reduces sea reactive protein and other markers of inflammation among so many other crucial functions.

1:09.1

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1:15.0

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1:26.3

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1:29.1

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1:39.6

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1:52.5

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1:57.3

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2:13.0

I can't tell you how many listeners the podcast have told me that they've had this exact experience.

2:30.1

I can't tell you how many listeners the podcast have told me that they've had this exact experience and how frustrating it can be.

2:45.3

We all know that normal isn't always optimal, just because something's not wrong doesn't mean that we feel great.

2:54.5

Traditional medicine is great at finding out when something is blatantly wrong, but they don't always do the best job when we need to highlight how we can do better.

3:04.4

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3:15.7

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3:25.2

Its mission is to help people live long, healthy, productive lives by optimizing their bodies from the inside out.

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