#328: The Pros and Cons of Intermittent Fasting

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 8 August 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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During the past 10 years or so there’s been a lot of chatter about the health benefits of intermittent fasting — that is, going without food for a short window of time on a regular basis. Some of the touted benefits of intermittent fasting include shredding body fat while maintaining muscle, improving blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity, increasing longevity, and improving focus. But how many of those purported benefits are real and how many of them are just hype? Well, my guest today is a nutrition scientist who has spent the past several years researching and experimenting with intermittent fasting to find out the answers to those questions. His name is John Berardi and he’s the co-owner of Precision Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company. John has written a free ebook that highlights all the latest research on intermittent fasting as well as his personal experiments with several different IF protocols. Today on the show John cuts through the hype of intermittent fasting and gives us a nuanced look at the benefits and downsides of this diet method. If you’ve been thinking about trying intermittent fasting, you don’t want to miss this show. John breaks down exactly who should use IF and who shouldn’t, and what kinds of results to expect when you fast.

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0:00.0	Bremake here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.8	Well during the past 10 years or so there's been a lot of chatter about the health benefits
0:23.0	of intermittent fasting.
0:24.0	That is, going without food for a short one of time on a regular basis.
0:27.9	Some of the touted benefits of intermittent fasting include shredding body fat while maintaining
0:31.7	muscle and strength, improving blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity, increasing
0:35.8	longevity and improving focus and yes some of them even say that it can help fight cancer.
0:40.5	But how many of those purported benefits are real and how many of them are just hype?
0:43.8	My guest state is a nutrition scientist who has spent the past several years researching
0:47.4	and experimenting with intermittent fasting to find out the answers to those questions.
0:50.8	His name is John Barardi and he's the owner of Precision Nutrition and Online Nutrition
0:54.4	Coaching Company and John is written in ebook that highlights all the latest research
0:58.0	on intermittent fasting as well as his personal experiments with several different IF protocols
1:02.4	and he includes all the blood work and everything that went along with that.
1:05.5	Today on show John cuts through the hype of intermittent fasting and gives us a new
1:08.9	wants to look at the benefits and downsides of this diet method.
1:12.9	If you've been thinking about trying intermittent fasting you don't want to miss this show
1:16.3	John breaks down exactly who should use IF, intermittent fasting and who shouldn't
1:21.3	and what kind of results to expect when you fast.
1:23.7	Off the shows over check out the show notes at awim.is slash fasting.
1:31.5	John Barardi, welcome to the show.
1:33.1	Thank you very much.
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