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Fasting For Life

Ep. 246 - Fasting & Cholesterol: Balancing Lipid Profiles | LDL, HDL & Triglyceride Improvements | Metabolic Health Benefits | Comparing Fasting Protocols | Long-Term Lipid Homeostasis

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode of the "Fasting for Life" podcast, we discussed the impacts of fasting on cholesterol, highlighting studies that show how intermittent fasting, even with higher carbohydrate intake, can significantly improve lipid profiles by reducing LDL, triglycerides, and increasing HDL. We emphasized that these benefits can occur without significant weight loss and called for a global re-evaluation of cholesterol's role and management. They encouraged listeners to take immediate, actionable steps to incorporate fasting into their routines for better health outcomes. FREE RESOURCE - DOWNLOAD THE NEW BLUEPRINT TO FASTING FOR FAT LOSS! Learn how to RAMP UP into longer fasting windows! Gain insights into the non-weight loss benefits of fasting! Personalize your own fasting schedule and consistent FAT LOSS results! Get answers to what breaks a fast, how to break a fast, and tips and tricks to accelerate your fasting wins! THE BLUEPRINT TO FASTING FOR FAT LOSS DOWNLOAD Link to Berberine mentioned in this episode: https://us.fullscript.com/plans/ffl-berberine DOWNLOAD THE FASTING TRANSFORMATION JOURNAL HERE! Get your FREE BOX OF LMNT hydration support for the perfect electrolyte balance for your fasting lifestyle with your first purchase here! Get 30% off a Keto-Mojo blood glucose and ketone monitor (discount shown at checkout)! Click here! Let’s continue the conversation. Click the link below to JOIN the Fasting For Life Community, a group of like-minded, new, and experienced fasters! The first two rules of fasting need not apply! Fasting For Life Community - Join HERE New to the podcast and wondering where to start? Head to the website and download our Fast Start Guide, 6 simple steps to put One Meal a Day Fasting (OMAD) into practice! Get our NEW sleep guide here! SLEEP GUIDE DIRECT DOWNLOAD If you enjoy the podcast, would you please tap on the stars below and consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it helps bring you the best original content each week. We also enjoy reading them! Research Links: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457718300020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37297894/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38276308/#:~:text=Baseline%20LDL%2DC%20was%20384,be%20seen%20as%20health%20advice

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Dr. Scott Watier.

0:03.0

And I'm Tommy Welling, and you're listening to the fasting for life podcast.

0:08.0

This podcast is about using fasting as a tool to regain your health, achieve ultimate wellness, and live the life you truly deserve.

0:15.0

Each episode is a short conversation on a single topic with immediate actionable steps.

0:20.0

We cover everything from fat loss and health and wellness to the science of lifestyle design.

0:25.0

We started fasting for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools that we have learned along the way. Hey everyone, welcome to the fasting for life podcast. My name is Dr. Scott water and I'm here as always

0:44.3

I'm a good friend and colleague Tommy Welling. Good afternoon to you sir. Hey Scott how are you?

0:49.6

Doing fantastic my friend excited for today's conversation. We are going to dive into an older

0:57.0

article from 2017 but then give you some updates from a more recent meta analysis

1:01.7

in 2023 and we're going to be talking about the infamous

1:06.4

cholesterol. So if you are new to the podcast want to welcome you in thanks for giving us a shot

1:14.4

if you want to know more about Tommy myself what it is that we do or more importantly

1:19.6

why we do it and how fasting has absolutely transformed our lives. Head back, give episode one a listen.

1:27.6

I'll tell you a little bit more about why we do what we do week in and week out,

1:30.8

why we do the weekly podcast, why we have our coaching, our challenges

1:35.1

and all the other resources on the website, the fasting for life.com.

1:40.4

So welcome, welcome, welcome if you are new, if you are back for another riveting episode and some good jokes and a little bit of fun banter and nuance applying a fasting lifestyle and exiting that dieting weight loss roller coaster once and for all

1:56.8

then welcome back shout out to the OGs appreciate y'all listening in week in and out. I'm going to do a little call to action here

2:05.9

Tommy as I got a personal message from someone

2:09.9

Okay giving us a review on the podcast. So here is the call to action is the more reviews and downloads and shares and likes we can get, the more impact we can have.

2:23.3

And our mission at fasting for life

2:24.8

is to pull one person one by one out of the dieting roller coaster,

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