Bitesize: Intermittent Fasting For Women, Effects on Hormones & Longevity

Angela discusses the benefits and misconceptions surrounding fasting, beginning by explaining why someone might consider fasting, such as flipping the metabolic switch from using glucose to ketones as fuel, increasing energy levels, improving brain cognition, and aiding in weight loss. Angela also talks about the fact that fasting can help preserve muscle and enhance autophagy, the cellular recycling process. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fasting can help switch the body from using glucose as fuel to using ketones, leading to benefits such as increased energy, improved brain cognition, and mental focus. Fasting can help reduce overall calorie intake, but this may not be the case for women due to differences in appetite regulation. Fasting can help preserve muscle mass, unlike traditional calorie restriction, which can lead to muscle loss and a decrease in metabolism. Fasting can enhance autophagy, the cellular recycling process, but full cellular autophagy typically requires fasting for at least 24 hours or longer. The effects of fasting differ between men and women, with men experiencing improvements in insulin sensitivity, lipid profiles, memory, and cellular autophagy, while women may not see the same benefits and may even experience negative effects such as increased oxidative stress and disrupted sleep BEST MOMENTS "Many of the benefits that you've probably heard across social media are things like you're going to have higher energy, you're going to feel like you get better brain cognition and mental focus." "Fasting in general is going to work probably better for women who have a lot of excess calories that they need to lose. They have a lot of stored calories in their body that they can tap into." "In men, we saw a positive impact in LDL cholesterol. In women, we saw no shift in LDL cholesterol." "There was minimal to no effect on autophagy, and there was what we call enhanced sympathetic activity." VALUABLE RESOURCES Join The High Performance Health Community Take My Biohacking Quiz and Get A Free Personalised Report - www.yourtotalhealthcheck.comBecome an Insider of The Female Biohacker Collective and have Angela as Your Health Coach in Your Pocket - www.femalebiohacker.comFree Fasting Guide - www.angelafosterperformance.com/fastingPodcast Shownotes - www.angelafosterperformance.com/podcasts To take advantage of our Biostack special offer go to https://biostacklabs.com/pages/angela This episode is a clip from my live training in my free Facebook community. To listen to the full training, join our High Performance Health Community here: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/highperformancehealth ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster is an award winning Nutritionist, Health & Performance Coach, Speaker and Host of the High Performance Health podcast. A former Corporate lawyer turned industry leader in biohacking and health optimisation for women, Angela has been featured in various media including Huff Post, Runners world, The Health Optimisation Summit, BrainTap, The Women’s Biohacking Conference, Livestrong & Natural Health Magazine. Angela is the creator of BioSyncing®️ a blueprint for ambitious entrepreneurial women to biohack their health so they can 10X how they show up in their business and their family without burning out. Angela’s BioSyncing®️ Blueprint is currently closed. Click here to get on the waitlist. She is also the founder of The Female Biohacker Collective - the health coaching membership in your pocket - with monthly live masterclasses, coaching calls and biohacking toolkits. To find out more and become a member, click here. The High Performance Health Podcast is a top rated global podcast. Each week, Angela brings you a new insight, biohack or high performance habit to help you unlock optimal health, longevity and higher performance. Hit the follow button to make sure you get notified each time Angela releases a new episode CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn