A short conversational transcript in which Gary Brecka and another speaker discuss intermittent fasting and digestive rest, emphasizing that fasting needs differ by sex and by phase of a woman’s cycle. The speaker recommends modest digestive rest (e.g., 12–13 hours without eating) as broadly beneficial and cautions that strict intermittent fasting may not be appropriate for all women at all times.
I'd love it if we would talk about intermittent fasting because I love what I've seen you say on other media outlets. And I think it's so good for women to hear this and get some relief that maybe all intermittent fasting is not good for everyone.
I think a lot of women benefit from some degree of digestive rest, and men too, frankly. That could be 12 or 13 hours of not eating. That is not formal fasting. But I think in many instances that can be very beneficial. You know, the other side of intermittent fasting is that, you know, there's a time in a woman's cycle when she should fast and there's a time when she should not fast is one of many strategies. It is not the only strategy. And I think that most of us eat too frequently and most of us eat too much of the wrong food. So if you change the food frequency and it could be that you still eat three meals a day and you're doing it in 12 hour windows, that's great. That is far better than what the average American is doing.
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