Episode 163

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17th Jan 2024

163. 5 Days of Fasting

5 Days of Fasting

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Following Evan's first ever five day fast, Evan wanted to provide a simple and easy guide to fasting for all levels. Therefore, if you've never fasted before or you've done a couple of fasts but you want to go longer, then this is the episode for you.  Today’s episode is going to teach you how to fast, why you should fast, what the benefits of fasting are, tools you can use while fasting to make your fast more enjoyable, and finally differentiate the benefits between a short fast and a long fast. As always, at the end of this episode Evan will provide a recap and breakdown of the different topics covered to ensure that you have actionable steps to take away from today’s episode and apply to your life after tuning in. 

Tune in for all things fasting on today's episode and as always do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements. Please subscribe and share this podcast with friends, family, and loved ones.


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Transcript
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Have you ever been interested in

fasting or maybe you've tried a couple

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of small, fast, but you weren't really

sure what the benefits were or maybe

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you've been doing short intermittent

fasting, but you want to try.

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A longer, fast for additional benefits.

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Well, wherever you are on the fasting

journey, today's episode is going to

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teach you how to fast, why you should

fast, what the benefits of fasting are.

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Tools you can use while fasting

to make your fast, more enjoyable.

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And finally differentiate the benefits

between a short, fast and a long, fast.

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As always at the end of this episode,

I'll provide a recap and breakdown

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of the different topics covered to

ensure that you have actionable steps

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to take away from today's episode and

apply to your life after tuning in.

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This is the elemental Evan podcast.

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And I'm your host, Evan Roberts on

this show, I break down health topics

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from a simple and holistic perspective.

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Making health information

accessible for everyone.

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And for this episode, if you've been

following my Instagram here over the last

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week, or at least my Instagram stories.

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Then you definitely know that I

recently just completed a five

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day fast about three days ago.

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I've never done a five day fast

before I've only done three day

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fast before this last five day one.

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And let me tell you it was.

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Pretty insane.

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I don't know it was crazy.

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It was, it was a good

experience overall, for sure.

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Um, but definitely a wild experience

getting into days four and five.

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So I think that's probably the best place

to really kick this episode off is really

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just a quick recap of my experiences

going through, uh, this five day fast.

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So don't worry.

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I'm not going to spend a ton of

time here, but I'll just kind of

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explain how the fast went for me and

really just starting with day one.

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Um, I mean, I do.

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24 hour fast, pretty regularly.

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It's nothing.

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Uh, really out of the normal for me.

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So the first day was really quite simple.

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Uh, just kind of viewed it as a 24 day

fat or sorry, 24 hour fast and, uh, you

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know, no real hunger cravings, nothing,

nothing really out of this world.

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The only thing that really happened

was I would randomly like get up

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and start walking into the kitchen.

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Like I was going to go grab

a snack and I just had to

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remind myself like, okay, what.

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What the heck are you doing?

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Why are you walking into the kitchen here?

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Trying to go grab a snack coffee.

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So you're on a fast.

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Um, so it was really weird.

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It was like almost like second nature.

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Secondhand nature for me to just get up

and walk into the kitchen and kind of

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browse the fridge for whatever I have.

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So, uh, really that was

great to break that habit.

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At least during this five day fast.

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Cause it only lasted the first day, which

I'm grateful that it only lasted one day

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because that would have really sucked.

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If on like day four, I.

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I randomly get up and go into the

fridge and grab something and take a

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little bite out of something that would

have been a real pain in the butt.

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But that never happened.

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And so it was only on day one

that I would randomly stand up and

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start walking towards the kitchen.

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Uh, and in terms of day to

day too, is always where kind

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of the difficulty starts.

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It's usually day two and day three

for me, but on day two, Definitely

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the hunger kind of sets in your

cravings, kick up really heavily.

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Um, you know, you see commercials

for food horror on Instagram or

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whatever it might be, and it is.

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Yeah.

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I mean, it's, it's tough.

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Like you, you definitely

want to taste food.

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You're hungry at this point.

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Um, I did have a little bit of

a headache waking up on day two,

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which was very likely from a lack of

hydration and some high quality salt.

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So, yeah, that was not too tough

of a day, but still pretty hard.

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Like I said, day two and three are

usually the hardest days for me.

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Um, and also on top of that, I mean

it's day two and you realize, okay.

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After today I still have three

whole days, which for a person who's

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only done a three-day fast prior to

this can be a little bit daunting.

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Uh, but nonetheless made it

through, got onto day three.

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Day three.

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Once again, still had the

hunger, still had some cravings.

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Um, but.

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One thing that was good is I didn't

have the headache that I had on day two.

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And on top of that, you really start

to kind of feel the benefits of.

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Of the fast in, in like

a good sense, right?

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Because when you are doing a prolonged

fast, there is this point where.

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I don't know if it's ketosis

or what it is, but you hit like

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some serious mental clarity.

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Like you have laser focus, you can really

focus in on a task very, very well.

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Um, you don't have a lot of

random thoughts going on.

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I'm pretty sure this has something to

do with the fact that thoughts consume

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energy and your body is trying to be

conservative in the energy that it uses.

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So it's not giving a lot of energy to

your brain to just think random thoughts.

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I think, you know, I'm just

guessing here, but I'm, I'm pretty

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sure it's because your brain.

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Uh, really wants to just focus on the task

at hand and the things that are important.

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So it's a very cool experience.

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I've felt it before on a three-day fast.

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Uh, but yeah, it was pretty cool.

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I started to get into

that on this day, three.

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And also something that

was interesting on day two.

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Uh, sorry, the night of day two.

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I actually had a dream

that I broke my fast.

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Which was crazy.

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I woke up and I was super mad at myself.

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Um, but you can just tell that it was

really in the back of my mind and it

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was taking a lot of willpower out of

me, at least in those first two days.

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And then on day four, I honestly

felt really good by day four.

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I felt.

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You know, incredible was really feeling

the beneficial effects of being in a fast.

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Uh, at that point, hunger and cravings,

like they're gone your body at this point.

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Really just knows that.

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You're not getting food and

you know, this is just life.

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Like, I don't know.

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There's no food out there.

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So there's no point in really kind of

asking, I guess, is what it's doing.

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I'm not totally sure.

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But nonetheless.

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You really don't have super

crazy cravings or hunger.

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Um, I was able to be around food

on day four and like never once

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was I really tempted to try to

grab some food and taste it.

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Of course you're like wanting

to taste stuff because food

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tastes amazing, especially after

four days of no food at all.

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So that was a little difficult.

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But overall, I mean, yeah, you feel

really, really good on day four.

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I think actually the hardest thing

about day four was just knowing.

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That there was an entire additional day.

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Uh, after day four.

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So.

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Really day for not too bad.

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Day five.

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I was deep in the fast,

like really feeling the.

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Crazy sensations of being in a fast, like.

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I don't, it's almost kind

of hard to put into words.

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Like you feel kind of grounded in

your body, but elevated, like you

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can laser focus on a task, but then

you can also just zone out, like

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completely zone out really easily.

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And, um, if you meditate on that day,

for example, like you can have some

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pretty interesting deep meditations.

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Um, yeah, I don't know.

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You're kind of in this

like lucid state, which.

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In the best sense possible, right?

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Like not like you don't have control

of your body or anything like that.

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It's just, everything is a little

bit more heightened, I would say.

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Um, Yeah, I don't know.

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You just feel like you're buzzing.

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It's it's a, it's a trip.

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I, I feel like my words are not

going to be accurately describing

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it, so probably just best to be

something that is experienced and.

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You know, probably would

be different for everybody.

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Uh, but nonetheless, it was a

very, very interesting experience.

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And then, uh, following day five,

obviously I broke my fast that evening.

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I had hit 120 hours without

taking one single bite of food.

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Uh, really, really crazy.

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I.

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The way I broke my fast was I actually

took some spirulina from energy bits and

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some claustrum from tri arm WRA claustrum.

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About 30 minutes before

drinking bone broth.

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So, uh, at the, it was eight 30 was when

I was able to officially consume food.

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Uh, so at that point, that's why I

took the spirulina and claustrum.

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And then at nine o'clock is when I went

ahead and had some bone broth followed

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up by some steamed brussel sprouts.

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So, let me tell you, there is.

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There is no better tasting

food in this world.

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Then any food you eat on day five?

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It is.

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It's the craziest thing in the world.

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Like I.

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The best way for me to describe this is

when I started drinking that bone broth.

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So I sat down, I like meditated.

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I prayed, I, I gave thanks to the

bone broth to my body, um, to my

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willpower, to me, you know, to

just life in general and just.

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Yeah.

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It was like feeling super grateful and was

able to just meditate and pray for a bit.

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There.

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And then took my first

swig of bone broth and.

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When you have that bone broth,

like brush over your tongue.

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It made me think of, I don't know

if you've ever seen those diagrams

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of a tongue, but it shows like the

different areas on your tongue bat.

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Pick up different flavors, right?

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Like part of your tongue picks up

sour and part of it picks up salt

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and part of it picks up sweet.

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Well, It's really feels like

that's going on in your mouth.

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Like as the, uh, bone broth,

like swept over my tongue.

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Like some parts were picking

up just massive salty.

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Some parts were picking up umami.

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Some parts were picking up a little sour

from the apple cider vinegar in there.

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Like it was insane.

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And, and personally, I actually don't

have the best sense of smell or taste.

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So for me, it's, it's really

wild to experience that.

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But.

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Yeah, it was, it was the

best tasting thing ever.

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Um, and then follow that with

some Brussels sprouts, like.

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My taste buds were to the moon.

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It was, it was.

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Oh, my.

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We're the best brussel sprouts

I've literally ever had in my life.

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So, and they were just steamed,

like I sprinkled some salt on there.

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Like.

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That was, that was the maximum.

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So it was crazy.

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Um, I think that experience in

it, in an in and of itself is.

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Like so rewarding for doing the fast, like

just the appreciation you have for food.

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Following a fast is so

wild and it's really cool.

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I feel like with the five day

fast, I've been able to carry

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that appreciation for food.

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Um, you know, along the next couple days,

like I'm three days out from my five day

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fast and every time I'm sitting down for

a meal, I'm just filled with gratitude.

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I don't even have to try.

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It's not like I'm sitting

down and giving a prayer.

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I literally am just like, oh my God,

thank you so much for this food.

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It's it's really wild.

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And I'm personally enjoying it.

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I think it's a really awesome.

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But.

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Uh, one question I would get

all the time from people while

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I was doing this fast was.

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The most obvious question,

which is why do you fast?

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And you know, not to like throw anyone

under the bus here or anything, but

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it's definitely the older crowd.

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I feel like they tend to not

understand what the deal is with

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fasting, which, Hey, totally get it.

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Um, a lot of people would ask me if it

was like a religious fast, which it's

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not, but of course, in my opinion, I think

there's a spiritual portion to every fast.

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It's almost hard to not have that

because you just feel so tapped in to.

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I don't even know what it is.

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Like you just, you feel tapped into some

source or your body it's, I don't know.

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Like you got a fast to,

to really feel that.

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Um, so personally I feel like there's

a spiritual portion to every fast.

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Uh, but yeah, mainly the reasons

that I personally fast and the main

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points that I really like highlight

to people are specifically the health

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portions of a fast, as well as the

mental strength portions to a fast.

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So those are really like the two main

reasons why I fast and in terms of.

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Health benefits that you

can receive from fasting.

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Um, there's like a laundry list of

different benefits from fasting that.

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Would take up the entire show.

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So I'm, I'm going to keep it pretty

short here and really just highlight

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the main ones that I kind of focus on.

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And that I, I don't know, feel like are

most beneficial for me, I guess, but, uh,

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the main ones are definitely going to be

a, TOF a G that's super high on my list.

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Um, H G H kind of falls

in that same category.

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So autophagy.

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Literally is kind of like your body's.

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Cleaning house.

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Mechanism where at a cellular level,

your body will go through and actually

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like find cells that have parts of

the cell that are working properly.

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Maybe they're older, defective

or something, and they will

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break them down, get rid of them

and put in a brand new park.

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Right.

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So it's almost like if

you think of like a car.

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It's like going through your car and

seeing like, what parts are old, what

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parts are about to go bad or what parts

already are bad and then changing them

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out so that your engine and your car are

like, Running like they're brand new.

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So.

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Uh, tophi G is, yeah.

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It's your cleaning house.

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It makes you work better

on a cellular level.

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Like you're more efficient literally

at the cellular level because

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your cells have been upgraded.

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Uh, so I really love autophagy.

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It's one of the big reasons

why I fast in the first place.

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And, uh, yeah, it just makes

your body work better overall.

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And.

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We still kind of don't know why

when we fast autophagy kicks in.

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Um, what I've heard is people kind of

speculate that since we're no longer

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consuming food, our body is able to take

the energy that would have been spent.

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Uh, digesting the food and instead.

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You know, use it on our body

and kind of clean up our body.

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Uh, at a cellular level.

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And then in terms of H G H M,

that is human growth hormone.

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It's a peptide hormone that

stimulates growth cell reproduction

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and cell regeneration in humans.

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Um, it's usually looked to as an

anti-aging tool and pretty much

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helps to maintain tissues and organs.

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So.

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Really really beneficial.

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I mean, anti-aging, who's obviously

not like interested in that.

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So a lot of benefit with

both autophagy and H G H.

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Um, There.

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There is.

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As well, so sorry for this next one.

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I'll just.

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I don't know.

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Well, okay, I'll come out

and just say it first.

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So the next one is ketosis, right?

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Like fat loss during ketosis,

but I don't really like to

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highlight this for extended fast.

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Um, I usually talk about this more

with intermittent fasting because

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I don't actually think that a

long-term fast should really be

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specifically used for losing weight.

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Um, first off in general, if you have any

kind of an eating disorder, like fasting

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might not be the route that you want to

go, if you really, really want to fast,

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and you do have eating disorders, you

absolutely should be in touch with a very

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highly trained medical professional who.

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Who has tons of knowledge on this

and can guide you the entire time.

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Uh, but in terms of just

fat loss overall, yes.

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When you are doing a fast,

especially an extended fast, like

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this, your body is going to get

into a state of ketosis because.

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You are no longer feeding

yourself carbs and sugars.

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So your body no longer has

those as a fuel source.

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So what is your body

start to use for fuel?

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Well, it starts to use fat.

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And of course we have fat

stored up in our fat cells.

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So your body goes into ketosis, which

means that basically it's now using

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your fat stores as a source of energy.

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So yes, you are going to lose some

fat, especially on an extended

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fast, like I did for five days.

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And yes, of course, like for example,

I did lose, uh, 12 pounds during my

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five day fast, which sounds insane.

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Right?

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Like 12 pounds in five days is crazy.

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Uh, but.

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The caveat to that is that a lot

of that weight was just Waterweight

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it's weight that you're going to

gain back really, really quickly.

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Uh, for example, like the following

day, I mean, I didn't weigh myself,

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but you probably put back on like

three pounds the next following day.

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So.

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It's.

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Yeah, it's just not, I don't like

to highlight it for weight loss.

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I think intermittent fasting is

much more useful and beneficial

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in terms of weight loss.

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But nonetheless, for people who

are concerned with ketosis or

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interested in it, Uh, yes, of course,

during a prolonged five day fast.

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You are definitely in a state of ketosis.

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Uh, two other things that I'm going

to highlight here in terms of health.

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Is the insulin sensitivity.

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So you have increased insulin

sensitivity during a fast, uh, this

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is highly beneficial for literally the

entire population because we consume.

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Crazy amounts of sugars and carbohydrates.

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And this is really not good for

our insulin sensitivity and can

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lead to people being pre-diabetic

and eventually diabetic.

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Uh, so anything that's going to help

improve our insulin sensitivity is

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going to be of a massive benefit for.

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I don't know, 90% of the population,

like it's, it's just a benefit for sure.

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And then last but not least.

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Um, I love this portion, which is it

literally just gives your body a break.

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Uh, there's so many people out there

who, from the moment they wake up to the

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moment they go to bed, they're pretty much

eating like every two hours, some kind

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of a food, which means that your body.

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I only has eight hours at night where

it doesn't have to be consuming food,

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breaking it down, trying to assimilate

it into the body, using it, you know,

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the digestive system having to then

flush the system out, you know, and

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going to the restroom and all this stuff.

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Right.

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So when you do a fast what's so cool is

you just literally give your body a break.

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You allow it to.

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Rest.

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Uh, lax for one moment.

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Um, you know, literally everything

from your mouth, all the way

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down to your backside is getting

a massive break from, you know,

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especially your, uh, your stomach or

intestines, as well as your liver.

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Your liver receives, um, a lot

of benefit when you're fasting.

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Which, uh, the liver's so important.

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It does a lot of really

important tasks in the body.

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So it's just awesome to know that

you're giving all of that a break.

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Um, It's also beneficial for gut bacteria

because you know, if you have overgrowth

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of bad gut bacteria, this can sometimes

help to regulate that and actually get

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rid of some of those bad gut bacteria.

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Uh, so yeah, just a ton of benefit.

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Like you'll, you'll notice, uh, if

you deal with digestive issues like

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myself, um, if you don't listen

to this podcast, often I grew up

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with a lot of gastrointestinal

issues, primarily IBS, um, just to

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kind of put a term on it really.

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Uh, but when I do a fast, it is

probably the most per found thing

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when it comes to digestive health.

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Out of anything I've ever tried it.

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In my life.

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When I fast, I have better digestion

for like a week or two after then.

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Doing any other type of, you know, Thing

that would be beneficial for digestion

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like probiotics or whatever, right?

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Like fastening 100% is the best thing

that I've ever done for my digestion.

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Of course everyone's different, but

I've heard from many people that they

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receive this same kind of benefit

in their digestion from fasting.

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And then in terms of mental strength, I

really love fasting for mental strength.

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And I, I could talk on this topic for

hours, so I'll keep it really short here.

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But the first thing is when you

start fasting, even just short,

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fast, it's really cool because.

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You kind of learn to be in control

of your hunger instead of allowing

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your hunger to be in control of you.

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There's a lot of people who, you

know, they get super angry and

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they just can't function properly.

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If they don't have a meal

every like four hours.

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Which really kind of sucks

to be a slave to your hunger.

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Um, it's very, a very liberating feeling.

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Uh, to be able to say, you know what,

I'm, I have a lot of work to do right now.

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And I think I'm just going to fast

and skip breakfast or whatever it

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might be, uh, for you obviously.

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Um, Everything in relation to

your, your life and your needs and

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your demands and all of that, but

it is a very liberating feeling.

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And yeah, I found a lot of benefit in

just that little simple fact there.

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And then on top of that, fasting is hard.

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It's a hard thing to do.

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Um, if it wasn't hard,

everyone would do it, right?

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Like a five day fast is a.

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It's a massive task.

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Like it is not easy at all.

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There's many times where

you're, you're hungry and you

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would love to break that fast.

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But when you do these

hard things, it just.

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You know, shows you how powerful you

are and you can really translate.

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That willpower and strength

into other areas of your life.

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Like, for example, I'm three days

out from my fast and I feel that

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I have a lot more willpower when

it comes to doing things like.

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Going for a run in the morning.

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For example, this morning, I woke up,

threw on my shoes and went out for a run.

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And I had very little

inner chatter with myself.

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You know that little

stupid voice in your head.

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That's like, oh man, this

bed is so comfortable.

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Uh, you don't have to, you

know, be up and at work.

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I, you know, a super early time, like

why not just stay in and just relax?

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Like you deserve it.

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You deserve that rest.

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Like, no, I had none of

that this morning I woke up.

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I was like, all right, I'm gonna

throw all my shoes and I'm out.

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Uh, so I really, really love that.

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Benefit of fasting as well.

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So, those are pretty much the main

reasons why I fast it's for my health

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and it's for my mental strength.

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And then in terms of what a fast is.

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So, I mean, technically a fast is just

abstaining from literally anything.

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So it could be food porn, alcohol,

like whatever you want it to be.

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Uh, but in terms of a food

fast, technically, any

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calories that you consume.

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We'll break your fast.

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So.

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This is where it starts

to get a little tricky.

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Um, if you are a.

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Water fast purist.

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That means you believe that.

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Literally, all you can

have is basically water.

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This is one way of

fasting and totally fine.

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Like you absolutely can do that, but

I have a slightly different variation

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of fasting than I personally do.

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So.

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True.

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I'm not eating food, but I will include

a little tea and a little bit of coffee.

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Now.

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I'm not adding anything

to the tea or the coffee.

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It's literally black coffee

and plain T the T can be green.

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It could be black.

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It could be, you know,

Earl, gray, whatever.

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Uh, but there is nothing added to it.

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So the reason.

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I do that is personally because

there are polyphenols in coffee and

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tea that are going to be beneficial

for your body and for your gut.

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Plus they have a appetite suppressing

components to them, so they can kind

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of help with curbing your hunger,

which honestly can be so beneficial

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when you're doing an extended fast.

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And it could be the difference

between you sticking to your fast and.

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Breaking your fast.

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So I personally include those,

um, coffee, for example, I think

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has at most five calories per cup.

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So I'm not drinking, you know, four

cups of coffee a day, all drink

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one cup of coffee, which I actually

drink coffee on the very first day.

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The other four days I drink tea.

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And at most I had about.

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Two or three cups of tea and

they were not large cups of tea.

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They were pretty, uh,

smaller, uh, small sized.

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So.

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I did consume those.

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If you're a water fast purist, um,

you know, that would not be okay.

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Uh, but personally I do that because

it feels good when you're consuming it.

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Um, it smells good.

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It tastes good.

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Like it's the only flavor you're

basically getting the entire time you're

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on your fast and it can also help.

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Uh, to extend your fast and

can I help it feel better?

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So you're not just completely

struggling the entire time.

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Uh, and then on top of that, I also

include a very high quality salt.

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Which I highly highly recommend.

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If you are going to do a fast.

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Include assault, please.

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And I'm not talking that crappy

table salt that costs a dollar

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99 at your whatever store.

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No go ball out on that

seven $99 salt, right.

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Which is, you know, seems like

a crazy price for some salt.

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But that Celtic sea salt or what I used

was oryx O R Y X it's a south African

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desert salt or something like that.

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And the reason I'm saying to use one of

these salts is because they're going to

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have trace minerals in them, which are

going to be very beneficial for your body.

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And then on top of that, salt is going

to provide electrolytes to your body,

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which is going to help with hydration.

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And it's also going to help with keeping

away headaches and to help you from not

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feeling light headed, which can definitely

happen when you're doing a fast.

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So.

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Those are the things I

include in my fast personally.

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Now, when it comes to.

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Do these things break a fast, well,

there's kind of a gray area here.

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So when we're looking at a fast and what

constitutes a, a food fast, we're really

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kind of looking at things like insulin.

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And I believe Tor.

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So we do not want insulin or M Tor.

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More elevated during a fast, because

technically that would break our fast.

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So when you're consuming

calories, those will tend to.

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You know, elevate insulin or uh, but

at five calories or less, the, at least

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from the research that I was reading.

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It seems that the only thing that might

be affected slightly was a tophi G.

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And of course the toffee is amazing.

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So we want it to be occurring in our body.

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But from what I was reading,

it said that at worst.

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You know, coffee or whatever

is going to slightly lower.

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The levels of autophagy, which in

my opinion is totally worth it.

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You're still getting the

benefits of a tophi G.

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Maybe it's a little bit less than

it could be, but you know what?

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I just had a cup of coffee that

smelled delicious, tasted delicious

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and helped me get through a portion

of my day and get on through.

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You know, day three day, four

day five, whatever it might be.

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So for me, it's personally

absolutely worth it.

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You're still receiving the benefits

and it only is going to affect

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the toffee for a period of time.

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If any at all right, we're still, um, I

think the research is still out on that.

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So.

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That's the way I do it.

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I feel that it's way better,

way more beneficial to have

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them than to not have them.

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Uh, but of course this is going to be

dependent on, you know, who it is that

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you're asking and, uh, you know, kind

of where they stand with this and.

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In terms of like ketosis.

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Ketosis is, is much different.

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Like you can actually consume some

fats and I think even protein and

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still stay in a state of ketosis.

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Whereas, uh, you know, like the only

things you can't have are basically

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like a ton of carbs and stuff.

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So, uh, if you pretty much wanted

to just stay in ketosis, you could

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actually have some fats and all that.

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And if, if that's really what your.

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Uh, your goal is then.

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You know, it's a little bit different,

but in terms of just like a fast

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and trying to really get that deep

autophagy and all that, we really

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want to stay away from pretty much.

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Any calories at all, aside from, in

my opinion, the few, couple calories

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that come from some tea or some coffee.

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:

Now I wanted to also provide a little

breakdown, like kind of an hour by hour

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breakdown of what's happening in the body.

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:

During a fast, I had a.

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Pretty hard time finding a, what I

would consider reliable, uh, chart

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for an hour by hour fast breakdown.

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I did come across a doctor

online who had a, uh, broken down

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chart, which I personally liked.

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And the reason I'm including it in

here is because he provided references.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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I believe it's a, he,

I'm not sure, actually.

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Um, but they provided references.

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And I, uh, you know, I'm happy that

they actually did that because they're

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putting their money where their mouth is.

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And, you know, we want to make

sure that these people are legit.

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:

So what I'm also going to do is I'm

going to include the link to this,

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uh, to this chart in the description

or the show notes of this episode.

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So if you'd like to go check it out

and, you know, see how legit this is

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for yourself, please by all means do so.

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Um, but from what I saw,

it looked pretty legit and.

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Comparing it to all the other

things I was reading, it sounds

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like it's pretty spot on.

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So.

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Let's get into this for phase one,

which is going to be zero to four hours.

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This is called the anabolic phase, which

is literally just business as usual.

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It's your body breaking

down nutrients from food.

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Converting them into energy and

then into body tissue, right?

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You are what you eat.

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The food you're eating is becoming you.

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Then phase two is four

to 16 hours without food.

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So now this is the catabolic phase, which

is where you begin to metabolize body fat.

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As energy and autophagy is activated.

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:

Okay.

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:

So now we're starting to get

into the good stuff, right?

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That 16 hour point, that's kind of

like, you know, that intermittent fate.

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Uh, intermittent fasting

phase right there.

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Then we move on to phase three,

which is now going to be.

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Uh, 16 to 24 hours.

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So actually getting into

like a full day fast here.

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You're going to have fat metabolism,

autophagy, and the production

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of human growth hormones, all

increase, which is incredible, like

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:

amazing benefits happen from that.

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Then moving into phase four.

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So we've got a 24 to 72 hour fast.

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So a one day to a three-day fast.

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You're going to have increased

production of ketones that fuel most

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of your cells in your body while BDNF

brain derived neurotropic factor.

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Increases to support brain

function and neuro regeneration.

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Then you have phase

five, which is 72 hours.

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So three days, and then on the

fat-burning no protective and

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anti-aging benefits activated in

the previous hours are all enhanced.

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So literally all the stuff

that you were already reaping.

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Uh, from the 24 to 72 hour phase is

just going to be increased and it's

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just going to continue to do its work.

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Uh, for those additional two days.

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So.

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Uh, doing the five day fast, like I did.

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You know, really just allowed

all of those benefits to really

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have time to work in the body.

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Um, and yeah, it was incredible.

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Like I, like I had mentioned earlier, So

now let's go ahead and get in to some of

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the good tools that you can actually use

when you're trying to do some fasting.

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So let's start off with.

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Starting to do a fast.

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So if you've literally

never done a fast before.

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:

Hey, you are in the right place.

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Um, I'm going to help try to walk you

through how to start doing a fast,

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:

and so if you've never fasted before.

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I would highly recommend to

just start small, start out

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with a 12 hour fast, right?

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Like literally just stop

eating at, I don't know, seven

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or eight o'clock at night.

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Wake up the next day, have a meal at

seven or eight o'clock in the morning.

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:

Boom, you did a 12 hour fast overnight.

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:

Didn't even have to really think of it.

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:

Super easy and really just starts

to show you that you have some legs.

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:

Then you can go ahead and

increase that a little bit.

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:

You can do a 16 or 18

or maybe a 20 hour fast.

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:

And eventually make your way to

a 24 hour fast, which I know a 24

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:

hour fast might sound daunting for

those of you who have never fasted

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:

before, but it's actually pretty easy.

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:

So I like to start my.

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Uh, my fast, the let's

say it's like a Monday.

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:

I will have a really early dinner,

all finished the very last bite

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:

of my dinner at let's say 6:00 PM

on a Monday night, I'll go to bed.

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:

I'll wake up the next day,

six o'clock in the morning.

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I'm already 12 hours in I'm halfway there.

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:

And then I will just go ahead,

brew up some coffee or tea.

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:

Drink that for the morning.

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:

Get through my midday and then guess what?

621

:

Boom, six o'clock rolls around for

dinner and you can have your meal.

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:

You can break your fast and bam,

you did a 24 hour fast and it

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:

was relatively easy and painless.

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:

And I know it sounds easy.

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:

It might feel kind of hard when

you're actually doing it for the

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:

first time, but once you do it, you

will feel super, super accomplished.

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:

I remember when I first

did a 24 hour fast, I was.

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:

So pumped that I was able to do it.

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:

Um, it was a really, really great feeling.

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:

And then once you do that, Try to

replicate that a few more times, do

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:

a few 24 hour fast here and there

to really get those under your belt.

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:

And then you can just continue

slowly increasing them.

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:

Like, for example, if you do a

24 hour fast, you can do that 24

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:

hour fast and then, you know, six

o'clock at night rules around.

635

:

And technically it's time for you to

have dinner and break that 24 hour fast.

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:

But instead you could say, you know what.

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:

I'm just going to go to bed.

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:

And wake up tomorrow morning.

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:

And guess what, if you do that six

o'clock the following morning, you

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:

would be at 36 hours right there.

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:

So you can easily extend these

fast and, you know, get into

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:

like a two day fast, for example.

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:

And slowly, just really once again, get

these under your belt, let's start doing.

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:

A couple of 24 hour fast.

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:

Tri couple 48 hour fast.

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:

I like to include a little bit

of coffee, a little bit of tea.

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:

Like I said, always staying

hydrated with water.

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:

You won't.

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:

Drink, a lot of water, have some salt.

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:

And.

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:

Really, I think the three-day

fast is probably the biggest

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:

step for people to take because.

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:

The two hour or sorry, the two day

fast is pretty tough, but it's not.

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:

It's not too tough.

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:

Like people can manage it, you know,

especially if you've done a 24 hour

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:

fast before, do you just tack on that?

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:

And additional day,

it's not too difficult.

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:

Uh, but the three-day fast seems to be

a bit of a mental barrier, which by the

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:

way, Fasting as a purely mental game.

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:

Uh, yes, you might be hungry and

stuff, but honestly your body is fine.

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:

It's just your mind.

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:

That's playing tricks on you, and

it's really gonna come down to how

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:

well you can control your mind.

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:

Um, that's really what these facts are.

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:

They are a total mental came, so.

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:

Um, when it comes to doing a three-day

fast, you really just have to

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:

mentally psych yourself out for this.

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:

Like, um, if you're going

to do a three-day fast.

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:

You know, day one should be pretty

easy for you at this point, because

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:

you've done multiple 24 hour a

day or 24 hour fast at this point.

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:

Uh, so day one, shouldn't

be too difficult.

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:

It's usually day two.

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:

That's the hardest.

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:

And then day three is probably going to

be kind of hard as well, but you will have

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:

the, you know, the finish line insight.

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:

So that always makes it a lot easier.

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:

Uh, you know, to finish off that

day three, um, and then also on day

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:

three, you can start to feel the,

um, the laser focus affects that.

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:

I've been talking about I'm

usually on day three or day four

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:

is when that starts to kick in.

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:

So you might actually start

to feel some of those effects,

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:

which are really awesome.

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:

Um, but yeah, usually it's day two and

sometimes day three that are actually

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:

the hardest when it comes to fasting.

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:

And then in terms of doing a five

day fast or longer, Honestly, if

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:

you could do a three-day fast,

you can do a five day fast.

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:

It's the only differences

that you have more time.

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:

That's really all it is

like day four and five.

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:

I actually felt better and easier

to manage those days than I did

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:

on days two and three days, two

and three, I had way more hunger.

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:

I had way more cravings.

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:

I even had a headache on day two.

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:

Like all of that stuff.

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:

When it came to Dave days, four

and five, I was so tapped into

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:

this crazy energy source that.

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:

Yeah.

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:

It was like day four and five.

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:

It was just a waiting game for me.

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:

The only thing I was, yeah, it was

just like, it was, I was like, Aw,

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:

man, I just wish I was at day five.

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:

Cause I just want to taste

some food at this point.

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:

Um, so.

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:

If you can do a day

three, a three-day fast.

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:

Absolutely.

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:

Absolutely.

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:

You could do a five day fast.

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:

So really when it comes to fasting,

just take it easy, start slow,

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:

get a few steps underneath your

belt and then work your way up.

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:

Um, I would highly recommend that and

then just keep occupied, keep busy.

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:

Um, if you can keep busy, it's gonna

keep your mind off of food, which

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:

obviously is going to be of benefit here.

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:

And, uh, you know, take a lot of walks.

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:

Probably don't do anything too

strenuous, like working out.

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:

Might not be the best idea.

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:

Um, I do know people who actually do

work out while they're in a pretty

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:

deep, fast, which I don't usually do.

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:

Actually.

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:

I just go for like walks and stuff,

but I have a friend of mine who did

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:

this five day fast with me and he is

a personal trainer and he was doing.

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:

Training clients like the

entire time, like he's insane.

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:

Um, so he did do it, but, uh, yeah, I

would, I would personally recommend taking

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:

it easy and really listening to your body.

723

:

Uh, but yeah, that is that's,

that's the way to do it right there.

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:

Start small and just build your way up.

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:

It's not as difficult as you

think it's just a mental game.

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:

And then in terms of some tools

that you can use for fasting.

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:

This is.

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:

Yeah, these are really,

really beneficial, actually.

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:

So I'm just going to reiterate

first off, start small, if

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:

you've never fascinated, right.

731

:

Want to build our way up.

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:

We don't want to just jump into

a three-day fast right away.

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:

Um, but one thing that is so

beneficial is activated charcoal.

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:

So if you have never fasted before.

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:

And you start doing like intermittent

fasting or a 24 hour fast.

736

:

Absolutely go get yourself

some activated charcoal.

737

:

The reason I'm saying that is because

when you start getting into that state

738

:

of ketosis, you can release some toxins

that have been stored up in your body.

739

:

And you can have what's

called the keto flu.

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:

Which is no fun at all.

741

:

It is literally like flu, like symptoms.

742

:

And if you take activated charcoal, you

can help bind the activated charcoal

743

:

to these toxins and remove them for

your body before they have the chance

744

:

to cause this kind of keto flu in you.

745

:

So.

746

:

I highly recommend that.

747

:

Um, in terms of a brand

for activated charcoal.

748

:

Just just choose whichever

reputable brand works for you

749

:

is probably going to be fine.

750

:

Um, I used Bulletproof and

their coconut charcoal.

751

:

Um, I like it.

752

:

I don't know.

753

:

I liked the brand, so that's pretty

much why I use it, but I would pretty

754

:

much just say, find a brand that

you feel, you know, confident in.

755

:

And it's probably going to be a good one.

756

:

And then of course, coffee and tea.

757

:

I know I've already spoken on

them, but seriously, the polythene.

758

:

The polyphenols that are in coffee

and tea are so beneficial for your

759

:

gut and other things in your body.

760

:

But they're also really great because

they do have a hunger suppressing

761

:

components to them as well.

762

:

So, um, you know, when you're going

through fast, it's just really nice

763

:

to have like a warm hug of something

that is not water and actually has a

764

:

slight flavor and some smell to it.

765

:

Uh, it's really beneficial

and it can really, once again,

766

:

this is all a mental game.

767

:

So anything that can be a mental

win is going to be a benefit here.

768

:

And of course salt do not fast

without it, in my opinion.

769

:

You should absolutely be using salt.

770

:

Don't use a low quality salt,

use a high quality salt, like a

771

:

Celtic, sea salt, or the ORIC salt.

772

:

Um, you know, Redmond

salt can work as well.

773

:

Really really, really want a high

quality salt for the minerals

774

:

as well as the electrolytes.

775

:

And so if you aren't using those chances

are, you're probably going to have some

776

:

headaches and you're probably going

to be pretty faint and lightheaded.

777

:

In terms of probiotics.

778

:

This is one that I get asked a lot.

779

:

Hey, can I take my probiotics while I'm

still, you know, while I'm doing a fast.

780

:

Uh, for the most part, yes.

781

:

I've seen that.

782

:

It seems like a lot of probiotics are

okay to use while you're fasting, but

783

:

you know, if you're not sure on your

probiotics specifically in terms of, you

784

:

know, I don't know, calories or whatever.

785

:

Um, then don't take it, you

know, like it's only going

786

:

to be for a couple of days.

787

:

Not that big of a deal.

788

:

You can just start taking

them after your fast.

789

:

Uh, you're still going to receive a

ton of benefit from doing the fast, so,

790

:

uh, for, for your gut specifically, so.

791

:

You know, if you're, if you're

unsure, just don't take, it would

792

:

be my recommendation, I guess.

793

:

Um, but yeah, you could also do

a fast, that is a, uh, like a gut

794

:

cleanse or a gut rebuilding, uh,

fast, which are very beneficial.

795

:

And if you're doing that

one, then yeah, absolutely.

796

:

Take your.

797

:

Um, you know, take your probiotic,

your prebiotic, your post biotic, take

798

:

your colostrum, uh, take bone broth.

799

:

You know, like take all this stuff

to, to benefit your, uh, gut health.

800

:

If you're doing something like that.

801

:

And then, uh, last but not least is going

to be like how you break your fast, which.

802

:

Is really, really important.

803

:

So when it comes to breaking a fast.

804

:

You really want to choose foods that

are going to be ultra nourishing

805

:

and you know, just like the cleanest

food you can possibly think of.

806

:

So for me personally, the

way I break my fast is.

807

:

I started off with the

claustrum and the spirulina.

808

:

The reason I do that is because

your body is ready to absorb and

809

:

utilize whatever the heck it is.

810

:

You first put in your mouth.

811

:

So I wanted to make sure that I was

putting in things that were really high

812

:

in, you know, minerals and vitamins.

813

:

Um, you know, all the beneficial nutrients

that my body would crave and need.

814

:

Uh, you know, Gut boosting and building

properties of colostrum that are also

815

:

going to help with the immune system.

816

:

And yeah, just be super, super

beneficial, which is why I

817

:

specifically chose those two.

818

:

And by the way, if you are not already

using claustrum or spirulina or

819

:

chlorella, I highly recommend they

are like my two supplements that I

820

:

just absolutely take every single day.

821

:

Like I will not pretty much go a

day without taking those except for

822

:

what I was on the fast, obviously.

823

:

Um, but if you want to try out some

of those check out the description

824

:

or shownotes or whatever you want

to call it, uh, because there is

825

:

going to be a discount code in there,

and they're truly just the highest

826

:

quality of colostrum and spirulina

that I've personally found through

827

:

all of my years of trying out all of.

828

:

These different, uh, health

foods and supplements.

829

:

So.

830

:

Highly highly recommend those.

831

:

And if you want to break your fast

with that, I think it's a great idea.

832

:

I'm happy that I did it that way.

833

:

But then following that up with some food.

834

:

I always start with bone broth.

835

:

For me, bone broth is just the best

thing to eat right after fasting.

836

:

And that's because you're going

to get electrolytes from it.

837

:

You're going to have, uh,

properties in there that are

838

:

going to help rebuild your gut.

839

:

Um, it's super light on the body

and, uh, just very, very nourishing.

840

:

So.

841

:

That's usually how I start it.

842

:

Um, of course you can do it however

you want, but whatever you do, I

843

:

recommend doing very, very light

things, nothing too crazy and flavor,

844

:

especially not that first meal.

845

:

Like I literally did bone broth and

then, uh, steamed brussel sprouts

846

:

with a pinch of salt on them.

847

:

So.

848

:

Very very bland in flavor.

849

:

And then the next morning I woke

up, I had more bone broth and

850

:

then I did, um, some sauerkraut.

851

:

So I was getting a

fermented food in there.

852

:

I did a little bit of Kiefer and

I did a little bit of scrambled

853

:

eggs to get some protein in there.

854

:

And then following that throughout the

day, then, you know, your next meal after

855

:

like your lunch, it could be, you know,

it could have a little bit of protein in

856

:

there, like animal protein, if you eat

animal protein, um, if you don't, uh, of

857

:

course you can, I dunno, do a different

kind of, uh, food based protein, like pea

858

:

protein or tofu or something like that.

859

:

But yeah, you can start integrating

those more into your diet.

860

:

Um, and then by dinner time,

honestly, you can, you know, You could

861

:

pretty much have whatever you want.

862

:

You're like 24 hours out of your fast.

863

:

Now.

864

:

Um, the only thing I'll

say is whatever you eat.

865

:

You don't want to have any processed

food in there that first, whole day,

866

:

and even the spices and flavorings,

you want to keep to a minimum, like if

867

:

you're having that for dinner that night,

if you're having like, I don't know,

868

:

steak or chicken or something like that.

869

:

Just put salt and pepper on there.

870

:

Do not put a sauce or something like that.

871

:

Like, don't get crazy.

872

:

Keep the flavorings very minimal and,

um, you know, have like a vegetable or

873

:

fruit and then, uh, maybe a carb, right?

874

:

Like a sweet potato, but really just

keeping it super simple in terms of.

875

:

Uh, the flavors.

876

:

And then the following day after

that, you know what you can kind

877

:

of just start getting back to your

normal eating schedule at that point.

878

:

Hopefully you're still eating healthy

foods and things that are, you

879

:

know, whole food based, uh, items.

880

:

But if you are eating processed

foods, I mean, I don't recommend

881

:

that ever honestly, but if

you do, I will just say this.

882

:

You'll notice that your gut is

going to handle them a lot better.

883

:

Uh, just because of that fast.

884

:

So you'll just notice that even

if you did eat a processed food

885

:

of, I don't know, whatever kind.

886

:

Uh, you're just not going to

have like the stomach aches or

887

:

bloating or pain or whatever,

like you normally probably would.

888

:

That is at least what I've

experienced for myself.

889

:

I have.

890

:

On a fast back in the day.

891

:

I ate a, a, a pretty processed food,

like the following day after a fast.

892

:

And I just noticed that my

gut handled it so much better.

893

:

I don't recommend it at all.

894

:

Not a good idea.

895

:

But, um, if you do, you will notice

that your gut handles it way better.

896

:

So that is usually the food that I

would use to, uh, break the fast.

897

:

And, uh, yeah, just reap the benefits

you guys are gonna feel so good.

898

:

Um, like I was saying, you're,

you're gonna have this crazy

899

:

appreciation for your food as well.

900

:

That just naturally occurs

because you remember being

901

:

without the food for so long.

902

:

Uh, which personally, I just,

yeah, I think that's such a benefit

903

:

for us to really find respect

for the food that we're eating.

904

:

Um, because you know, we

live in a world where.

905

:

We have access to pretty much

any food we want at any time.

906

:

Like literally any time of

the day, which is insane.

907

:

We've never had this in the, I don't know,

like a hundred years ago or whatever.

908

:

Uh, so yeah, it's truly

a very interesting time.

909

:

And, uh, I think it's important

for us to, you know, be a little

910

:

bit more connected to the food that

we're putting in our mouth and have

911

:

a little bit more respect for it.

912

:

I think there's just so much benefit that

is going to occur from having a closer

913

:

relationship with our food, you know,

less food waste, more care for the food.

914

:

And, uh, also just putting yourself in a

state of gratitude when you're consuming

915

:

food can be so beneficial for you as well.

916

:

So, Anyways, y'all that?

917

:

Is it.

918

:

That is it for this episode.

919

:

Um, I hope that you got a lot out of this.

920

:

I'm going to just quickly, uh, give

a quick overview of this episode.

921

:

Uh, just so you have a

very concise form of it.

922

:

If you want to refer

to this in the future.

923

:

Uh, if you're like, oh wait, hold on.

924

:

How do I, you know, what do I

do for the fast and whatnot?

925

:

I want to have this here for you.

926

:

Like a cliff notes version.

927

:

So first off I did a five day fast.

928

:

It was a really cool, crazy experience.

929

:

Found a lot of gratitude for food.

930

:

And in terms of why I fast, I fast for

health and I fast for mental strength.

931

:

Um, some of the health topics

are autophagy human horror.

932

:

Uh, Human growth hormone.

933

:

Uh, ketosis, insulin sensitivity,

uh, improved digestion liver health.

934

:

You know, these are a few of the topics.

935

:

Mental strength.

936

:

It gives you control over your

hunger instead of allowing your

937

:

hunger to have control over you.

938

:

And honestly, it's just

a tough thing to do.

939

:

So it's going to give you more

willpower in all areas of your life.

940

:

And in terms of what a fast is, you

can fast from literally anything,

941

:

food, porn, alcohol, whatever you want.

942

:

But in terms of a food fast, remember.

943

:

Any kind of calories are going to

technically break your fast, but I like

944

:

to have some tea and coffee in there.

945

:

Um, I feel that it's really

not going to harm your fast.

946

:

It's still going to give you all the

benefits and at worst, it's going

947

:

to slightly lower your autophagy

from the readings that I was seeing.

948

:

So personally, I believe having

some food and coffee or sorry.

949

:

Not food.

950

:

No, no food copy or, or T.

951

:

And then absolutely, of

course, the salt as well.

952

:

Make sure you're staying hydrated too.

953

:

So, uh, that is what constitutes a fast.

954

:

And let's see in terms

of how to start fasting.

955

:

Do it slow, like build your way up

and, um, it's all a mental game.

956

:

So just really keep that in mind.

957

:

Um, you know, as you're

going through it, like.

958

:

Remember your body is okay, it's

gonna, it's gonna make it through,

959

:

but you know, it's rather your mind

and the tricks that it plays on you.

960

:

So it's really about conquering the

mind when you're doing a fast, um, but

961

:

yeah, start slow, build your way up.

962

:

And that's how you can build your

confidence in doing these longer fasts.

963

:

And in terms for, uh, tools for fasting.

964

:

Um, yeah.

965

:

You know, start small activated

charcoal to make sure you're not

966

:

getting the keto flu, uh, coffee

and tea, salt probiotics, maybe.

967

:

Um, depends on which

probiotics you're taking.

968

:

And then in terms of breaking the fast,

like I said, I loved doing the colostrum.

969

:

The spirulina.

970

:

Um, from energy bits, the claustrum

from armor era and the bone broth.

971

:

So those are my favorite ways to break it.

972

:

Um, you know, ease your way into foods.

973

:

Don't go crazy.

974

:

Uh, you know, even the following days

after you're going to want to really

975

:

watch yourself, because since you were

doing this fast, you might've been

976

:

like, oh, I can't wait to eat again.

977

:

And so I really hope you'll just

go buck wild and eat all of these

978

:

crazy foods that you were craving

while you were on the fast.

979

:

You still want to be cautious

in the foods that you're eating.

980

:

Uh, the few days after,

uh, coming out of a fast.

981

:

So.

982

:

That's going to do it for today's episode.

983

:

I hope you all really

enjoyed this episode.

984

:

Um, I loved doing this episode,

especially because the fast literally

985

:

just ended for me like three days ago.

986

:

And, um, I'm still on a, like

a high from the fast, so.

987

:

Uh, yeah, I really enjoyed making this

episode and diving deep into some of

988

:

the research and stuff on fasting,

and I hope you enjoyed it as well.

989

:

Um, if you did enjoy this episode,

please share it with a friend,

990

:

family or loved ones so that

they can benefit from it as well.

991

:

If you haven't already left a review

and rating on apple podcast or

992

:

Spotify, please go ahead and do so.

993

:

It goes really far in helping to

spread the message of this show.

994

:

And if you want to share this on

any of your socials, please tag me.

995

:

Um, I'm pretty much

only on, uh, Instagram.

996

:

I also go on YouTube because

I do post some of these, uh,

997

:

Podcast podcasts in video format.

998

:

Um, but please, yeah.

999

:

Tag me on there.

:

00:54:11,205 --> 00:54:12,285

I would love to see that.

:

00:54:12,315 --> 00:54:16,455

And if you have any questions, concerns,

or you want to hear about something more

:

00:54:16,455 --> 00:54:18,345

on this show, please reach out to me.

:

00:54:18,585 --> 00:54:22,245

Uh, send me a message and I'm happy

to, uh, to chat and to hear your

:

00:54:22,245 --> 00:54:23,835

thoughts and ideas on this show.

:

00:54:24,465 --> 00:54:28,605

And, uh, yeah, I think that's a, I think

that's going to do it also just remember

:

00:54:28,815 --> 00:54:30,945

I'm not a medical professional, like.

:

00:54:31,635 --> 00:54:35,085

I am a certified health coach and

I've been, you know, literally

:

00:54:35,085 --> 00:54:39,975

navigating health for myself and

many other people for four years now.

:

00:54:40,155 --> 00:54:45,885

Um, but I am not a medical professional,

so please consult a medical professional

:

00:54:46,035 --> 00:54:50,445

and, you know, do all the right

processes, listen to your body as well.

:

00:54:50,625 --> 00:54:55,425

Um, and yeah, do all the I don't

just always take my word for it.

:

00:54:55,485 --> 00:54:59,565

Um, although I do try to provide as

much science on here as possible.

:

00:55:00,195 --> 00:55:02,775

But yeah, that is going to

do it for today's episode.

:

00:55:03,105 --> 00:55:05,145

And y'all already know the deal.

:

00:55:05,145 --> 00:55:09,135

It is do everything with good

intentions, connect to your elements.

:

00:55:09,195 --> 00:55:14,265

And thank you all so much for tuning

in truly appreciate you sending

:

00:55:14,265 --> 00:55:16,095

much love and gratitude your way.

:

00:55:16,335 --> 00:55:18,075

And I hope you have a

beautiful rest of your day.

:

00:55:18,075 --> 00:55:20,235

I will see you on the next episode.

:

00:55:20,235 --> 00:55:21,675

which will be next Wednesday.

:

00:55:22,065 --> 00:55:22,395

Peace.

:

00:55:22,395 --> 00:55:22,755

Y'all.

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Welcome to the Elemental Evan show. My name is Evan Roberts and I'm a certified IIN Health Coach and Yoga Teacher. I love taking a whole approach to health as everything is connected. When you treat one issue in the body, you'll inevitably treat other issues in the body which is why I try to look at things from a big picture perspective. Through this show I'll be bringing you information packed episodes on tangible ways to improve your overall health and wellness. I hope you walk away from each episode feeling empowered and renewed to take on the day and take control of your health!

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