The Mind-Blowing Science of Water-Only Fasting with Dr. Alan Goldhamer

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Pendulum. These days, we hear a lot about fasting. Intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating, and water fasting are just some of the many terms being thrown around in support of better health. But which one is best? And what does it all mean for our longevity, brain health, and overall wellness? Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru and Dr. Alan Goldhamer dive deep into the topic of water-only fasting: how it can troubleshoot our biology, boost our energy, and decrease our risk of disease. Dr. Alan Goldhamer is one of the world’s leading experts on medically supervised, water-only fasting. In 1984, Dr. Goldhamer founded and became director of TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California; since then, he has supervised the fasting and care of more than 20,000 patients. The center is the largest facility in the world specializing in medically supervised, water-only fasting, and it is one of the premier training facilities for doctors to gain certification in the supervision of therapeutic fasting. Dr. Goldhamer is the author of The Health Promoting Cookbook and coauthor of The Pleasure Trap—Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness. He is also the principal author of two landmark studies that showed evidence of the benefits of water-only fasting, as well as numerous case reports published in peer reviewed indexed journals evaluating the effects of water-only fasting in the treatment of a variety of conditions. In this episode, we dive into: -Misconceptions about water-only fasting (4:22) -Who is a candidate for a medically supervised, water-only fast (8:09) -Body composition changes in long-term fasting (10:53) -The benefits of long-term, medically supervised, water-only fasting (13:13) -Gender considerations for fasting (16:08) -Fasting safety study (17:57) -What happens in the body during a long-term, water-only fast (22:11) -How fasting has the ability to reset our dopamine dependency (31:05) -The best way to fast from the comfort of your home (35:07) -How fasting impacts lifespan (46:45) For more on Dr. Alan Goldhamer, follow him on Instagram @thetruenorthhealthcenter, Facebook @truenorthhealth, and through his websites truenorthhealthfoundation.org and healthpromoting.com. Get his book, The Pleasure Trap, here. For more on Dhru Purohit, follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, and YouTube @dhrupurohit. This episode is brought to you by Pendulum. Pendulum is the first company to figure out how to harness the amazing benefits of Akkermansia in a probiotic capsule. To receive 20% off your first purchase of Pendulum’s Akkermansia probiotic supplement, go to Pendulumlife.com and use code DHRU20. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The reason people are sick is because of the pleasure trap.
0:02.4	So you have to learn to escape the pleasure trap.
0:04.1	One of the most powerful ways to escape the pleasure trap is fasting.
0:08.0	Welcome to the Drupurot podcast.
0:10.2	Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the body
0:13.7	with one of the brightest minds in wellness, medicine and mindset.
0:17.2	This week's guest is Dr. Alan Goldhammer.
0:20.2	Dr. Alan Goldhammer is one of the world's leading experts
0:23.2	on medically supervised water only fasting.
0:26.8	At his Trunort Center in Santa Rosa, California, which Alan founded in 1984,
0:32.8	they've guided over 20,000 patients through medically supervised water only fasting.
0:39.2	Some patients at the Trunort Center have fasted for up to 40 days on only water.
0:45.2	How crazy and amazing is that however, typically most patients are going to be fasting
0:50.4	for a shorter period of time when they're undergoing and being supervised by Alan's staff.
0:55.4	Alan has been the principal author of two landmark studies that showed evidence
0:59.6	on the benefits of water only fasting, as well as numerous case reports published in peer-reviewed
1:05.1	indexes and journals evaluating the effects of water only fasting in the treatment of a variety of
1:11.4	conditions. Lastly, I'll share this. There's a healthy discussion and debate around longer fast,
1:18.2	beyond the typical time-restricted eating or overnight fasting for women in their prime reproductive
1:25.2	years. I care about this topic a lot and it's something that I've investigated because I have an
1:31.6	audience that's mostly amazing women and we've done some past episodes on the pros and cons
1:38.0	around longer fast for women. So if you're curious about that, please check out some of our past
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