#474 - 4:3 Intermittent Fasting, Estrogen Detox, Fasting's Effects on Eating Behaviors and Appetite Hormones, Reducing Binge Eating, Tobacco And Fasting, Weight Loss Plateaus, Sexual Assault Awareness, And More!
The Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Melanie Avalon, Barry Conrad
4.2 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 474 of the Intermittent Fasting Podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | 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? |
| 0:26.6 | 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. |
| 0:43.6 | You can submit questions for the show by emailing questions at I havepodcast.com |
| 0:48.4 | or by going to I havepodcast.com. |
| 0:50.9 | We would love to hear from you. |
| 0:52.7 | Please remember the thoughts and opinions on this show do not constitute medical advice |
| 0:57.4 | 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 |
| 1:04.4 | that time and get ready for the Interminted Fasting podcast. |
| 1:08.4 | Hi friends, I'm about to tell you how to get 10% off the perfect coffee for |
| 1:14.2 | fasting. You guys know I am extremely picky about what I consume during my fast. And we talk all the |
| 1:20.5 | time on this show about the benefits of coffee while fasting. However, there are a lot of factors in |
| 1:26.1 | coffee which not only determine how much it benefits |
| 1:28.9 | your health and your fast, but also which can potentially harm your health and your fast. |
| 1:34.1 | What you want is organic, clean, mold-free, high antioxidant coffee. |
| 1:39.0 | That's exactly why I created glow coffee. |
| 1:42.3 | It is an organic, clean, premium single origin, |
| 1:46.0 | arabica coffee from sustainable women-led farms in Colombia. And this coffee is so clean. |
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