Ep. 146 Fasting Strategies & Troubleshooting: How to Revolutionize Your Life with Dr. David Jockers

Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Menopause, and Science for Women 35+

Cynthia Thurlow

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Life Sciences, Science, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

I am delighted and excited today to welcome Dr. David Jockers as my guest! Dr. Jockers is a doctor of natural medicine. He runs one of the most popular natural health websites, which has gotten over 1 million monthly visitors. His work has been seen on popular media such as the Dr. Oz show and Hallmark Home and Family. Dr. Jockers is the author of the best-selling books The Keto Metabolic Breakthrough and The Fasting Transformation. He is a world-renowned expert in the area of ketosis, fasting, inflammation, and functional nutrition. He is also the host of the popular “Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition” podcast. Dr. Jockers was a personal trainer in his early twenties. At the time, he was taking in about 5,500 calories a day from six meals, which he thought he had to do to maintain his muscle mass. Then he developed irritable bowel and he lost about 30 pounds over two years. After reading the book, The Maker’s Diet by Jordan Rubin, he felt inspired to make some changes to his diet. He ended up on a grain-free, low-carb diet with lots of fermented foods and grass-fed meats and got a lot better. He noticed that when he skipped breakfast and drank a lot of water, he felt significantly better, and he started re-gaining muscle mass quickly. Dr. Jockers has been practicing intermittent fasting for sixteen years now, and it has revolutionized his life! Be sure to stay tuned today to learn more about intermittent fasting, some common fasting mistakes, and some of the lesser-known things you can do with fasting to benefit your health. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Dr. Jockers shares his background and explains what brought him to his fasting journey. There are several key mechanisms of intermittent fasting that can help you build muscle. The benefits of exercising while in a fasted state. The amount of protein you need to consume to build lean muscle. Dr. Jockers explains what he does to amplify the amount of autophagy taking place in his body. Why doing a 24-hour fast every week is realistic. Autophagy is a by-product of fasting. Dr. Jockers shares some strategies to boost autophagy. Dr. Jockers discusses the benefits of different kinds of exercise and getting enough proper sleep. The benefits you can add to fasting with coffee and various herbal teas. Dr. Jockers unpacks what detoxing is all about, and emphasizes why it is so important. Some common fasting mistakes that people tend to make. And some things you can do to make fasting easier. Dr. Jockers shares his thoughts on fasting variations, especially for women. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website Connect with Dr. David Jockers On his website On Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube Books mentioned: The Maker’s Diet by Jordan Rubin

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is everyday wellness, a podcast dedicated to helping you achieve your health and wellness goals and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.
0:11.0	And now, here is your host, Nurse Practition practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.
0:18.0	Today I am delighted and excited
0:19.8	to have Dr David Jockers
0:22.0	is a doctor of natural medicine and runs one of the most popular
0:25.6	natural health websites and Dr. Jockers.com which has gotten over one million
0:30.2	monthly visitors amazing and his work has been seen on popular media such as Dr. Oz and the Hallmark-Homan family.
0:37.2	He's also the author of the best-selling book, The Kito Metabolic Breakthrough and The Fasting Transformation. He's a world-renowned expert in the area of
0:46.0	katosis, fasting, inflammation, and functional nutrition, and he's also the host of the popular
0:51.9	Dr. Jockers functional nutrition
0:54.0	podcast. Welcome it's so great to have you on the podcast.
0:57.3	Thanks so much Cynthia it's really an honor I appreciate all the work that you're
1:00.4	doing and also it's great to have you on my podcast as well.
1:03.4	Absolutely, you know, two fasting experts and in one place is really hugely beneficial and
1:09.3	I would love for you to kind of talk about what brought you to fasting. I mean I love everyone's stories as it pertains to you
1:16.1	know utilizing the strategy. Some people have been doing it for far longer than I have, but I always
1:20.9	find the background is particularly interesting when listeners are trying to kind of put all this together, you know your expertise and what's kind of brought you into this fasting journey.
1:30.0	Yeah, absolutely. And you know in my early 20, I was a personal trainer and you know, I was studying exercise and nutrition science. I was eating six meals a day because I'm thin, I'm an ectomorph, so I've got, you are as well. So we have thin bones, we tend to be narrow shouldered, right?
1:45.0	And I wanted to, you know, obviously have the most muscle mass I could.
1:48.2	So I was eating six meals a day.
1:50.2	In fact, in my nutrition course, I think I was 20 years old when I took this nutrition course, we counted up all the calories we ate in a day.
1:58.4	And I was like 5,500 calories.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cynthia Thurlow, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Cynthia Thurlow and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.