A short YouTube video by Dr. Tabatha Barber addressing the common fear that fasting causes starvation. The speaker explains that the hunger hormone ghrelin spikes but the feeling lasts only ~20–30 minutes and offers practical tips (water, electrolytes, walking) to ride out the hunger wave.
The biggest pushback I get when women hear the word fasting is, I can't do that. I will be so hungry, I will starve to death. That's just not true. It's actually the opposite. Our body has this innate ability to curb that hunger after a few hours of not eating. We have this ghrelin hormone that is our hunger hormone. It spikes when we're hungry, but it only lasts 20 or 30 minutes. So? So if you can ride that wave, drink a nice glass of water, get your electrolytes in, go for a walk, it will pass, and you won't be hungry anymore.
