Is Fasting Bad for Your Hormones?
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Join Dr. David Jockers on the Functional Nutrition Podcast as he explores how fasting influences growth hormone levels and metabolic health. Learn about the balance between fasting challenges and benefits.
Discover the right ways to fast for improved hormone sensitivity and better cellular function. Understand how nutritional timing plays a crucial role in health optimization.
Gain insights into lifestyle habits that support effective fasting. Learn why good sleep, hydration, and stress management are vital for maintaining healthy hormone levels.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to Growth Hormone Optimization
02:44 Is Fasting Bad for Your Hormones?
04:24 The Science Behind Fasting and Hormones
07:44 Factors Affecting Hormone Balance
11:08 Lifestyle Tips for Hormone Health
18:34 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | What builds up your growth hormone levels? Protein and nutrients. Really optimizing protein levels |
| 0:05.6 | in your meal is super key. So when you're eating, you know, I recommend feast famine cycling. |
| 0:10.9 | So you're not always fasting. You're not always feasting. You're spending time fasting and |
| 0:15.3 | you're also spending time feasting and eating plenty of nutrients. So making sure you're getting |
| 0:19.6 | enough nutrients, making sure you're eating high quality protein 30 to 50 grams or more in a meal. That's going |
| 0:24.9 | to be key for helping boost growth hormone throughout the day and at night while you're |
| 0:29.8 | sleeping. That's going to be super important for that. And to get the best growth hormone |
| 0:34.0 | release during your fasting window, when you're fasting for 16, 18, maybe 24 hours. |
| 0:40.8 | Hello and welcome to the Dr. Jockers functional nutrition podcast, the show designed to give you |
| 0:47.0 | science-based solutions to improve your health and life. I'm Dr. David Jockers, Doctor of Natural |
| 0:53.5 | Medicine, and creator of Dr.jockers.com, and I'm the host of |
| 0:58.2 | this podcast. I'm here to tell you that your body was created to heal itself, and on this show, |
| 1:04.0 | we focus on strategies you can apply today to heal and function at your best. Thanks for spending |
| 1:10.4 | time with me, and let's go into the show. |
| 1:14.9 | Did you know one of the best ways to reduce uncomfortable swelling in your legs or ankles |
| 1:19.8 | and to flush out excess fluid or fats is by unclogging your lymphatic system? |
| 1:26.6 | Over time, your lymphatic system can become clogged |
| 1:29.6 | due to injuries or bacterial invasions. This can lead to chronic swelling in the arms, legs, or |
| 1:35.1 | ankles. That's why I love lymph system support by pure health research. This natural formula |
| 1:42.2 | contains ingredients like dandelion extract, burdock root, and bromelin, |
| 1:47.7 | which help cleanse your tissues, reduce swelling and fluid retention, and support a healthy |
| 1:53.4 | inflammatory response. As a listener of my show, you can try lymph system support risk-free |
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