The Top Do's and Don'ts of Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss and Longevity with Thomas DeLauer

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 110 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers Sleep Breakthrough, WHOOP, BON CHARGE, and InsideTracker. This week on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with health and fitness educator Thomas DeLauer to discuss the myths, nuances, and benefits of intermittent fasting for metabolic health. Thomas DeLauer is an expert in diet, nutrition, and all things intermittent fasting. Thomas is best known for breaking down complex and nuanced health topics into simpler terms for his audience and for his open mindset toward challenging his own beliefs in the field of diet and nutrition. In this episode, Dhru and Thomas dive into: -What makes intermittent fasting underrated (2:12) -Real-life examples of metabolic flexibility (5:22) -Where Thomas’s beliefs about intermittent fasting have evolved (7:25) -The standard American approach to fasting (17:47) -How Thomas discovered fasting (26:36) -Tips and tricks to make fasting sustainable (30:05) -16:8 fasting (37:18) -Why tracking calories might be beneficial in the short term (41:11) -Do’s and don’ts of fasting for weight loss (49:02) -Fasting for longevity (55:36) -Common fasting mistakes (58:25) -Debunking fasting myths (1:15:11) -Stress as an overlooked area of health (1:22:47) -How our environment impacts our behaviors (1:38:30) Also mentioned in this episode: -@meowmeix Instagram account -5 Ways to Measure Fasting Effectiveness -Why Dr. Peter Attia Changed His Mind on Fasting For more on Thomas DeLauer, follow him on Instagram @thomasdelauer, YouTube @ThomasDeLauerOfficial, and through his website, thomasdelauer.com. Right now, you can get 10% off Sleep Breakthrough. And if you buy two or more you’ll get a free bottle of Magnesium Breakthrough. This is a limited-time offer! So just go to sleepbreakthrough.com/dhru and use code dhru10. WHOOP is a personalized digital fitness tracker and health coaching platform that monitors your physiology 24/7 and provides personalized recommendations based on what your body needs. Head on over to join.whoop.com/dhru to get your first month free on WHOOP. BON CHARGE is a holistic wellness brand with a HUGE range of evidence-based products to optimize your life. Right now, my community can go to boncharge.com/DHRU and use coupon code DHRU to save 15%. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. 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	A lot of the benefit we get from fasting from a longevity perspective anyway is from a mitochondrial
0:05.0	angle. Like we benefit our mitochondria. We improve mitochondrial biogenesis. We create more mitochondria.
0:11.5	We create our mitochondria to be stronger and more efficient so they're better at creating
0:15.2	energy with less stress and less exhaust, less reactive oxygen species, less oxidative stress,
0:20.4	less inflammation. If you're curious about the power of intermittent fasting as a tool in your
0:27.1	transformational journey, today's conversation is absolutely for you. Welcome to the Drupurod
0:32.7	podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the body with one of the brightest minds in
0:36.9	wellness, medicine and mindset. This week's guest is Thomas DeLauer. Thomas is an expert in diet,
0:42.4	nutrition, mindset and all things intermittent fasting, which is what we're going to be talking about
0:47.3	today. Thomas's platform reaches more than 15 million viewers monthly on average through his
0:52.3	YouTube channel, where he translates his experiences and learnings from his own health transformation
0:57.1	into actionable steps for his dedicated community of 2.9 million subscribers. Thomas has built upon
1:03.4	his experience as a young successful athlete and later a successful businessman that had himself
1:09.5	tipping the scales at close to 300 pounds. It was through his 100 plus pounds weight loss journey
1:16.3	and transformation that he was able to tap into how he could truly not only help himself but help
1:21.2	others as well. These experiences allowed him to develop the belief that we all possess the
1:25.9	ability to tap into the best versions of ourself by optimizing our understanding and application of
1:30.8	fitness, nutrition, fasting and especially mindset. Now onto a fantastic and nuanced interview
1:37.3	on all things fasting with Thomas DeLauer. Thomas, welcome to the podcast. A pleasure to have you here.
1:45.4	I'm excited to start off on all things intermittent fasting. I feel like you are the go-to guy,
1:50.2	especially on YouTube, that helps people break it down understand where it can be a huge part
1:57.1	of their transformation. It was for yours. You lost 110 pounds and intermittent fasting was one
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