Dr. Amy Shah is a double board-certified MD with an undergraduate degree with honors from Cornell in Nutrition, medical training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, then further research and residency training at the Harvard Hospitals, and advanced training at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Immunology/Allergy. She is the author of I'm So Effing Tired: A Proven Plan to Beat Burnout, Boost Your Energy, and Reclaim Your Life.
What you'll learn from this episode:
Stressors have a compounding effect—why it’s so important to take an inventory of all your stressors and determine the amount of positive stress your body can handle from exercise and fasting.
What is the late-luteal phase, and why is it so important for women to rest, go inward, and extend their eating window during this phase?
Getting off that insulin rollercoaster—why you should avoid late-night eating and break your fast with fiber, protein, and fat first.
How to gain metabolic flexibility step by step through intermittent fasting, exercise, and cold and hot therapies.
The importance of feeding your gut microbiome, types of fermented foods, and which foods you should be minimizing to avoid compromising your microbiome.
And so much more!
Resources from this episode:
How to Fix Fatigue, Plus What Women Need to Know About Fasting | Amy Shah, MD | The Genius Life 170
Get to Know Your Infradian Rhythm to Optimize Your Body's Cycles | Healthline
Luteal Phase Defect (LPD): Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment | WebMD
Follicular Phase: What It Means If It’s Short or Long and More | Healthline
How Gut Bacteria Tell Their Hosts What to Eat | Scientific American
Suck Baby Pacifier to Clean it | Healthline
Metabolic Flexibility in Health and Disease | PMC
The Stressed Hippocampus, Synaptic Plasticity and Lost Memories | Nature Reviews Neuroscience
ASHWAGANDHA: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing, and Reviews | WebMD
Endothelial Function–An Overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Study Finds Turmeric Juice Is Equivalent to 60 Minutes of Exercise | 1mhealthtips.com
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