Ep. 285 - Why Blood Sugar Spikes Sabotage Your Fasts | Glucose Management During Eating Windows | Breaking the Crash and Crave Cycle | Post-Meal Strategies for Fasting Success | Managing Blood Sugar Volatility | New Fasting Persona Quiz!

Fasting For Life

Scott Watier

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This episode dives deep into why blood sugar spikes can sabotage your fasting success and make it nearly impossible to close your eating window. Dr. Scott and Tommy explain the "glucose management zone" concept - treating every eating window as an opportunity to control blood sugar volatility rather than create metabolic chaos. Learn why that post-meal energy crash leads to late-night cravings that break your fasts, and discover simple strategies like apple cider vinegar, post-meal walks, and meal sequencing that can reduce blood sugar spikes by up to 40%. If you struggle with hunger between meals, can't seem to close your eating window, or find yourself breaking fasts due to cravings, this episode provides the blood sugar management tools to make fasting feel effortless and sustainable. ⁠Take the NEW FASTING PERSONA QUIZ! - The Key to Unlocking Sustainable Weight Loss With Fasting!⁠⁠ Resources and Downloads: ⁠⁠SIGN UP FOR THE DROP OF THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL⁠⁠ ⁠⁠GRAB THE OPTIMAL RANGES FOR LAB WORK HERE! - NEW RESOURCE! ⁠⁠FREE RESOURCE - DOWNLOAD THE NEW BLUEPRINT TO FASTING FOR FAT LOSS!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠SLEEP GUIDE DIRECT DOWNLOAD⁠⁠ ⁠⁠DOWNLOAD THE FASTING TRANSFORMATION JOURNAL HERE!⁠⁠ Partner Links: 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!⁠⁠ Our Community: 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! If you enjoy the podcast, please tap 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! Article Links:https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/diagnosis

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Scott Wadier.
0:03.0	And I'm Tommy Welling, and you're listening to the Fasting for Life podcast.
0:07.0	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
0:21.2	from fat loss and health and wellness to the science of lifestyle design. We started fasting
0:26.0	for life because of how fasting has transformed our lives and we hope to share the tools
0:30.0	that we have learned along the way.
0:31.6	Hey everyone. Hey, everyone, welcome to the Fasting for Life podcast. My name is Dr. Scott Water, and I'm here,
0:44.4	as always, I'm a good friend and colleague Tommy Welling. Good afternoon to you, sir.
0:48.2	Hey, Scott. How are you? Doing fantastic, my friend. Excited for today's conversation. We are going to
0:53.6	dive into a topic that is at the underlining or the underbelly of a lot of the things that we do with helping folks adopt a fasting lifestyle, lose weight, and get healthy, once and for all getting off that dieting roller coaster, as we like coaster as we like to say and we're going to
1:12.3	talk about blood sugar and blood sugar spikes and why it ultimately matters and why we feel that fasting
1:18.5	is such a powerful tool to once and for all get consistency get the weight off and get the results
1:25.8	that you've been looking for so if you're new to the podcast,
1:28.3	we want to welcome you in. Thanks for giving us a shot. Thanks for listening. Thanks for adding
1:33.2	us into your fasting lifestyle journey. We are on this journey with you. And if you want to know more
1:40.2	about why we do what we do and how fasting has transformed our lives and the lives of so
1:46.0	many others since the inception of the podcast and coaching and challenges years ago.
1:51.6	Head back to episode zero, episode one. Give it a listen. I'll give you insights into why we do
1:57.5	what we do and how powerful fasting can be.
2:00.9	So I want to give a shout out, Tommy, before we dive in today, one of our favorite kind
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