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The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

#454 - New Year’s Eve, Cheese As A Protein Source, Carnitine And Autophagy, Fearing Animal And Plant Protein, Cancer And Animal Protein, Dairy And Weight Loss, Cellular Mitophagy, And More!

The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Melanie Avalon, Barry Conrad

Health & Fitness

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 454 of the intermittent fasting podcast.

0:10.0

If you want to burn fat, gain energy, and enhance your health by changing when you eat, not what you eat, with no calorie counting, then this show is for you.

0:20.2

I'm Melanie Avalon, biohacker, founder of Avalon X, and author of What, When, Wine?

0:26.7

Lose weight and feel great with paleo-style meals, intermittent fasting, and wine.

0:31.4

And I'm joined by my co-host, Barry Conrad, actor, singer-songwriter, and creator and host of banter with BC.

0:38.3

For more on us, check out Melanieavalon.com and Barry Conrad official.com.

0:43.4

You can submit questions for the show by emailing questions at I havepodcast.com or by going to

0:49.4

I havepodcast.com. We would love to hear from you. Please remember the thoughts and opinions on this show do not constitute medical advice or

0:57.6

treatment.

0:58.5

So pour yourself a mug of black coffee, a cup of tea, or even a glass of wine if it's that

1:04.7

time and get ready for the Intermint and Fasting podcast.

1:08.0

Hi friends, I'm about to tell you how to get 10% off the perfect coffee for

1:13.4

fasting. You guys know I am extremely picky about what I consume during my fast. And we talk all the

1:19.7

time on this show about the benefits of coffee while fasting. However, there are a lot of factors in

1:25.3

coffee, which not only determine how much it benefits

1:28.1

your health and your fast, but also which can potentially harm your health and your fast.

1:33.1

What you want is organic, clean, mold-free, high antioxidant coffee.

1:38.2

That's exactly why I created glow coffee.

1:41.5

It is an organic, clean, premium single origin, arabica coffee from

1:46.8

sustainable women-led farms and Colombia. And this coffee is so clean. It's grown organically,

1:53.1

of course, but then we go even farther than that. We third-party test the beans for almost

1:57.6

100 toxic compounds, including pesticides, heavy metals, and mold.

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