Fast Like a Girl, Eat Like a Girl, and Age Like a Girl With Dr. Mindy Pelz
The Wellness Mama PodcastShow Notes
Episode Highlights With Mindy Cutting through the myth… can women fast and what we need to do differentlyHow to navigate fasting with a female hormone cycle and why it is so important The three types of women and how each fasts differently There are times when women shouldn’t fast and times when it can be a game changerWe have two metabolisms: glucose and ketones and how to use them differently Somewhere 8-12 hours after food we shift to ketones The healing switches that t...
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