How My Opinion of Fasting Changed After Talking to Dr. Jason Fung
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How did Dr. Jason Fung’s perspective on fasting evolve after publishing *The Obesity Code*?
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Let's dive in. Ten years ago, I was in my clinic teaching my patients how to use their lifestyle to heal themselves. Every patient that walked through my doors was given a customized lifestyle plan that would help them thrive with their own health journey. Nutrition was a huge part of that plan. And at that point in my career, my teachings were anchored in eat less, move more, and you will drop weight. Although effective for many, I watched some women do everything right and still not improve. Weight wouldn't budge, exhaustion didn't improve, autoimmonditions persisted, and frustration ensued. I felt like I was missing a tool that would help these women. I know this wasn't a willpower challenge. These women were insanely disciplined, yet nothing I gave them would give them a lasting result.
Then a book landed on my desk that changed the entire trajectory of my career. It walked through the actual science, the real trials, the ones nobody was talking about, and it made one thing undeniable. Weight, metabolic health, it wasn't a calorie in, calorie out problem. It was a hormonal problem. And the hormone to fix was insulin. That book was the obesity code. And the man who wrote it is a doctor I have crossed paths with at conferences for years. I've admired him from a distance. I've quoted him more times than I can count. And somehow in all that time we have never sat down together, just one-on-one, for a real in-depth conversation about fasting and metabolic health. Here's what's remarkable about that.
Between the two of us, we've probably talked fasting with more women and men than almost anyone else doing this work. And yet neither of us had ever asked the other. In real time. How have you changed your mind about fasting? What did the last ten years of research and working with patients actually show you? That the first ten years didn't. So today That conversation finally happens. Because here's the thing about a field like fasting, it moves. What we knew 10 years ago about insulin, about longer fasts, about what actually happens inside a body on day three of not eating has really evolved. And the people still repeating the old talking points. The ones who told you eating every three hours was mandatory.
The ones who called fasting dangerous. They have not caught up with the new fasting rules. This is why today I bring you doctor Jason Feng. Dr. Feng is a nephrologist, one of the most respected voices in the world on fasting and metabolic health, and the author of the Obesity Code.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Dr. Jason Fung’s perspective on fasting evolve after publishing *The Obesity Code*?
0:00–12:26
2
Why does Dr. Fung argue that the calorie‑in/calorie‑out model misses the hormonal drivers of weight gain?
12:26–24:06
3
What are the key differences between water‑only fasting and modified fasting, and when is each appropriate?
24:06–34:30
4
How can fasting aids like bone broth, avocado, or olives extend fasts without “cheating”?
34:30–44:51
5
What are the three types of hunger (homeostatic, hedonic, conditioned) and how do they affect eating behavior?
44:51–54:54
6
How do GLP‑1 medications compare to fasting for appetite control and metabolic health?
54:54–1:04:14
7
What practical tips does Dr. Fung give for the first meal after a fast and for using fasting to target visceral fat?
1:04:14–1:14:00
8
What are Dr. Fung’s three foundational rules for sustainable metabolic health and how can listeners apply them?
1:14:00–1:22:39
Speakers
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