#255 - Dr. Mindy Pelz: Fast Like A Girl, Balancing Hormones, Quitting Food Buddies, Fixing Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms, Fasting For Your Cycle, Maximizing Fertility, Gut & Microbiome Repair, Balancing Autophagy & MTOR, And More!

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Fast Like a Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones
The Menopause Reset: Get Rid of Your Symptoms and Feel Like Your Younger Self Again
Mindy's background
The timeline of fasting
Personalizing the metabolic switch
The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast Episode #115 - Valter Longo, Ph.D.
Protein intake causing weight gain
Fasting as gut repair
SIBO
Fermented Foods
Carnivore Fasting 
The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast Episode #220 - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
Autophagy mTor balancing
Fasting concerns
The problem with food buddies
Cycling your fast for your period
Fertility
Hormonal hand off around 40yo
Stress and menopause symptoms
Fasting as a healing tool
Reducing fast length after ovulation
GLP-1 inhibitors