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Dec 2024
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Fasting Q&A with Dr Jason Fung: Tinnitus...

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Episode #184

In this Fasting Q&A episode, hosted by Coach Lisa Chance, Dr. Jason Fung answers questions from the TFM Community:

  1. Can fasting help with tinnitus and sleep apnea? [09:24]
  2. Is distilled water okay to drink? [17:41]
  3. Convenience is sort of necessary for active, working people, but getting food from restaurants is not always a good option. What kinds of foods/restaurants are best for simple, no or low-prep foods for someone who does not want to cook or finds cooking to be problematic because of portion-sizes and clean-up? [21:29]
  4. Can I use spices like green cardamom pods, cloves, and fennel seeds during fasting days to combat bad breath? My coach said it’s OK to green cardamom pods but I wanted to know if it can be extended to other spices? Are there any I should specifically avoid? [20:55]
  5. Could you please talk about how we should change our dietary fat consumption as we progress through the fat-loss journey on LCHF, specifically from the angle of supporting healthy endocrine function. If we define the different stages of fat loss in terms of how much adipose is needed to lose (more than 50lbs, more than 20lbs, less than 20lbs), would dietary fat requirement increase as we progress through these stages, as we would need more dietary fat to support endocrine function? [22:30] 
  6. I am in perimenopause and have just started HRT. My MD is very supportive of my desire to use fasting as part of my goal to lose fat, lower A1C (I am pre-diabetic) and apoB. She recommended I have full labs in six months to make sure my body has adjusted to HRT and we’ve had enough time to adjust dosage if needed. Does six months seem like an appropriate time frame to wait, and how regularly after that should we repeat these labs? [26:29]

 

Please note that you need to be a member of the TFM Community to submit questions to the Q&A webinars with Dr. Fung but you can submit questions to our regular Q&A episodes here: https://bit.ly/TFMPodcastQs

 

LINKS

#147 (Constipation): https://youtu.be/mM79Rv9Gt2I

#76 (Constipation): https://youtu.be/5uKER8scDB4

#180 (Longer Fasts): https://youtu.be/yfwW7mcfEc4

#45 (Gallbladder): https://youtu.be/QQmdsOJsRsw

#20 (Gallbladder): https://youtu.be/aSVDawoT-1A

 

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