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The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

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

The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Melanie Avalon, Barry Conrad

Health & Fitness

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Visit IFpodcast.com/episode299 For FULL Shownotes, And IFPodcast.com/StuffWeLike For All The Stuff We Like! 2:15 - LMNT: For A Limited Time Go To drinklmnt.com/ifpodcast To Get A FREE Sample Pack With Any Purchase! Learn All About Electrolytes In Episode 237 - Our Interview With Robb Wolf! 5:20 - BEAUTYCOUNTER: Keep Your Fast Clean Inside And Out With Safe Skincare! Shop With Us At melanieavalon.com/beautycounter Or beautycounter.com/cynthiathurlow And Use The Code CLEANFORALL20 For 20% Off PLUS Something Magical Might Happen After Your First Order! Find Your Perfect Beautycounter Products With Melanie's Quiz: Melanieavalon.Com/Beautycounterquiz 12:40 - Cynthia's Personal Journey With Fasting 16:25 - Best Practices For Fasting For Women? 17:55 - OMAD 21:35 - Fasting And Feeding For Your Cycle; Is It Intuitive? 24:00 - The First Two Weeks Of Your Cycle 25:35 - Nutrition For Your Cycle 27:30 - The Lack Of Research On Cycling Women 32:20 - Extended Fasting 35:40 - What Can Effect Our Cycles The Most? 40:20 - MANUKORA: Go To manukora.com/ifpodcast For A FREE Pack Of Honey Sticks With Your Order! 44:30 - Amenorrhea 45:00 - Hormonal Dysregulation 52:45 - The Effect Of Fasting On Hormones; PCOS & Thyroid Regulation 55:00 - Weight Loss And Adipose Tissue 56:50 - Autoimmunity 1:00:10 - Carbohydrate Intake, Low Carb Diets 1:06:10 - Cortisol 1:13:00 - Testing Cortisol 1:14:40 - What Should We Be Testing? 1:18:00 - Oxytocin 1:20:40 - NUTRISENSE: Get $30 Off A CGM At Nutrisense.Io/Ifpodcast With The Code IFPODCAST 1:24:00 - Clean Fasting, Breaking Your Fast 1:28:45 - Coffee 1:30:20 - Using A Glucometer 1:31:30 - DHEA 1:34:50 - Having Your Sleep And Stress Dialed In Before Beginning Fasting 1:37:10 - Melatonin 1:41:30 - CBD 1:43:25 - Perimenopause 1:53:00 - Mindset Our content does not constitute an attempt to practice medicine, and does not establish a doctor-patient relationship. Please consult a qualified health care provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 299 of the Entomative Fasting Podcast.

0:10.3

If you want to burn fat, gain energy, and enhance your health by changing when you eat,

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not what you eat.

0:16.8

With no calorie counting, the next show is for you.

0:20.1

I'm Melanie Avalon, Biohacker, an author of What Win Wine.

0:24.6

I'm here with my co-host Cynthia Thurlow, Nurse Practitioner, and author of Intermittent Fasting

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Transformation.

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The 45-day program for women to lose stubborn weight, improve hormonal health, and slow aging.

0:38.6

For more on us, check out ifpodcast.com, MelanieAvalon.com, and CynthiaThurlow.com.

0:44.6

Please remember, the thoughts and opinions on this show do not constitute medical advice

0:50.6

or treatment, and no doctor-patient relationship is formed.

0:55.6

So, pour yourself a mug of black coffee, a cup of tea, or even a glass of wine.

1:00.6

If it's that time, and get ready for the Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

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Hi everybody, and welcome.

1:08.6

This is episode number 299 of the Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

1:12.6

I'm Melanie Avalon, and we have a special episode for you today.

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We are actually going to air an episode from 2022 when Cynthia Thurlow came on my other show,

1:22.6

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, to talk about her book Intermittent Fasting Transformation.

1:26.6

I was recently looking at the downloads all from 2022, and this episode was actually one of my most popular episodes of last year.

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It's a really great deep dive into all things fasting, especially for women.

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So, I really think you guys will enjoy this.

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These show notes for the episode will be at ifpodcast.com slash episode 299.

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