Welcome to the optimal protein podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the optimal protein podcast. I am your host, Vanessa Spina,

and I am so pumped to be here with you today. We have an amazing episode. We're going to be

talking about intermittent fasting, caloric restriction, and keto. And what are the main benefits of these

different strategies? What are the differences between them, what they have in common? And how

these different benefits from these strategies overlap and when they don't overlap and what they

have in common.

And there's been a lot of talk recently about intermittent fasting.

Is it just caloric restriction or is it more?

And today we're going to talk about why it is so much more.

And we're going to talk specifically about the importance of doing quote unquote clean fasting

when you are fasting to really maximize

some of the incredible benefits. And we're going to cover all of these benefits and how they

are actually additive in depth. I am so excited for today's episode. I can't wait to dive in.

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