This is Primal Potential and I am your host, Elizabeth Benton.

Through education, motivation, and implementation, we will bridge the gap between knowing and

doing so we can master fat loss naturally and help you reach your highest potential.

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Hello everybody and welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast.

I am Elizabeth Benton. Today's episode is a special one and not because it's episode number 300.

It's actually not our 300 episode. When I started out I didn't know what I was doing, of course,

and I didn't number the Q&A shows so we're probably closer to like 340 or so episodes. But

anyway, it is a special episode today because I recorded today's show with my good friend Ella,

many of you know Ella from her podcast called on air with Ella, and about a month or so ago,

Ella and I were sharing our thoughts on a book we both read, Jimmy Moore and Dr. Fung's book,

The Complete Guide to Fasting. And we were talking about the idea of fasting because we both were

looking to do some healing, some healing of our physical bodies. And this book and the research

referenced in the book, which I dove into because I am a geek and because I had questions,

really opened us up to the idea of doing an extended fast and we decided to do it together so we

wouldn't be completely miserable. Or so we would be slightly less miserable or at least not alone.

So anyway, I know that word fasting triggers a lot of confusion or negativity or fear in a lot

of people. So today's episode, Ella and I are going to be talking about a lot of those questions

related to fasting because so many times we've been told that fasting will slow down your metabolism

or fasting will cause your body to burn your muscle tissue instead of your fat mass. And we

talk a lot about hunger and why anybody would ever do an extended fast and whether or not it's

healthy and how your body responds to that sort of thing. And we're going to be announcing a

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