In this live segment, host Kelly (referred to as Speaker A) interviews author Jorge Cruise about his "Cruise Control Diet" and the principles of intermittent fasting (IF). Cruise explains that he has been practicing a 16‑hour fast with an 8‑hour eating window, emphasizing that unlike keto, carbs are allowed during the eating window because they do not break the fast when consumed in the proper timeframe. The conversation highlights the metabolic rationale: proteins and carbs raise insulin and thus end the fast, while healthy fats do not. To help viewers navigate the fasting period, they demonstrate two “fast‑friendly” recipes—a no‑cook chia‑seed vanilla pudding and a cinnamon‑spice coffee—both sweetened with erythritol (or stevia) and using heavy cream, which they claim contain no sugar or protein and therefore won’t spike insulin. The host repeatedly promotes the book, asserts that the diet can lead to rapid belly‑fat loss (up to a pound per day), and encourages the audience to try the recipes. The segment ends with a call‑to‑action to purchase the Cruise Control Diet book.
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Please welcome the author of Cruise Control Diet, Jorge Cruise.
Hey, I like it.
Hey, I like it. Cruise Control Diet. Welcome. I'm good. Good to see you, buddy. Good to see you.
I understand that this is pretty much like about intermittent fasting, which I believe I've been doing here for years, not really intentionally, but that's what I do.
Well, you look great. I mean, there's so many health benefits beyond weight loss. It's basically when you eat, you know, you take your 24-hour day and you find an 8-hour window that you like to eat. And I have some clients in LA, they like more nighttime eating. I'm one of those.
Right. Or you can do morning.
The great thing is during that 8-hour window you can eat. The one thing you can't do in keto, and this is why it's better than keto, you can eat carbs.
Carbs!
So I love carbs! Then you take 16 hours and then you have to avoid 2 macronutrients, proteins and carbs.
Okay.
Now because they raise insulin and they break the fast.
Okay.
So the good thing is during that 16-hour window you're hopefully sleeping 8 hours. So you have 4 hours in the morning, 4 hours at night, so what do you do? Most people are hungry. That's why I wrote this book because it's really about cheating the fast with healthy fats because those don't break your fast.
So that's what you're going to do during it.
Yeah, we have 2 examples here, yeah.
Healthy.
This is one of my favorites, uh, it's chia seed vanilla pudding. So would you give me a hand? Let's pour the chia seeds in here.
All right, these are delicious, just for growing plants.
No, no, no, they're wonderful. And we'll put the, the coconut heavy cream. And if you don't like coconut heavy cream, yeah, and we're gonna have the, I think, the recipe on your website. Okay, so people want that. And then we add, uh, this is erythritol. It's a natural sweetener, erythritol, uh, and it's made from a plant. It's not artificial. Okay, you could also use stevia. So mix that all up. Now the vanilla, would you add that in there? Sure, 2 tablespoons of that. Blend You blend it all up. Now here's the great thing, it's a no-cook recipe, so you don't even have to cook. Because once we're done, look at that, you're very good.
Thank you very much.
Yes, give her a round of applause. She's doing great. So once it's done, may I show you?
Yes.
Drum roll, here it is.
Let's see.
Dun, da, da, dun. Overnight, you put it in the refrigerator and it gets very voluminous. And it's filling and it's delicious. We'll have a sample over there if you guys wanna try it.
Yeah, I do.
You can add cinnamon on it, you can add more sweetener. Some of my clients like tahini.
Like have a little porridge.
Yeah, and you can make it warm, you can put butter on it or salt so it's more savory. It's up to you. In between the hours of the, This is when you're fasting. This is one of the fasting foods that you can eat while you're fasting because it doesn't have carbs.
I don't even know what it is.
Yeah, that's erythritol. Erythritol.
Erythritol.
Yes, very good, good job. So now this is a cinnamon spice coffee that I like. Oh, look at this. Yeah, and so what we'll do here, if you would. Now this makes more than one cup, but we're just gonna put half in there. That's about a cup. And you can do this in the morning. This won't break the fast as well. We have erythritol again.
So I can have this in the morning?
Yep, now it's gonna be, really, so you do about half of that.
Half of that, okay.
A little cinnamon, you can do more cinnamon. None of this will raise your insulin levels. And then for those that like, if they like a little extra cream. Yes. I like real cream, it has no sugar or protein.
Wait, that's real full fat cream?
Heavy, yes, you want that. That's heavy cream? Yeah, 'cause it has no sugar or protein.
Straight out of the cow's nipple, am I right, Jorge?
Yes, yes, and look how delicious. All right, whip it up for us.
Okay.
And then literally you've got the most delicious fasting-approved coffee. It's sweet, it won't break your fast, and best of all, you can lose up to a pound of belly fat a day.
Is that true?
It is, it is, I mean, that's what keeps Brooke It's looking gorgeous, please, a little sip for all of us. Yeah, and then we've got chia seed pudding.
Chia seed pudding.
So the great thing is fasting, I know it's a scary word for some people.
Scary. Scary.
But it doesn't have to be scary anymore. No. So you can really, and we have spoons, well let's do our coffee first. Salute.
Cheers.
Cheers guys.
Cheers.
Cheers guys, so coffee time. Good, right? Isn't that yummy? That's good. And then do you guys wanna try this? A little chia seed? Here we go. Spoon for all.
The Cruise Control Diet, it's available everywhere books are sold. Make sure you check it out.
