E128 - Dr. Mindy Pelz: Harness Your Body's Intelligence: The Miracle Of Fasting, Hormones & Women's Cycles
Know Thyself
André Duqum
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🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Mindy Pelz explores the profound mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of fasting. She discusses how fasting can unlock the miracle within us, providing transformative effects on our health and well-being. Dr. Pelz delves into the incredible processes that occur within your body while fasting, unpacking ideal fasting durations, eating windows, and re-feeding.
Dr. Pelz also addresses the emotional and spiritual dimensions of fasting, examining our relationship with food, the purification process during fasting, and strategies for healing from eating disorders.
Moreover, she highlights the healing potential of extended fasting (7+ days) and emphasizes the importance of following a proper re-feeding protocol.
She also reveals her Insights into hormonal differences between men and women as we age and the power of the post-menopausal woman.
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0:00 Intro
1:59 How Mindy Discovered the Power of Fasting
6:30 Modern Living Ruins Our Health
12:21 How Your Body Heals While Fasting
16:51 Ideal Fasting Protocol (3-5 Days)
19:15 Shrinking Your Eating Window (Daily Protocol)
20:40 Avoid These Foods at All Costs
23:27 What’s Going on Inside Your Body When You Fast
25:48 Our Emotional Relationship to Food & Eating Disorders
29:26 Spiritual & Mental Purification During Fasting
38:28 Minerals to Take to Support a Fast
41:33 Healing Chronic Disease Through Long Fasts (7+ days)
44:21 Re-Feeding Protocol: (Don’t Skip This Step!)
48:10 Dopamine & Sugar Addictions
51:06 The Danger of Artificial Sweeteners
53:59 Insulin Resistance
54:46 Menopause & The Intelligence of the Body
57:36 The Power of the Post-Menopausal Woman
1:07:44 People Pleasing & Taking Your Power Back
1:14:12 Advice for Women Going Through This
1:17:31 A Closer Look at Hormones
1:21:41 Difference Between Men & Women’s Cycles
1:24:49 Fasting as a Woman: Timing it With Your Cycle
1:26:31 Getting Your Period Back
1:29:46 The Rise of Infertility
1:33:30 What We're Missing in the Modern World
1:38:51 Muscle Mass’ Impact on Longevity
1:41:09 Anti-Aging is Misleading Us
1:43:38 Your Body Knows: Our Inherent Intelligence
1:47:56 Gaining a Greater Understanding of the Body
1:51:32 Finding Health and Fulfillment in Life
1:58:42 Conclusion
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Dr. Mindy Pelz is a world-renowned women’s health expert on a mission to empower women to Believe in their Bodies! Her high-profile clients include entertainer LeAnn Rimes, former race car driver Danica Patrick and popular influencer Jesse Itzler. She is a bestselling author of Fast Like a Girl (top-selling release of 2023 from Hay House Publishing) and The Menopause Reset. Her podcast, “The Resetter Podcast,” is ranked within Apple’s top 20 category of leading U.S. science podcasts, and routinely features top guests including LeAnn Rimes, Danica Patrick, Lisa Bilyeu, Miesha Tate, Cynthia Thurlow, Sheri Salata, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, Max Lugavere, and many others. Her Youtube channel has garnered over 60 million lifetime views. She holds a BS degree from the University of Kansas and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.
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| 0:00.0 | You're turning out a whole healing system in your body when you fast that you can't access when you're constantly eating. |
| 0:07.9 | We have hit the most toxic time in human history. |
| 0:11.0 | A horrible food system. |
| 0:12.4 | A profitable health care system that wants to keep you on medication. |
| 0:16.2 | You have to back away from something or you are going to find yourself down a path of chronic disease. |
| 0:22.6 | Autophagy is a state that our cells go into where they heal themselves. The most potent way is actually fasting. |
| 0:30.6 | This process can work for everybody. There are hacks you can do to make the process easier. And two things I found. |
| 0:39.3 | One, you don't need anything but your own belief |
| 0:42.3 | in what your body is capable of doing. |
| 0:45.3 | And people are finally getting results when they never got results before. |
| 0:48.3 | How many times are we frustrated with ourselves |
| 0:51.3 | and we think we are not enough. |
| 0:58.8 | Yet when you actually know the body, you realize we are like little walking miracles. |
| 1:07.0 | Hey everyone. Welcome back to Know Thyself. |
| 1:11.6 | Our guest today is a best selling author, keynote speaker, functional health podcaster, nutritionist, an expert, and pioneer, leader, healer. She wears many hats. But she's been really |
| 1:17.1 | for decades now supporting people reclaim their health with amazing insight. And the conversation |
| 1:23.1 | today is going to be filled with nuggets and insights around reclaiming our health and the miracle |
| 1:29.0 | that is in front of our eyes that's free that we can all start in this moment that has profound |
| 1:34.2 | effects on our mind, body, and spirit. |
| 1:36.5 | Dr. Mindy Pellis, thanks for being here. |
| 1:37.9 | Oh, thank you for having me. |
| 1:39.4 | It's a pleasure getting to connect with you beforehand. |
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