Best Intermittent Fasting Strategy to Burn Fat & Balance Blood Sugar
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 852 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers dives into the science of intermittent fasting and how it can be the key to burning fat and balancing blood sugar. He explains why timing your fasting window is more important than restricting calories.
You'll learn how insulin plays a pivotal role in fat storage and why fasting may not work if your blood sugar isn't stable. Dr. Jockers also discusses how cortisol can actually hinder fat loss, even during fasting.
We also touch on why women and men may need different approaches to fasting for optimal results. The strategies shared are practical, simple, and can be tailored to your lifestyle for long-term success.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to intermittent fasting and its benefits
02:45 Explanation of the fasting window and its importance for fat loss
05:30 How insulin affects fat storage and fat burning
08:00 Why fasting might spike cortisol and the consequences for fat loss
10:15 Blood sugar stability: Key to success in intermittent fasting
12:00 Key differences in fasting approaches for men and women
14:30 Wrap-up and final fasting tips
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| 0:00.0 | to burn fat, to lose weight, is adding in fasted exercise. And really the best time for this |
| 0:06.0 | would be right at the end of your fast before you eat. So like the last hour or so, get a really |
| 0:13.2 | good workout in. That's a great time to do it. Well, happy new year. Today I'm talking about the |
| 0:18.7 | best intermittent fasting strategy to burn fat and balance blood sugar. It's the new year now. So we really need to make sure we have good strategies to burn fat and balance blood sugar. Intermittent fasting is a powerful strategy. There's so many different ways of doing intermittent fasting. So here I go through the research and show you the most effective way based on a way that people can be most compliant with following an intermittent fasting strategy. |
| 0:45.3 | So I'm going to go through that. |
| 0:46.6 | This is a great plan to do this year. |
| 0:49.0 | And I'm going to break all that down, of course, in detail in this podcast episode. |
| 0:52.8 | Of course, if you're looking for health |
| 0:54.7 | coaching or really great health information, check out Dr.jockers.com. We have the best |
| 1:00.1 | natural health articles and infographics on every major health topic, including intermittent |
| 1:05.1 | fasting, including burning fat, including whatever you're looking for. Maybe it's dementia, |
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| 1:17.6 | And we also offer long distance health coaching with our well-trained team of natural paths |
| 1:24.3 | and health coaches. And so be sure to check us out, Dr.jockers.com. |
| 1:28.3 | If you want somebody that can work with you one-on-one, look at your health history, look at your |
| 1:33.5 | labs, look at different health questionnaires, and really listen to you and create, customize a |
| 1:40.8 | health coaching plan for you so you can accomplish your health goals. If you're looking |
| 1:45.0 | for that, check us out, Dr.jockers.com. We'd be happy to work with you. And of course, share this |
| 1:51.0 | podcast with anybody that you know and that you care about that's looking to burn fat and |
| 1:55.2 | balanced blood sugar. This is going to really help them. Thanks so much for being a part of our |
| 1:59.8 | podcast community here. |
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