Mona Sharma

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, so fasting, obviously, the science is there for men and for women. We, as women, need to be fasting in a very, very different way. A lot of my friends and colleagues have written books about fasting, and it's phenomenal what it can do for your body, for autophagy, for taking out inflammatory cells and preventing disease and reversing metabolic dysfunction and stuff like that.

Yeah, so fasting, obviously, the science is there for men and for women. We, as women, need to be fasting in a very, very different way. A lot of my friends and colleagues have written books about fasting, and it's phenomenal what it can do for your body, for autophagy, for taking out inflammatory cells and preventing disease and reversing metabolic dysfunction and stuff like that.

The science is there. So a couple of things. One... Fasting has been written about since biblical times, right? Amongst all religions, which I think is so cool. There's a spiritual aspect to it. It was almost like this gift to your body to restore.

The science is there. So a couple of things. One... Fasting has been written about since biblical times, right? Amongst all religions, which I think is so cool. There's a spiritual aspect to it. It was almost like this gift to your body to restore.

When you're not taking in food and not digesting, as we said, takes a lot of effort, your body can go in and like really tune into what needs the healing. It can take that energy and put it towards healing and repairing and restoring, which is special.

When you're not taking in food and not digesting, as we said, takes a lot of effort, your body can go in and like really tune into what needs the healing. It can take that energy and put it towards healing and repairing and restoring, which is special.

But I think that we do fasting kind of backwards. I think that if you're going to skip a meal, like why do we break fast? We break fast and have food earlier on the day because food is information. Calories are energy. Energy is fuel. Fuel gets us through our day. It's our brain function, right? Right. I think it gives us energy to go out into the world.

But I think that we do fasting kind of backwards. I think that if you're going to skip a meal, like why do we break fast? We break fast and have food earlier on the day because food is information. Calories are energy. Energy is fuel. Fuel gets us through our day. It's our brain function, right? Right. I think it gives us energy to go out into the world.

And you can argue like shifting your body into ketosis and using ketones for fuel and stuff like that. I get it.

And you can argue like shifting your body into ketosis and using ketones for fuel and stuff like that. I get it.

But for me, I think it just makes sense if you're going to skip a meal, try skipping dinner because the longer that you go without having food in your system or at least like four hours of no food in your system before you go to bed, you'll probably notice that your sleep scores are going to improve. And when we're eating dinner, it should be a smaller meal.

But for me, I think it just makes sense if you're going to skip a meal, try skipping dinner because the longer that you go without having food in your system or at least like four hours of no food in your system before you go to bed, you'll probably notice that your sleep scores are going to improve. And when we're eating dinner, it should be a smaller meal.

We eat dinner as our largest meal of the day, but we don't need all that extra fuel at night before we go to bed. Makes sense, right? So I'm not saying like if you're on a fasting protocol and fasting in the morning feels really good for you and your blood labs are showing it, then stick with fasting during the day. If you're a woman, you know, fasting according to your cycle is really beneficial.

We eat dinner as our largest meal of the day, but we don't need all that extra fuel at night before we go to bed. Makes sense, right? So I'm not saying like if you're on a fasting protocol and fasting in the morning feels really good for you and your blood labs are showing it, then stick with fasting during the day. If you're a woman, you know, fasting according to your cycle is really beneficial.

You definitely don't want to be fasting for long periods of time during your third and your fourth week because you could be putting your body into more stress, increasing your cortisol, which is going to backfire. You're not going to lose the weight that you want to be losing. In the first two weeks, you know, something that I work with my clients on is can you fast for 12 to 14 hours a night?

You definitely don't want to be fasting for long periods of time during your third and your fourth week because you could be putting your body into more stress, increasing your cortisol, which is going to backfire. You're not going to lose the weight that you want to be losing. In the first two weeks, you know, something that I work with my clients on is can you fast for 12 to 14 hours a night?

Just in the practice, every single night, have dinner at 6 or 7, break your fast at 6 or 7. It's a solid amount of time for your body to just go in and repair and restore without having to do extra work, right? If you want to try on fasting therapeutically, you know, every Monday, for example, I will typically fast for about 16 to 18 hours, stretching my fasting time just a little bit more.

Just in the practice, every single night, have dinner at 6 or 7, break your fast at 6 or 7. It's a solid amount of time for your body to just go in and repair and restore without having to do extra work, right? If you want to try on fasting therapeutically, you know, every Monday, for example, I will typically fast for about 16 to 18 hours, stretching my fasting time just a little bit more.