Eat, Fast, Feast: A Christian Guide to Health & Fasting with Jay Richards
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The Christian Research Institute
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🗓️ 9 January 2020
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Topics discussed include: The impact that reading Eat, Fast, Feast had on Hank’s cancer treatment and going into remission (1:30); why Jay Richards believes that it is no coincidence that a decrease in fasting has led to an increase in diseases of civilization such as heart disease, obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and cancer (6:25); why our bodies are designed for fasting (12:05); why did Christians stop fasting? (17:25); did Jesus assume that His followers would fast? (20:45); why should we care about early Christian practice today? (24:20); examining the practice of intermittent fasting (29:45); is dietary fat bad for us? (37:20); are all calories equal? (40:45); the difference between dieting and fasting (43:25); the benefits of combining a ketogenic diet with fasting (46:25); the problem with carbohydrates (48:40); the importance of consuming water and salt (52:10); do our bodies have two brains? (55:25); the growing evidence that fasting can fight diseases such as Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, cancer, etc. (57:05); getting your body into recycle and repair mode (59:25); examples of fasting incorrectly (1:02:40); the physical and spiritual benefits of the Christian seasons of fasting (1:04:25); Darwinian associations with various diets (1:07:40); does feasting lose it’s significance without fasting? (1:11:05); how do our taste buds change? (1:13:15); are there health benefits of alcohol (1:15:30); the problem with “nutritionalism” and reducing food to its chemical composition (1:16:25); Eucharistic symbolism and understanding our body soul unity (1:18:05); the loss of fasting as an ordinary part of the Christian life for many modern Christians (1:20:35); what to expect if you follow Jay Richards’ 6 week fasting routine (1:22:35).
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast. |
| 0:26.2 | In fact, this is the first edition of 2020, and it is with a good friend, Dr. Jay Richards. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm always trying to bring people to my audience that are interesting, informative, and inspirational, and Jay fits the bill perfectly. |
| 0:45.4 | Before we actually talk to Jay, I want to make sure that you're subscribing to the Hank Unplugged podcast. |
| 0:52.0 | If you're doing so on iTunes or YouTube make sure that you leave a |
| 0:57.8 | review here's one I read today high quality down to earth high caliber content |
| 1:06.3 | relevant topics Hank recommends it so do do I. No commercial breaks. Many episodes I wish were |
| 1:15.3 | longer. Thanks, Hank. Your humble pursuit of truth has been absolutely critical in my faith walk |
| 1:22.7 | and all the people at CRI that make it possible. God bless all of you. Well, again, today, a special |
| 1:30.6 | edition of the podcast, and I suppose I say that every single time, but anytime I do a podcast with |
| 1:37.8 | Jay Richards, I consider it special. He's executive editor of the stream. He's a research professor in the School of Business and Economics at the Catholic |
| 1:47.4 | University of America. |
| 1:49.6 | A senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, he holds a PhD with honors in philosophy and theology |
| 1:58.0 | from Princeton Theological Seminary. |
| 2:03.6 | He's the author of many books, and of course we've done podcasts with Jay on some of those books, including the book Money, Greed, and God, |
| 2:09.6 | the Christian Case for Free Enterprise. He was the co-author of the hugely popular book and Video, The Privileged Planet. |
| 2:20.9 | Also, several months ago, we offered Jay's book, The Human Advantage, The Future of American Work, |
| 2:26.7 | in an age of smart machines. |
| 2:29.4 | And now I am thrilled to feature on this podcast, Jay's brand new book. |
| 2:36.8 | It's out this month, the month of January. |
| 2:40.2 | It's titled, Eat, Fast, Feast, Heal Your Body, While Feeding Your Soul. |
| 2:48.9 | It's a Christian Guide to Fasting. It's released by Harper One. |
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