TMHS 885: Can Intermittent Fasting Reset & Improve Your Metabolism?
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Intermittent fasting has been championed in recent years for its ability to aid in weight loss, reduce inflammation, and improve metabolic health. But fasting isn’t just another dieting fad; it is a time-tested strategy for healing the human body, and it comes with profound benefits. Today you’re going to learn the science behind fasting, including why it’s effective and its impressive benefits on human health.
On this episode, you’re going to learn about how simply shortening the amount of time you spend eating in a day can improve your health. We’re going to uncover the main drivers behind why most people have a lengthy eating window, its effect on our collective health, and how our culture contributes to overeating. We’re going to dive into how intermittent fasting can improve a variety of health markers, and a protocol you can use to integrate fasting into your lifestyle in a healthy way.
You’re also going to learn about key fasting principles, like autophagy, circadian clocks, and insulin levels. We’re going to cover the latest studies on fasting and its ability to reduce visceral fat, improve sleep quality, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this episode of The Model Health Show!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- The average amount of hours most people spend eating.
- What metabolic jetlag is.
- How eating fewer hours in the day can lead to better sleep.
- Three primary factors that are driving our increased frequency of eating.
- The link between eating government subsidized foods and obesity.
- How the definition of food insecurity has changed.
- Why sleep deprivation impacts your hunger and appetite.
- How food science confuses our biology.
- Why intermittent fasting can reset your metabolism.
- How your circadian rhythm is connected to metabolic health.
- The #1 controller of circadian clocks.
- What autophagy is, and its role in weight loss.
- The connection between autophagy and exercise.
- How intermittent fasting impacts insulin levels.
- The key reason why intermittent fasting can be more effective than calorie restriction.
- What the FAST protocol is.
- The importance of being consistent with your fasting schedule.
- Why nutrients matter while intermittent fasting.
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- Why Fasting for Women Is Different with Dr. Mindy Pelz -- Listen to episode 832!
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit the modelhealth |
| 0:06.5 | show.com. Welcome to the model health show. This is fitness and nutrition expert, Sean |
| 0:14.7 | Stevenson, and I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today, intermittent fasting. Everywhere you turn, we're hearing about intermittent fasting today. We've been today, intermittent fasting. |
| 0:20.9 | Everywhere you turn, we're hearing about intermittent fasting today. |
| 0:23.9 | We've been talking about intermittent fasting, of course, for many years here on the |
| 0:26.9 | Model Health show, but it's just got its grips into popular culture. |
| 0:30.9 | As a matter of fact, it's showing up in a lot of song verses. |
| 0:34.8 | I was just listening to a DJ Khalid song, another one. |
| 0:38.3 | And he had a verse from Jay-Z and Jay-Z said, |
| 0:41.3 | intermittent fasting, but these meals, I'm not missing none. |
| 0:45.3 | It's hard to escape this new part of our popular lexicon, |
| 0:49.3 | but just because it's popular doesn't mean that it's effective, |
| 0:53.3 | as you very well know. |
| 0:55.3 | Many things come in and out of fashion. |
| 0:58.4 | And so today, we want to dig in and really look at the facts behind whether or not |
| 1:04.3 | intermittent fasting can truly and notably alter in a positive way our metabolism across the board intermittent fasting |
| 1:13.6 | studies consistently show notable weight loss fat loss and other remarkable benefits |
| 1:18.2 | but is it merely a mechanism of calorie restriction or is there something more |
| 1:23.8 | extraordinary at play today we're going to explore this and much more. And let's kick |
| 1:30.6 | things off with a fascinating study conducted by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, tracking |
| 1:36.7 | the eating habits of a group of adult test subjects to see how often the average person is |
| 1:42.3 | actually eating and the impact that was having on their metabolism. |
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