Donna is joined by author and functional health expert, Dr Mindy Pelz in this episode all about the power of intermittent fasting. Donna and Mindy talk about the benefits of fasting to the human body, particularly the differences between men and women. They also discuss the incredible function fasting plays on our hormones and how much of a role this can therefore play in many areas of our lives.



Dr Mindy also talks about her upcoming book Fast like a Girl and how she breaks down the many benefits and techniques in an easy-to-consume format, utilising her knowledge and expertise as both a Dr and an author. 



KEY TAKEAWAYS


For a lot of our lives, women have been told many different things about eating and mealtimes, Mindy was one of them. What is starting to be understood—through various studies—is that Time Restricted Eating  is the way humans are supposed to eat to stay metabolically healthy. Meaning that diseases like diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers, heart disease and hormone imbalances can be prevented and even reversed by when we do and don’t eat. 
During these resting or ‘fasting’ periods your body is healing itself.
There are a lot of different fasting diets around, but Dr Mindy focuses on the one that has the best-proven results and is the easiest to follow.
Women’s hormones make eating and lifestyle much more complicated.
Estrogen loves it when you fast, particularly if you are going through an estrogen decline such as during menopause. Progesterone is the opposite and does not want you to fast. 
Low testosterone has become a problem for both men and women. 
Men can fast whenever they want. but still need to “step out of fasting” at times
. 5:1:1 is good for them. 
Menopause - as estrogen declines you become more insulin resistant. Whether you areWe are moving into a time where people are more fluid with their sexuality and gender, with research on hormones and their impact becoming more prevalent it may give us some answers to why we are seeing more of this in the modern age.
Hormones are far-reaching in our lives, they impact our health, our relationships and much more. Fasting can help us gain control over our hormones and create a lifestyle more in line with what we evolved to be.

Is coffee Ok to drink when you are fasting? Yes! Black coffee (free of pesticides) is just fine. 

BEST MOMENTS



“I find men are as interested in this conversation as women, especially if they have a lot of women in their life”



“We start to see all your metabolic markers go down”



“In these rest periods, the body starts to heal itself”



“Men, hormonally, are a lot more simple”



“Whether or not you believe it, we are hormonally designed to reproduce, in every shape and form”



Body Ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws and our amazing effective products go to our website www.bodyecology.com. You can also get a transcript of this show there.



EPISODE RESOURCES



GUEST RESOURCES

Mindy Pelz 

 The Resetter Podcast
The Menopause Reset,
 YouTube channel
 https://drmindypelz.com/. 



ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr. Mindy Pelz, D.C is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, nutrition and functional health expert who has spent over two decades helping thousands of people successfully reclaim their health. She is a recognized leader in the alternative health field and a pioneer in the fasting movement, teaching the principles of a fasting lifestyle, diet variation, detox, hormones, and more. Her popular YouTube channel (which just celebrated 18 million lifetime views) regularly updates followers on the latest science-backed tools and techniques to help them reset their health. She is the host of one of the leading science podcasts, The Resetter Podcast, and the author of three best-selling books;The Menopause Reset,The Reset Factor, and The Reset Kitchen. Dr. Mindy has appeared on national shows like Extra TV and The Doctors, and has been featured in Muscle & Fitness,  Well + Good, SHEknows, Healthline, and more. For more information, please visit https://drmindypelz.com/. 



VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology

https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/

https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel



BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP

The Body Ecology Diet: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Ecology-Diet-Recovering-Rebuilding/dp/1401935435/

Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity:https://www.amazon.com/Body-Ecology-Diet-Recovering-Rebuilding/dp/0963845896

The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Ecology-Guide-Growing-Younger/dp/1781801444

Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GM2YFQ

Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener: https://www.amazon.com/Stevia-Cookbook-Calorie-Free-Sweetener-Paperback/dp/B011WACX60



ABOUT THE HOST

Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.





CONTACT METHOD

https://bodyecology.com/contacts/



You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.



Podcast Description

These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well & taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

Donna is joined by author and functional health expert, Dr Mindy Pelz in this episode all about the power of intermittent fasting. Donna and Mindy talk about the benefits of fasting to the human body, particularly the differences between men and women. They also discuss the incredible function fasting plays on our hormones and how much of a role this can therefore play in many areas of our lives.
 
Dr Mindy also talks about her upcoming book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fast-Like-Girl-Healing-Hormones/dp/1401969925">Fast like a Girl</a> and how she breaks down the many benefits and techniques in an easy-to-consume format, utilising her knowledge and expertise as both a Dr and an author. 
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS
 
<ul></ul>
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">For a lot of our lives, women have been told many different things about eating and mealtimes, Mindy was one of them. What is starting to be understood—through various studies—is that Time Restricted Eating  is the way humans are supposed to eat to stay metabolically healthy. Meaning that diseases like diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers, heart disease and hormone imbalances can be prevented and even reversed by when we do and don’t eat. </li>
<li aria-level="1">During these resting or ‘fasting’ periods your body is healing itself.</li>
<li aria-level="1">There are a lot of different fasting diets around, but Dr Mindy focuses on the one that has the best-proven results and is the easiest to follow.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Women’s hormones make eating and lifestyle much more complicated.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Estrogen loves it when you fast, particularly if you are going through an estrogen decline such as during menopause. Progesterone is the opposite and does not want you to fast. </li>
<li aria-level="1">Low testosterone has become a problem for both men and women. </li>
<li aria-level="1">Men can fast whenever they want. but still need to “step out of fasting” at times</li>
<li aria-level="1">. 5:1:1 is good for them. </li>
<li aria-level="1">Menopause - as estrogen declines you become more insulin resistant. Whether you areWe are moving into a time where people are more fluid with their sexuality and gender, with research on hormones and their impact becoming more prevalent it may give us some answers to why we are seeing more of this in the modern age.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Hormones are far-reaching in our lives, they impact our health, our relationships and much more. Fasting can help us gain control over our hormones and create a lifestyle more in line with what we evolved to be.</li>
</ul>
Is coffee Ok to drink when you are fasting? Yes! Black coffee (free of pesticides) is just fine. 
BEST MOMENTS 
“I find men are as interested in this conversation as women, especially if they have a lot of women in their life”
 
“We start to see all your metabolic markers go down” 
“In these rest periods, the body starts to heal itself”
 
“Men, hormonally, are a lot more simple”
 
“Whether or not you believe it, we are hormonally designed to reproduce, in every shape and form”
 
Body Ecology is not a diet – it’s a way of life—based on 7 universal laws that always guide us toward the truth. If you want to know more about us, these 7 universal laws and our amazing effective products go to our website <a href="http://www.bodyecology.com">www.bodyecology.com</a>. You can also get a transcript of this show there.
 
EPISODE RESOURCES
 
GUEST RESOURCES
Mindy Pelz 
<a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/74efbdd5bb3fb1a5511d1a6148afdfa9.html"> The Resetter Podcast </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Menopause-Reset-Symptoms-Younger-Again-ebook/dp/B08Q7GHQ85/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=33O0304NLZDTP&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+menopause+reset+dr+mindy+pelz&amp;qid=1617026188&amp;sprefix=The+Menopause+Re,aps,178&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMVNWT1M2WlpMMUQ5JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDAxMDIyM0FDU09KRzJFWldLUSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDI3OTcwMjVVSlA1VlAyM0ZDUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU="> The Menopause Reset, </a><a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/46b65d22a61ff1da5012d0d9abb42d7e.html"> YouTube channel </a><a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/e1aada4f41f5967a08d99c215c6658fc.html"> https://drmindypelz.com/</a>. 
 
ABOUT THE GUEST
<a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/8af843d244732c3ac4c9df2779568f2e.html">Dr. Mindy Pelz</a>, D.C is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, nutrition and functional health expert who has spent over two decades helping thousands of people successfully reclaim their health. She is a recognized leader in the alternative health field and a pioneer in the fasting movement, teaching the principles of a fasting lifestyle, diet variation, detox, hormones, and more. Her popular<a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/46b65d22a61ff1da5012d0d9abb42d7e.html"> YouTube channel</a> (which just celebrated 18 million lifetime views) regularly updates followers on the latest science-backed tools and techniques to help them reset their health. She is the host of one of the leading science podcasts,<a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/74efbdd5bb3fb1a5511d1a6148afdfa9.html"> The Resetter Podcast</a>, and the author of three best-selling books;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Menopause-Reset-Symptoms-Younger-Again-ebook/dp/B08Q7GHQ85/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=33O0304NLZDTP&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+menopause+reset+dr+mindy+pelz&amp;qid=1617026188&amp;sprefix=The+Menopause+Re,aps,178&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMVNWT1M2WlpMMUQ5JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDAxMDIyM0FDU09KRzJFWldLUSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDI3OTcwMjVVSlA1VlAyM0ZDUSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU="> The Menopause Reset,</a> The Reset Factor, and The Reset Kitchen. Dr. Mindy has appeared on national shows like Extra TV and The Doctors, and has been featured in Muscle &amp; Fitness,  Well + Good, SHEknows, Healthline, and more. For more information, please visit<a href="https://dd4ad171acbffd6640bd2b5112abf496.tinyemails.com/0a3b50c33179dd352b1224c77d579d09/e1aada4f41f5967a08d99c215c6658fc.html"> https://drmindypelz.com/</a>. 
 
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.facebook.com/BodyEcology
https://www.instagram.com/bodyecologyofficial/
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel">https://www.youtube.com/bodyecologychannel</a>
 
BOOKS by Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP
The Body Ecology Diet: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Ecology-Diet-Recovering-Rebuilding/dp/1401935435/
Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity:https://www.amazon.com/Body-Ecology-Diet-Recovering-Rebuilding/dp/0963845896
The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Ecology-Guide-Growing-Younger/dp/1781801444
Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GM2YFQ
Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stevia-Cookbook-Calorie-Free-Sweetener-Paperback/dp/B011WACX60">https://www.amazon.com/Stevia-Cookbook-Calorie-Free-Sweetener-Paperback/dp/B011WACX60</a>
 
ABOUT THE HOST
Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.
 
CONTACT METHOD
<a href="https://bodyecology.com/contacts/">https://bodyecology.com/contacts/</a>
 
You can also use our Live Chat service when you visit that page.
 
Podcast Description
These are extraordinary times, with too much information, and much of it confusing. On Body Ecology Living, I interview some of the best minds – people you normally won’t have access to – to help you live your best life possible. Topics include using foods to heal, building a hardy immune system, aging well &amp; taking care of your gut and your brain. But most of all, on clarifying the right steps to be happier, and healthier while having the energy to make a difference in your own world.

Donna Gates, M.Ed., ABAAHP, is the international best-selling author of The Body Ecology Diet: Recovering Your Health and Rebuilding Your Immunity, The Body Ecology Guide to Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Wisdom for Every Generation, and Stevia: Cooking with Nature’s Calorie-Free Sweetener. An Advanced Fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, she is on a mission to change the way the world eats.

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