How Trauma, Stress, and Bio-individuality All Impact Weight Loss with Cynthia Thurlow

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Paleovalley. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Cynthia Thurlow for a fascinating episode in his fat loss and body composition series. This time, Dhru and Cynthia focus on the underrated areas that may be holding you back from achieving sustainable weight loss. They discuss the role of protein, sleep, stress, and bio-individuality. Most importantly, why weight gain is not a normal part of aging. Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, CEO and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, and international speaker, with over 13 million views for her second TEDx talk (“Intermittent Fasting: Transformational Technique”) and the host of Everyday Wellness podcast and co-host of the Intermittent Fasting podcast. With over 20 years of experience in health and wellness, Her mission is to educate women on the benefits of intermittent fasting and overall holistic health and wellness so they feel empowered to live their most optimal lives. In this episode, Dhru and Cynthia dive into: -Why weight gain is not a normal part of aging (1:47) -False assumptions around aging and weight gain (10:07) -How bio-individuality influences weight loss (15:51) -Unpacking how early childhood experiences impacted the nervous system (20:03) -Examples of how people pleasing can cause you to sacrifice your health and well-being (25:25) -Intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating (37:21) -Protein and satiety (42:47) -Addressing fasting concerns (49:16) -Catching stress early on (54:03) -Weight loss tip: stop drinking your calories (58:16) -The importance of protein tracking (1:04:21) -Under talked about principles regarding body composition (1:15:08) -How perimenopause impacts sleep, hormonal health, metabolic health, and stress (1:19:00) -Hormone replacement therapy as a potential treatment (1:22:30) Also mentioned in this episode: -Cynthia’s Podcast, The Intermittent Fasting Podcast -Cynthia’s free Facebook Group: Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle/Cynthia Thurlow -Get her book, Intermittent Fasting Transformation here. For more on Cynthia Thurlow, follow her on Instagram @cynthia_thurlow_, on Facebook @chtwellness, on Twitter @_cynthiathurlow, on YouTube @cynthiathurlow, and through her website, cynthiathurlow.com. Right now, if you’re new to ButcherBox, they’re giving away NY Strip Steaks with every order for an entire year PLUS $20 off. Just go to butcherbox.com/DHRU to sign up and use code DHRU, and you can get these incredible steaks for free all year. Paleovalley is offering my listeners 15% off their entire first order. Head to paleovalley.com/dhru to check out all their clean Paleo products and take advantage of this deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you look at the traditional recommendations to patients that see the
0:03.4	lot of heart healthy grains, eat a lot of fake fats, really restrict your
0:07.8	animal-based protein. And I think in many ways we've
0:11.0	set people up where they are never satiated. And if you're not satiated, you're
0:14.9	going to continue to eat. And there's also something that goes on in particular
0:19.5	in middle-aged women that as our estrogen levels are starting to decline,
0:23.9	as our follicular stimuli and hormones going up, we're in this catabolic
0:27.1	states, our bodies are primed in condition to continue to break down muscle
0:30.6	and our protein needs go up. And so I always like to interject that middle-aged
0:34.9	people need more protein, not less. Welcome to the Drew Perot Podcast. Each
0:39.9	week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the body with one of the
0:43.5	brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset. This week's guest is Cynthia
0:47.8	Thurlow. Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner,
0:50.4	author of the best-selling book, intermittent fasting transformation, and a
0:54.0	two-time TEDx speaker with her second talk having more than 13 million views. And she's also
0:59.9	the host of the Everyday Wellness Podcast and the co-host of the Intermittent Fasting Podcast.
1:05.3	And on today's episode with Cynthia, we're talking all things weight loss, intermittent fasting,
1:10.8	and how aspects like trauma and stress can contribute to weight loss resistance in individual's
1:17.8	lives. Now a little bit more about Cynthia. She has over 20 years of experience in health and
1:22.4	wellness, and she's a globally recognized expert in intermittent fasting and women's health.
1:27.4	She's been featured in everything from ABC News to KTLA to the Megan Kelly show and many,
1:33.3	many others. Her mission is to educate women on the benefits of intermittent fasting and overall
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