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284: How many carbs should you really be eating? | Will Cole, D.C., IFMCP

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Will Cole, D.C., IFMCP: “You have to quiet that proverbial noise—whether it’s hormone balance, inflammation, or blood sugar imbalance—to hear that resounding voice of your intuition.”  Cole, a functional medicine expert, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to find your carb sweet-spot, plus: *How to actually eat intuitively* *How to make your fast work best for you* *The best kitchen staples for intuitive fasting* *Why you should use your desserts as a mindfulness tool* *How healthy fats can make fasting easier for women* Enjoy this episode sponsored by Blendtopia (use code mbg2021 for $20 off your first online order or subscription)! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Also be sure to check out our Functional Nutrition Coaching Program, where you'll learn everything you need to know about nutrition from Cole and other top experts. Visit mindbodygreen.com/coaching to learn more, and use the code COLE for a $300 discount. Referenced in the episode: -Cole's book, Intuitive Fasting. -mbg Podcast episode #148, with Cole. -mbg Podcast episode #68, with Cole. -mbg Podcast episode #156, with Ali Miller, R.D. -Cole's mbg article on the difference between intuitive eating & food cravings. -Cole's mbg article on the ketotarian diet.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.

0:08.7

Dr. Wilcole is a leading functional medicine expert who works with people all around the world.

0:14.0

He's the best-selling author of Keto Tarion and the information spectrum and his latest

0:18.1

must-read is titled Intuitive Fasting. Great concept and a great title. Today we're going to talk

0:24.0

about all things fasting and we're going to talk about our coaching program which Will is a part of.

0:29.4

We love Will. He is such a lovely guy and a true thought leader in the field of functional medicine.

0:36.8

Willcole, welcome back one of my all-time favorite people.

0:41.2

Likewise, I love you. I love your family. I'm glad we're talking right now.

0:45.4

Well, I'm glad we're talking. It's great to see you. Always a pleasure to have you here in The MyBuddyGreen

0:50.2

podcast. So, love the new book and I love the concept. I think it's very interesting. As we know,

0:58.0

fasting, intermittent fasting is a huge trend. But the title of your book is an intermittent fasting.

1:03.6

It's intuitive fasting. So, what's start there and can you talk about the difference between

1:11.4

traditional intermittent fasting and intuitive fasting? Yeah, I think that like all the things

1:19.5

that I write, whether it's an article or a book or anything I do, it's really a ripple effect

1:24.6

of my clinical practice and my 10 hours a day with the past decade. I've been consulting people

1:30.4

online about this stuff so you could get, think about it until you look back and think about the

1:35.3

hours and the galvanizing that happens in your spirit when it comes to different health practices

1:41.6

and tools and working out all the kinks to make it work for people and seeing the real-life data

1:48.2

on that anecdotally and then immersing yourself in the scientific literature on this stuff too.

1:53.2

So, there's a few reasons why I called it intuitive fasting. One, I love writing and I like

2:00.0

plan words so the prefix INT with intermittent intuitive. Like that was the superficial

2:05.5

side of things. But I was more interested in the paradoxical side of things on a next level

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