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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

⏱️ 80 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 454 of the intermittent fasting podcast.

0:09.9

If you want to burn fat, gain energy, and enhance your help 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?

0:26.6

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

0:31.3

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

0:38.3

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

0:43.3

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

0:50.3

We would love to hear from you.

0:52.3

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

1:04.6

time and get ready for the Interminted Fasting podcast.

1:08.7

Hi friends.

1:10.1

Out of all of the incredible biohacking devices that I use to optimize my health and wellness,

1:15.2

there is one type of biohacking device that I have been using the longest.

1:19.7

We are talking every single day of my life because it radically changes my life that much.

1:25.3

It helps my energy levels, my sleep, my anxiety, so many things.

1:29.4

You might know what it is. It is the category of blue light blocking glasses.

1:33.9

I just found an upgraded form of this, which does so much more than just block blue light.

1:39.5

There's a company called Hyperlight Optics. They've been established in Europe for years and are just now coming to

1:45.1

the U.S. And here's what makes their glasses so special. You might have heard me talk about

1:49.7

C-60 on the show before. Hyperlight optics actually uses patented Swiss technology with

1:55.7

Follerine C-60 as a quantum light transformer. Basically, they transform bad light into healthy beneficial light.

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