Intermittent fasting is a dietary measure by which there are windows of time that you are eating

and other windows of time that you are not eating. There are many different ways to intermittent

fast from a time restricted fasting where you eat normally within a certain time window in the day and then you stop eating

during the rest of the time of the day. There's also alternate day fasting where you eat a normal

diet one day and then eat very very little or nothing at all on the next day.

There's five and two fasting where you eat a normal diet five days a week and fast two days a week.

There are many different ways to fast and the benefits are also multiplicative.

We know that intermittent fasting can increase our metabolic

flexibility. This means that we become more primed and able to use fats and ketones as an energy

source instead of simply burning glucose all of the time for our energy. We also know that intermittent

fasting reduces the amount of advanced glycolation end products in our body. And these AGEEs

do exactly that. They age us. So intermittent fasting is also associated with reduced

chronic inflammation, which can put you at a reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease and arthritis.

Intermittent fasting is generally appropriate for everyone,

especially those people who are experiencing any problems with metabolic disease.

But it's not perfect for every single person. In my interview today with Dr. David Jockers,

he and I discuss how we can't effectively transition into a fasting type diet, how eating in an intermittent way has an impact on our diet, how eating in an intermittent way has an impact on our gut health, our dysbiosis,

how it can impact our insulin levels, and how ketones can actually help to protect the brain. Let's get to the show. Welcome to the Lindsay

Elmore show, a podcast for people who deserve to be healthy. With honest, open, and enlightening

conversations with doctors, thought leaders, creatives, and spiritual gurus, you'll walk away with simple and

tangible tips and tricks that allow you to live your healthiest life so you can pursue your

dreams, overcome obstacles, and leave your mark. Dr. David Jockers is a doctor of natural medicine who runs one of the most popular natural health and wellness websites,

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