Intermittent Fasting: Pros and Cons for Your Health | Dr. Will Bulsiewicz Live Q&A
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The pros and cons are explained by gastroenterologist and bestselling author Dr. Will Bulsiewicz when he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE.
Dr. Bulsiewicz will answer questions in the Doctor's Mailbag:
- Can fasting improve digestion?
- Are there any health risks with fasting?
- Can fasting lower the risk for chronic diseases?
- Will fasting help acid reflux?
- What can you drink during a fast?
- Can fasting reduce gut inflammation?
- Is fasting most effective when eating a plant-based diet?
- Plus, questions from viewers who watched live!
Plus, Chuck reports on a study examining the importance of resistance training for bone health among vegans. The findings shatter the myth plant-based bones can't be as strong as the bones of omnivores.
Dr. Bulsiewicz is a two-time New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled and The Fiber Fueled Cookbook.
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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
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Chuck Carroll
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Physicians Committee
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| 0:00.0 | This has been a very trendy topic and I think we need to separate the trend from the science |
| 0:06.7 | and be honest and sincere in terms of evaluating the science as opposed to getting really excited |
| 0:12.3 | about something that people are doing and talking very highly about. |
| 0:15.9 | There's different versions of it. |
| 0:21.9 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.7 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.5 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US and in more than 150 countries. |
| 0:35.3 | Hi to everyone listening in Gloversville, New York, in a high California and Dublin, |
| 0:41.1 | which happens to have more vegan friendly restaurants than any other city in Ireland. |
| 0:46.8 | Wherever you are today, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:52.0 | This is episode 62 of season 5, number 361 overall. |
| 0:58.7 | It should come as no surprise that by some estimates intermittent fasting is one of the most popular forms of dieting in America. |
| 1:09.0 | But what are the pros and cons of fasting for your health? |
| 1:13.7 | That is what we will be finding out today. |
| 1:16.1 | According to the International Food Information Council Foundation, and that is a mouthful. |
| 1:21.6 | But according to them, more people practice intermittent fasting than follow the keto diet, |
| 1:27.1 | or a low carb diet, the dash diet, the vegetarian diet, or even a vegan diet. |
| 1:32.4 | In fact, one out of every 10 people following any type of diet whatsoever are choosing to follow intermittent fasting. |
| 1:41.5 | So what is the deal with this wildly popular plan that people say is the jam for their health? |
| 1:47.7 | Well, let's go ahead and weigh those pros and cons with two-time New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Will Bolswitz. |
| 1:54.5 | He is here with us today for a fasting gut check. |
| 1:58.3 | Literally, we will be learning all the ways that fasting can affect your belly and your health inside and out. |
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