Hot Topic: Understanding Therapeutic Fasting

The Fasting Method Podcast

Megan Ramos Nutrition Inc

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Episode #207

In this week's episode, Terri and Coach Heather Shuker cover many keys to therapeutic fasting - what it is, how to build up to it, and how to support yourself to be able to do it consistently.

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Summary Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:02 Don't start with therapeutic fasting

03:14 The Fasting Dial

04:18 No one-size-fits-all protocol or quick fix

08:10 Changing your relationship with food

09:19 Optimise Your Weight (Fat) Loss Workshop

12:11 The importance of TRE

14:45 Stabilising behaviours

18:13 Consistency is key

20:58 The Three Amigos of fasting

26:00 Consistency as part of the therapeutic dose

26:47 Heather's favourite analogy

Disclaimer

This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. You should always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before doing any fasting, changing your diet, taking or adjusting any medication or supplements, or adopting any treatment for a health problem. The use of any other products or services purchased by you as a result of this podcast does not create a healthcare provider-patient relationship between you and any of the experts affiliated with this podcast. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I think an important starting point to think about therapeutic fasting is you don't start
0:05.6	with therapeutic fasting.
0:08.0	You start with the foundation.
0:10.6	You start with the smaller doses of things that get you to that therapeutic level.
0:16.2	Welcome back to another episode of the fasting method podcast.
0:26.3	This is Coach Terry Lance and I am joined today with Coach Heather Shooker.
0:30.6	Heather, how are you today?
0:31.9	Doing great as usual, Terry.
0:33.2	How are you?
0:34.1	I love it.
0:34.7	I'm good too.
0:36.0	All right, Heather, I'm super excited about this episode.
0:38.5	I might say that often because I get so revved up about these topics. But I wanted to pick your
0:47.0	brain and share some thoughts about a topic that I think is so valuable to anyone, whether
0:53.2	they're just getting started in the fasting world
0:55.8	or whether they've been doing it for a long time. And that is this concept that we talk about a lot at
1:01.5	Tfm, therapeutic fasting. Because one of the, I would say, leading questions or puzzles that people have in front of them is, what should I do?
1:14.4	What protocol? How much fasting? How often? How do I know how to do this? So let's dive into this
1:23.2	idea of therapeutic fasting. I completely agree, Terry. It is one of those things that we sometimes
1:29.4	assume people know and understand because we forget that not everybody is mired in this as much as we
1:36.1	are. So I think it's always a good idea to come to this with a fresh beginner's mind and look at it
1:43.0	as we once did, as people that were brand new to fasting
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