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In this episode, we continue with our conversation on meal timing and building the perfect eating schedule for you. We start off by going into detail about the study of the guy who fasted for 379 days (0:30), as well as explain why Intermittent Fasting works for some individuals but is a “bandaid” for others (3:50). As you listen, you’ll understand why it’s so important to get to the root of why you are choosing to intermittent fast and the impact it can potentially have on your day-to-day life. We then go into a discussion of overweight, more so obese, individuals and the difference in their hormone levels (9:39).

To further our level of understanding around meal timing, we talk about protein distribution (13:57) and how it can help maximize muscle growth. There was a previous study done by Murphy (15:19) that compared a balanced protein diet, of 3 meals with 30g of protein each, to a standard “western diet.” The finding was that those individuals who ate more of a balanced diet of frequent protein feedings had greater protein synthesis than the latter. So ideally, 4 meals per day about 3-5 hours apart can help you increase muscle growth.

We then dive into the benefits and timing of both pre and post workout meals (17:37) since we all want to make sure we make the most out of our training sessions. Lastly, we explain what happens if you “break your fast” (19:15) with say - coffee and a little bit of creamer. Then to wrap things up for this two part episode, we touch on what we call “starvation mode” and metabolic adaptation (12:02).