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Strategies for Balanced Hormones, Cycles and Brain with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz is a renowned holistic health expert and one of the leading voices in educating women about their bodies. She is on a mission to start a women’s health revolution!

Teaching her signature “5-Step Approach,” Dr. Mindy has empowered hundreds of thousands of people around the world to harness their body’s own healing abilities through fasting, diet variation, detoxing chemicals from the body, stress management, and lifestyle changes – as keys to achieving optimum health and slowing down the aging process. Her private coaching group, The Reset Academy, teaches women how to sync a fasting lifestyle with their hormones.

There is nothing that Dr. Mindy loves more than empowering people to take back control of their health. Her Youtube channel featuring fasting and alternative health tips have garnered over 26 million lifetime views. She is the author of several bestselling books including the newly-released Fast Like a Girl, The Menopause Reset, The Reset Factor, and The Reset Kitchen.  Dr. Mindy’s podcast, “The Resetter Podcast,” is ranked within Apple’s top 40 category of U.S. science podcasts. Guests of the podcast have included game-changing thought leaders the likes of Marianne Williamson, Dave Asprey, Dr. Will Cole, Rhonda Byrne, Michael Beckwith, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Tony Horton, and Drew Manning.

She has been featured on “EXTRA TV,” The Doctors,” DailyMail TV, on Well + Good, Real Simple, Healthline, SheFinds.com, and in Parade, Muscle & Fitness, and Intermittent Fasting magazines, amongst many others.

 A native of Los Angeles, Dr. Mindy pursued her early passion for wellness at the University of Kansas where she was a member of the tennis team; and earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She currently lives in San Jose, CA with her family. You can find more about Dr. MIndy, her course, her books, booking her for a speaking event, or signing up for her newsletter list at www.drmindypelz.com


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Can fasting improve your brain health?

It’s a common misconception to associate fasting only to weight loss. Fasting can have incredible benefits on the body and your physical health, but it also does some amazing things to your brain. That’s because your brain has specific requirements that it needs to function at its best. And fasting can unlock 50% of these powerful fuel sources.

I’m excited to have Dr. Mindy Pelz on the show today. Dr. Pelz is a renowned holistic health expert who has helped people all over the world harness the body’s ability to heal. She’s the author of Fast Like a Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones, and she’s here to talk about how you can use fasting for better brain health.

A lot of advice around brain nutrients and finding sources of energy are tied directly to your diet. And while diet is important, it’s only part of the equation. In addition to generating energy, fasting can help balance hormones and create harmony in a woman’s monthly cycle. Listen in as Dr. Pelz walks you through how you can use fasting to get the maximum nutritional benefits from your diet and start taking back your health today.

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"Live a life in accordance with your hormones, and many of your physical and mental challenges will go away. "

Dr. Mindy Pelz

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**This week’s show notes are taken from the video — enjoy!**

  • Your brain needs two fuel sources. This is how fasting can help unlock 505 of them. [2:46]
  • This is one of the biggest misconceptions people have around fasting. [3:57]
  • If you’re new to fasting, it can be difficult to know where to start. Here is Dr. Pelz’s suggestion. [4:56]
  • Once you make that first change, this is your next step. [6:27]
  • This is the fasting window that yields maximum benefits according to research (cell metabolism). [7:39]
  • Fasting impacts this major hormone in the brain. [8:15]
  • This is how fasting is different for men and women. [8:54]
  • It’s important to understand how women’s monthly cycles impact the brain and body. Here’s why. [11:12]
  • If you’re a woman, this is the point in your monthly cycle when motivation and drive are at its peak. [13:09]
  • This is the week in the cycle that women want to relax and recover. [14:56]
  • Dr. Pelz discovered this shocking fact during her research. This is how knowing your cycle can help. [15:39]
  • This is why women crave chocolate the week before their period. [16:33]
  • Keeping this can help everyone understand achieve better understanding of their own and their partner’s needs. [18:31]
  • If you want to know when to solve a conflict with a woman, know this. [19:26]
  • Take a screenshot, tag us (@jimkwik & dr.mindypelz), and share which length fast from her book is your favorite.
  • If you want to learn more about Dr. Mindy, including finding access to her podcast and newsletter, visit her website, here.
  • Don’t forget to grab a copy of her book, Fast Like a Girl, here.

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