Therapeutic Fasting with Dr. Jason Fung

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Dr. Jason Fung was born in 1973 and trained in Los Angeles and Toronto as a kidney specialist. He founded The Fasting Method to provide evidence-based advice for weight loss and managing blood sugars, focusing on low carbohydrate diets and intermittent fasting.

Many of today’s chronic medical issues are related to diet and obesity, yet treatments are focused on medications and surgeries. If you don’t deal with the root cause, the problem never improves. A dietary problem requires a dietary solution.

Dr. Fung is the author of The Obesity Code, The Complete Guide to Fasting, and The Diabetes Code. He is also the scientific editor of the Journal of Insulin Resistance and the managing director of the nonprofit organization Public Health Collaboration (Canada), an international group dedicated to promoting sound nutritional information.

This presentation was filmed during Biohacker Summit Toronto, Canada, in 2018.

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Timestamps:

02:25 The type-2 diabetes epidemic

03:51 Obesity epidemic and dietary changes

07:36 Fasting and insulin

11:16 Physiology of fasting

14:53 Fasting for anti-aging

18:30 Weight loss and metabolism

23:01 Hunger during fasting

25:49 Controlling food cravings

30:46 Mental clarity during fasting

33:01 Fasting and type-2 diabetes

38:13 Fasting for diabetes treatment

40:21 Therapeutic fasting benefits

43:47 Fasting and ketone bodies