Summary
Rhonda Patrick answers questions about fasting, covering different fasting protocols, their benefits, and how to implement them safely and effectively.
Key Points
- Different fasting protocols and their effects
- Time-restricted eating benefits
- Autophagy and cellular cleanup
- Who should and shouldn't fast
- Practical fasting implementation tips
Key Moments
Rhonda Patrick answers top fasting questions: coffee, supplements, exercise, and muscle loss
Covers coffee and fasting, supplement timing, fasted exercise, how to break a fast, muscle mass effects, and the growth-longevity tradeoff.
"So, and you We talked a that beginning with igf1 and longevity so the growth longevity trade-off by fasting we down regulate the aging pathways such as mTOR growth hormone and igf1 clearly nina's done her homework and listen to you but in order to build muscle through resistance training we need to eat protein and have these pathways activated in order to maintain build muscle."
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Efficacy and safety of prolonged water fasting: a narrative review of human trials.
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Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Disease
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