The Intermittent Fasting Podcast

How Long Does It Take To Recover From Vacation With IF? How Does IF Affect Bowel Movements? How To Deal With Binging Behavior? Can You Take Multivitamins During The Fast? What Super Supplement Do Melanie And Gin Take While Fasting? 2:05 - Gin's vacation experience 7:40 - Julie's IF Experience For Fatty Liver 10:40 - Listener Q&A: Ashely - How To Recover From Vacation? 17:45 - Listener Q&A: Nathan - How Does IF Affect Bowel Movements? 20:15 - What Determine Bowel Movements 24:40 - Common IF BM Responses 29:40 - Listener Q&A: Katie - What To Do If Binging In Your Eating Window? 38:00 - Listener Q&A: Pat -Do Multivitamins Break The Fast? 41:35 - One Of Melanie And Gin’s FAVORITE Supplements! Check out IFPodcast.com for more!

How to break a stall? Should you change your windows? How does weight loss from IF compare to other diets? Should IF vegans eat more fats? Can you eat whatever you want in your eating window? What is the role of insulin with IF? And more!

Does beer have health benefits? How do you overcome restrictive mindsets after years of undereating? How do you eat enough in your IF window? Is IF and exercise sustainable? What toothpaste can you use to mimimize insulin spikes? How does IF help celiac disease? And more!

Does late night eating cause weight gain? Is IF bad for the adrenals? How many calories should you consume when doing CrossFit? Should you eat soy or instant broths? And much more!

When does the "official" fasted period start? What is the role of insulin? Should you take exogenous ketones? What to do about body odor when fasting? What if you're not losing weight? What are symptoms of IF? How bad are artificial sweeteners? What if your medication during the fast requires food? And more!!

Tips and tricks for dealing with challenges from the intermittent fasting lifestyle, including mental and physical hunger, pressure from family and friends, awkward social situations, cravings, staying out late drinking, workouts on longer fasts, and more!

Melanie Avalon and Gin Stephens discuss maintaining activity levels while intermittent fasting, how IF affects muscle mass, the benefits and side effects of Vegan diets, finding what works for you food wise, getting back into the fasting "zone" after the holidays, how your body knows when to lose versus maintain weight, what to do if you GAIN weight when you first start IF, and more! Check out IFpodcast.com for show notes!

Melanie Avalon and Gin Stepehens discuss when to take vitamins and supplements when practicing IF, the best IF windows for maximum weight loss, how to deal with social backlash and naysayers, why it's not ALL about calories, determining your own carb tolerance, how much wine you can drink, and much more!

Melanie Avalon and Gin Stephens discuss how to adjust your IF patterns when on vacation, getting enough calories with one meal a day, ensuring adequate electrolytes when intermittent fasting, and the vague "Whoosh Effect.”

Learn what IF patterns may be too extreme, the difference between full and modified fasts, how IF affects exercise, how many carbs you should be eating, the good and bad with grains, tips for making healthier food choices, how to sustain a whole foods approach if desired, and how to maintain weight on an IF protocol!

Learn all about drinking alcohol while intermittent fasting, especially wine! Melanie and Gin discuss how alcohol affects fat burning (it doesn't stop weight loss!), the health benefits of alcohol and wine, some pretty cool wine effects, how to make better food choices while practicing IF, and much more!

Melanie and Gin discuss coffee and intermittent fasting, including its health benefits, how it affects the fasted state, how you should (and should not) drink it for best results, and details on MCTs and Bulletproof Coffee. They also answer listener questions about using essential oils while fasting and what to do if you're insulin resistant and/or not seeing results within a few weeks of starting IF.

Melanie Avalon and Gin Stephens discuss the science of intermittent fasting, including the role of insulin in hunger and weight loss, the differences between calorie restriction and intermittent fasting, and how IF affects the metabolism. They also answer listener questions about losing weight with IF when you work night shifts, and doing extended (rather than intermittent) fasts.

Melanie and Gin discuss their personal favorite IF benefits, and answer listener questions about autophagy and if you can do breakfast for your one meal a day.

Melanie and Gin discuss different common approaches to intermittent fasting (including 16/8, Alternate Day Fasting, and One Meal A Day), and answer listener questions about the benefits of doing IF for life, and how to keep your body "guessing" when you're at maintenance.