267. What You Need to Know About Fasting, Age & Hormones: Part 2 with Dr. Alyssa Olenick

Make Fit Simple

Andrea Allen

Education, Fitness, How To, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Andrea welcomes back metabolism scientist and women’s health educator Liz for part two of this conversation on fasting, hormones, metabolism, perimenopause, and why women’s health is far more nuanced than the internet makes it seem. They break down the truth about intermittent fasting, stress, muscle, nutrition, aging, and how to support your body without falling into fear based wellness advice. If you’ve been struggling with fatigue, weight changes, hormone shifts, or feeling overwhelmed by ...

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome back. This is a part two to a two part episode with an interview with Dr.
0:06.8	Alyssa Olniak. Now, I will say, we are talking about something different today, but the interview
0:12.1	originally was so jam-packed with information that I wanted to break it up into two bite-sized
0:17.3	episodes. So if you haven't listened to last weeks, go back and listen to it.
0:20.9	It's about cycle-sinking, understanding what you need to know and what really the research
0:25.3	doesn't back it up. And then today we're going to be breaking down fasting and what to be
0:31.0	aware of when it comes to fasting because it's not black and white. I know you're getting bombarded
0:36.1	with posts online from some people are saying
0:38.4	fasting is good. It does this. And then the next post is fasting is bad. It does this. So today we're
0:43.8	going to break that down because it's not black and white. It depends on the individual. It depends on
0:48.8	what you have going on. And that's layered. And so Alyssa is going to break that down in detail.
0:53.6	We're also going to go into age, hormones, and understanding lean muscle layered. And so Alyssa is going to break that down in detail. We're also going to go
0:54.6	into age, hormones, and understanding lean muscle mass and some things that kind of push the
1:00.2	ticker when it comes to improving your metabolism. Because there's a lot of talk about how
1:05.7	our metabolism is affected with age. There's a lot of talk about how our metabolism is affected
1:09.8	by hormones. So we're going to break down that concept a little bit deeper to give you solid information
1:15.5	there as well. And in case you haven't listened to the last episode, I do want to let you know
1:19.9	that Dr. Alyssa Olniak is seriously fantastic. She has her PhD in exercise physiology.
1:30.0	She's the founder of Doc List Fitness and the creator of the List Method. Her mission is to translate complex science subjects into accessible
1:36.4	strategies that empower her clients to thrive. Whether it's in the gym, on the road,
1:41.9	on a trail, or exploring any type of activity that has to do with
1:46.1	fitness, Dr. Oleniac bridges the gap between research and results-driven training. So she is
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