Diet Doctor Podcast #7:

Megan Ramos

Humans have practiced fasting for centuries as part of religious rituals, but the medical community has shunned it as risky and dangerous. Megan Ramos, along with her co-founder Dr. Jason Fung, have embarked on a mission to change all that.


 
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Humans have practiced fasting for centuries as part of religious rituals, but the medical community has shunned it as risky and dangerous. Megan Ramos, along with her co-founder Dr. Jason Fung, have embarked on a mission to change all that. At IDMProgram.com, Megan and Jason counsel patients how to use fasting safely to help with weight loss, diabetes, management, and overall health promotion.

They recently published a case series showing how they can help people get off their insulin in as few as five days! But fasting can be a double edged sword with significant potential risks of hypoglycemia, loss of lean muscle mass, and feeling awful. Megan helps us understand how to overcome those concerns so that we can benefit from fasting in a safe and sustainable manner.

About the video

Recorded in San Diego, in October 2018, published in November 2018.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Sound: Dr. Bret Scher
Editing: Harianas Dewang

Table of contents

  1:35   Megan’s own story and how she found intermittent fasting
  8:00  Why fasting has been shun in the medical community for so long
 11:58  Megan’s recommendations on how to start with fasting
 16:50  Electrolytes and fasting
 25:00  Finding the right type of fasting
 28:30  Potential troubles with longer fasts
 38:50  Coming off diabetes medication and potential complications
 43:45  Exercising and fasting
 45:45  The IDM program’s two blessings
 49:08  Fasting mimicking diet
 53:10  Final words


Transcript

Table of contents

  1:35   Megan’s own story and how she found intermittent fasting
  8:00  Why fasting has been shun in the medical community for so long
 11:58  Megan’s recommendations on how to start with fasting
 16:50  Electrolytes and fasting
 25:00  Finding the right type of fasting
 28:30  Potential troubles with longer fasts
 38:50  Coming off diabetes medication and potential complications
 43:45  Exercising and fasting
 45:45  The IDM program’s two blessings
 49:08  Fasting mimicking diet
 53:10  Final words


Humans have practiced fasting for centuries as part of religious rituals, but the medical community has shunned it as risky and dangerous. Megan Ramos, along with her co-founder Dr. Jason Fung, have embarked on a mission to change all that. At IDMProgram.com, Megan and Jason counsel patients how to use fasting safely to help with weight loss, diabetes, management, and overall health promotion.

They recently published a case series showing how they can help people get off their insulin in as few as five days! But fasting can be a double edged sword with significant potential risks of hypoglycemia, loss of lean muscle mass, and feeling awful. Megan helps us understand how to overcome those concerns so that we can benefit from fasting in a safe and sustainable manner.

Transcript

About the video

Recorded in San Diego, in October 2018, published in November 2018.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Sound: Dr. Bret Scher
Editing: Harianas Dewang

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