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Fasting is Freedom · The Road Doc Podcast

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  Hello, good day everyone. Welcome back to my podcast, the
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  Rohtak Podcast. It's Mark series episode 3.
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  Yep, you read the title. Today we are gonna talk about
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  fasting is freedom. This episode isn't about
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  starvation, it's about reclaiming control, hormonal
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  balance, and mental clarity through intentional fasting.
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  Yes, you think skipping breakfast is a crime.
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  Sometimes it is just a reset. Fasting is not a punishment.
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  Fasting is freedom. OK, let's just talk about it,
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  what fasting really is because we have so many misconceptions
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  these days in Internet that's rolling left, right and center.
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  So fasting just means giving your body a break.
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  Break from what? Break from constant digestion,
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  constant blood sugar spikes, constant cravings.
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  It is not about starving, it is about creating space for your
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  body to clean, repair and heal. There is a huge difference
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  between starvation and fasting. There are two different things.
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  Not the same thing so but it looks similar.
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  I know that you do fasting intentionally to repair and
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  heal. Give your body space to do it,
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  to starve, because you do not have resources to do with this
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  whole different thing. So let us talk about what
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  fasting unlocks. Here is what actually happens
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  when you fast. Insulin drops allowing fat
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  burning to begin. Auto Fage kicks in.
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  Your body starts cellular cleanup.
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  You gain mental clarity. Focus on energy.
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  We are so used to grazing all day that we forgot how powerful
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  it is to feel light, clean and sharp.
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  Let me explain you in detail about how fasting really works,
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  especially intermittent and fasting, and how much time it
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  will take for auto of AG to kick in and what you gain from it.
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  Let us just talk what is auto of AG and when it starts
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  approximately Auto of AG actually means.
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  Auto means solve, fatty means eating.
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  It just means self eating. Its is our bodies natural
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  process of cleaning out damaged cells and regenerating newer
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  healthier ones. In simpler terms the out of
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  fatty is just like body similar recycling system.
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  When your cells are stressed, starving or ageing, they start
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  breaking down the old ones or broken parts and reuse them to
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  stay healthy. That is the simplest form of
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  what out of H is. It is like, you know the zero
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  waste process where dysfunctional cell components
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  are broken down to use it as a metabolic resources.
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  Let us just say how an average person enters into this cycle
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  the moment you eat some food. Let us just say from zero to
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  these are approximate values. These are not like absolutely
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  exact values that varies from each and every other person
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  based on what they eat, when they eat and how they eat,
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  stress and all those things. So just take it as a reference
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  point, not like an exact value. Let us deal with the metabolic
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  status. The moment you start eating 0
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  minute to approximately 2 to 3 hours, your blood sugar slowly
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  starts rising and approximately around 5 to 12 hours your blood
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  sugar becomes normal and after around like 12 to 15 hours your
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  body will be in fat 1. You know fat burning stage 1 and
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  then yes you heard it right. And then if you are continuing
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  your fasting till 24 hours, your body will be in fat burning
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  stage 2 and after 24 hours your body will be in out of age.
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  So let us just say approximately 24 hours your body will be in
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  out of. And yes I do intermittent
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  fasting regularly but not like 24 hours crazy fasting.
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  I do not do 24 hours crazy fasting everyday.
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  I do fasting for almost like 15 hours because that works for me
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  based on my work schedules, my eating habits and everything.
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  So yes, I usually follow 15 hours fasting from the last
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  meal. I am usually consistent because
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  I do not eat usually at late nights or only very very in a
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  social situations or there is no other option to have it at that
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  point of time. Other than that I don't prefer
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  to eat after sunset, that's what I prefer.
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  So I personally follow this 15 hour fasting and then I eat.
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  So if ever I eat at late nights after sunset, I start from that
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  time and follow 15 hour cycle. And yes I am on 15 hour fasting
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  every single day and only on rest days like Saturdays or
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  Sundays when I am in my home and I have no other words to focus
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  on. Then I will push it till 24
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  hours or more than 24 hours or something like that.
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  Only only like once in a while in a month like once or twice
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  Max. I don't push too much because I
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  have to work on my regular things as well.
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  So yes, it really helps. For me.
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  It really helps that I don't have any cravings or such thing.
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  I feel much much lighter, clearer, more focused, more
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  controlled. I don't get cravings, mental
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  clarity improves, I get good amount of energy, all these
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  things I really feel every single day because of this 15
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  hour intermittent fasting. So one thing everyone needs to
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  keep in mind, fasting is not for everyone.
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  Especially if you have any health issues or health related
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  problems or if you have undergone any surgeries recently
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  or if you have any other health conditions now, you need to
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  consult your physician before starting this fasting to
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  incorporate in your life style. If you are a regular person who
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  wants to follow a healthy way of living then definitely yes you
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  can start fasting. But I suggest everyone to start
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  very small like few hours and then prolong it based on your
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  work schedules and based on how you want to lead your life and
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  you can also many other factors. So personally for me a 15 hour
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  intermittent fasting everyday works like a bliss.
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  So I do not have any problems so far and I feel good, lighter,
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  more focused clarity and I even go for rides, motorcycle rides
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  on a fasting state and I do not feel like tired or I do not feel
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  like I need to consume a lot of cups or I need to consume lots
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  of food or any such thing. So for me it works, but I do not
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  think everything works for everyone.
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  So you need to really, really, really try it small and
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  gradually improve it over the time and then check for
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  yourselves. But I do not suggest you to
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  force yourselves to fast unnecessarily if ever.
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  If you are fasting for example, you try, you tried 15 hour
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  fasting and after 10 hours you started feeling hungry or
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  craving or anything, then break your fast and have some food
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  that's perfectly alright. So don't worry about that.
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  But consistency or perfection is what you need to aim for and
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  people will be worried Like what about breakfast?
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  What about lunch? What about dinner?
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  I am going to break the myths today that everyone will
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  understand breakfast. What is the meaning of
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  breakfast? Let's just take a moment and
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  break this down. Breaking fasting is called
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  breakfast. Not eating in the early morning
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  is not called breakfast. Breaking the fast fasting state
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  is actually called the breakfast.
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  You get it? You get the analogy here.
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  So usually, Once Upon a time, yeah, Once Upon a time, Once
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  Upon a time, nobody eats after sunset, before the electricity.
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  And all those time nobody have any sort of food after sunset
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  because no light, nothing everybody eats may be last meal
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  will be somewhere around afternoon mid days.
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  So that will be their last meals and they will end their day.
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  That is all. So now after you know, modern
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  technology revolution and all these things came up and now we
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  are eating like 3 times and even 4 * 5 times.
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  I do not know why, but people are eating breakfast in the
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  mornings, lunch in the afternoons and dinner in the
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  evenings and in between snacks and all other nonsense we are
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  doing. Yeah, I said nonsense.
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  You heard it right because it is really a nonsense because your
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  body does not need that level of food anymore or it is not even
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  necessary to have that level of food at all.
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  So yes, we are feeding the body utter nonsense for unnecessary
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  purposes. So yes, you can follow 15 hours
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  fasting or any hours fasting and break the fasting whenever it
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  ends. Most preferably during daytime
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  is most preferable. But if your schedule doesn't
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  allow even night time breaking it is fine.
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  But make sure when you break your fast you need to eat good
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  sort of clean fibres, proteins, carbs and nutrient dense food.
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  That is actually the normal thing.
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  But unfortunately eating all the trashy foods in the morning and
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  in the afternoon and evening, all the nonsense and utter trash
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  foods became the normal these days.
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  That's why everybody is confused, even the parents does
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  not know and they even forgot for the fact that this is not
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  the right way to deal with just this thing.
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  Follow the sun, not your sun, but the sun outside.
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  You see the sun, the bright guy who gives sunshine.
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  You eat only when sun is up and you stop eating once sun is
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  down. If you follow this simple
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  analogy, your body is gonna love to help you in many many ways.
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  Yes, I know it is not possible for everyone but those whoever
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  can then definitely can do that. No issues.
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  So when sun is up, and also keep in mind you do not need to eat
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  right away when sun is up. You can eat after one 2-3 hours
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  after Suns up and you can continue your day.
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  Like if you really really really follow your hunger state, eating
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  twice is more than enough. You do not need unnecessary
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  snacks in between and all this you do not need, your body does
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  not need all those. You just break the fast with a
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  good food. After 15 hours.
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  Let's just say your sunset happens around.
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  I mean different parts of the world has different timings.
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  So let's just say an average your sunset is around 6:00 PM or
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  like 5:00 PM or 6:00 PM. From then until next day
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  morning, 8:00 or 9:00 AM approximately, it's somewhere
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  around 12 to 15 hours in between.
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  So yeah, that is more than enough.
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  And you can eat may be your breakfast around 9:00 AM, that's
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  good. And then you have your lunch may
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  be around 1:00 or 2:00 PM. Yeah, more than enough.
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  You can close it off. You don't need to eat anything
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  in between. Nothing goes to your mouth
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  except to water. So if you follow that analogy,
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  then definitely your body will love you, your gut will love
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  you, and you will have more energy, more freedom from, you
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  know, more mental clarity, more energy, all these things.
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  Yeah, like most people, things like fasting is only for weight
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  loss people. No, fasting is for literally
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  everybody. Actually, this has to be.
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  This was the normal think that our ancestors fall out but
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  unfortunately these days we are not following it at all due to
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  our work life balance and work schedules.
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  Everything changed. But yeah, whatever may be the
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  reasons try at least you know, if you are already following
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  fasting and everything, then good for you.
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  And if you are someone who is looking to start right now,
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  yeah, you won't die with the fasting, so don't worry about
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  that. Just start slow, start with
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  limited hours and then slowly, gradually improve.
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  Check how your body is feeling, how your brain responds, how
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  everything responds in your body and based on that, gradually
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  improve. You will be absolutely fine.
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  You won't die without breakfast. Fasting doesn't slow your
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  metabolism, so don't worry about your metabolism.
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  It actually improves and no it's not just for moms or weight loss
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  chunkies too. It is for everyone.
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  Everyone can do it but there are exceptions.
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  If you have any health related conditions or you need some
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  something you are going through health wise and you definitely
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  need a physician to consult and then take their clearance before
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  doing this. Alright, so the mindset shift
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  you need to have regarding fasting, you don't always need a
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  supplement or a detox or a miracle diet.
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  Sometimes you just need to stop eating for a while and let your
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  body do what's it's designed to do.
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  That's all you need to do. You need to have that mindset
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  shift and don't think this is like a restriction, it's
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  actually a liberation. Fasting is basically freedom.
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  Try it, trust it, let your body breathe.
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  I hope you understood and you gained a necessary knowledge to
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  remove the stigma that fasting makes you weak and drains your
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  energy and all the negative things that is rolling out on
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  the Internet. So do not worry, do it slowly
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  and consistently. You will understand what I am
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  trying to say and you will feel those lightness, mental clarity,
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  surge of energy naturally. So that is all from me from for
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  this episode and TuneIn for next Saturday in new episode.
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  This gonna drop. Until then take care of your
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  health. Eat smart.
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  Peace.