111. Gin Stephens: Fasting Fundamentals - The Power of Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent Fasting isn’t only for weight loss—it’s the key to a healthier lifestyle. This week’s guest, New York Times Best Selling Author, Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in the Weight Loss category, host of two podcasts, and Intermittent Fasting expert, Gin Stephens, returns to “Happiness through Hardship” - The Podcast to continue the conversation about healthy eating habits. She talks about Intermittent Fasting and how what we eat and when we eat affects our mood, our immune systems, our cognitive functioning, and our cravings. Intermittent Fasting isn’t only for weight loss—it’s the key to a healthier lifestyle. SHOW NOTES 4:20 - What is Intermittent Fasting (IF) 6:19 - The science of why IF works 11:04 - Gin’s experience with diets 12:11 - Cravings and gut microbiome 14:16 - Additional benefits of IF 17:50 - How to ease in to IF 23:25 - Food and mood 26:13 - Debunk IF myths 30:55 - How her books differ 35:15 - The Grateful Game Gin’s new book: 28 Day FAST Start Day-by-Day: https://amzn.to/3UAXR0R Fast, Feast, Repeat: https://amzn.to/494Sz1Z Delay Don’t Deny: https://amzn.to/3OAshwd Clean-ish: https://amzn.to/3SL629p The Obesity Code - Dr. Jason Fung - https://amzn.to/3UAXR0R Fast, Feast, Repeat Gin’s podcast - (Ep. 28 about debunking myths): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-28-dr-tabatha-barber-ob-gyn-and-fasting-for-women/id1693633111?i=1000641123751 CONNECT with Gin Facebook: Check out her many FB groups Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginstephens/ Gin’s website and community: https://www.ginstephens.com/ CONNECT with us Website: www.CarynSullivan.com/podcast Instagram: www.Instagram.com/prettywellness Facebook: www.Facebook.com/PrettyWellness To Buy the Book: “Happiness through Hardship” - The Book: https://a.co/d/igHJmCZ To Donate a Book to a Cancer Center: www.CarynSullivan.com/book To Donate to Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Research: The Cancer Couch Foundation is a privately funded, non-profit (501c3) organization that has funded $5 million dollars in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) research since our founding in 2016! 100% of donations and event proceeds are ​​​matched and go to fund MBC research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center! www.thecancercouch.com/donations.html