Dr. Morgan Nolte

So if people have really, really high blood sugars, like one of our members right now doesn't want to take blood sugar medication, blood sugar lowering medication. And so his starting blood sugars were around 300, like baseline. And so he needed a little bit more of an aggressive fasting schedule to get those blood sugars down. So he's doing like a 36-hour fast a couple days a week.

So if people have really, really high blood sugars, like one of our members right now doesn't want to take blood sugar medication, blood sugar lowering medication. And so his starting blood sugars were around 300, like baseline. And so he needed a little bit more of an aggressive fasting schedule to get those blood sugars down. So he's doing like a 36-hour fast a couple days a week.

So if people have really, really high blood sugars, like one of our members right now doesn't want to take blood sugar medication, blood sugar lowering medication. And so his starting blood sugars were around 300, like baseline. And so he needed a little bit more of an aggressive fasting schedule to get those blood sugars down. So he's doing like a 36-hour fast a couple days a week.

And so for him, that's a good strategy because we really want to be bringing those blood sugars down. For women who have a weight loss plateau, if they can try like a 36 hour fast, that might be a really nice strategy. So I view it as a tool in the low insulin toolbox, but not the end all be all.

And so for him, that's a good strategy because we really want to be bringing those blood sugars down. For women who have a weight loss plateau, if they can try like a 36 hour fast, that might be a really nice strategy. So I view it as a tool in the low insulin toolbox, but not the end all be all.

And so for him, that's a good strategy because we really want to be bringing those blood sugars down. For women who have a weight loss plateau, if they can try like a 36 hour fast, that might be a really nice strategy. So I view it as a tool in the low insulin toolbox, but not the end all be all.

Exactly. Yeah. But I love fasting. I think it's a great way to like recalibrate your relationship with food. For me personally, it really highlights a lot of my Cravings are emotional. So is it physical hunger or is it emotional hunger? And a lot of times it's emotional hunger that we're experiencing. And so I think it's a great way to learn those true hunger cues versus emotional hunger cues.

Exactly. Yeah. But I love fasting. I think it's a great way to like recalibrate your relationship with food. For me personally, it really highlights a lot of my Cravings are emotional. So is it physical hunger or is it emotional hunger? And a lot of times it's emotional hunger that we're experiencing. And so I think it's a great way to learn those true hunger cues versus emotional hunger cues.

Exactly. Yeah. But I love fasting. I think it's a great way to like recalibrate your relationship with food. For me personally, it really highlights a lot of my Cravings are emotional. So is it physical hunger or is it emotional hunger? And a lot of times it's emotional hunger that we're experiencing. And so I think it's a great way to learn those true hunger cues versus emotional hunger cues.

I do. I think that there are some benefits for autophagy from longer fasts, and she would agree with that. Autophagy is that cellular cleansing process. It starts at about 18 hours of a fast. And the longer you fast, the deeper you get into autophagy. And so there's some really good evidence that longer fasts that stimulate autophagy may be efficacious for cancer prevention.

I do. I think that there are some benefits for autophagy from longer fasts, and she would agree with that. Autophagy is that cellular cleansing process. It starts at about 18 hours of a fast. And the longer you fast, the deeper you get into autophagy. And so there's some really good evidence that longer fasts that stimulate autophagy may be efficacious for cancer prevention.

I do. I think that there are some benefits for autophagy from longer fasts, and she would agree with that. Autophagy is that cellular cleansing process. It starts at about 18 hours of a fast. And the longer you fast, the deeper you get into autophagy. And so there's some really good evidence that longer fasts that stimulate autophagy may be efficacious for cancer prevention.

And so for me, that's the trade-off is I want to do all I can to preserve lean muscle mass. But once in a while, I want to bias the autophagy benefit. And I don't have the weight to lose either. Like I'm kind of in that maintenance phase. Fasting is harder for me. Like I think I did a 40 hour fast once after a really heavy food vacation and that was fine.

And so for me, that's the trade-off is I want to do all I can to preserve lean muscle mass. But once in a while, I want to bias the autophagy benefit. And I don't have the weight to lose either. Like I'm kind of in that maintenance phase. Fasting is harder for me. Like I think I did a 40 hour fast once after a really heavy food vacation and that was fine.

And so for me, that's the trade-off is I want to do all I can to preserve lean muscle mass. But once in a while, I want to bias the autophagy benefit. And I don't have the weight to lose either. Like I'm kind of in that maintenance phase. Fasting is harder for me. Like I think I did a 40 hour fast once after a really heavy food vacation and that was fine.

And I think I've done a 40 ish hour fast once. another time and that was okay, but it's hard, you know? And I think that there's companies like Prolon. I don't know if you've had them on the, on the show and they're like a fasting mimicking diet where you eat a little bit of food, but you stay kind of under the nutrient thresholds that prevent autophagy is kind of my understanding of it.

And I think I've done a 40 ish hour fast once. another time and that was okay, but it's hard, you know? And I think that there's companies like Prolon. I don't know if you've had them on the, on the show and they're like a fasting mimicking diet where you eat a little bit of food, but you stay kind of under the nutrient thresholds that prevent autophagy is kind of my understanding of it.

And I think I've done a 40 ish hour fast once. another time and that was okay, but it's hard, you know? And I think that there's companies like Prolon. I don't know if you've had them on the, on the show and they're like a fasting mimicking diet where you eat a little bit of food, but you stay kind of under the nutrient thresholds that prevent autophagy is kind of my understanding of it.

It took me a long time to wrap my head around that. Um, And I think that that might be a little bit more of the route that I go. If I want to focus on autophagy, like boosting it just to make it a little bit easier for me. Um, but yeah, I mean, I, in general, I agree.

It took me a long time to wrap my head around that. Um, And I think that that might be a little bit more of the route that I go. If I want to focus on autophagy, like boosting it just to make it a little bit easier for me. Um, but yeah, I mean, I, in general, I agree.