Fast Like A Girl
Fast Like A Girl – Part 1
A critical factor in staying healthy is cultivating a highly efficient immune system. We all have thousands of cells in our body becoming cancerous every day, but our miraculous, fully functioning immune systems typically handle these mutated cells through a process called “autophagy”. Briefly, autophagy is a process that happens when your body expels old or excess cells that don’t benefit or potentially harm your health, while recycling any healthy cell components to be used in the creation of new ones.
Autophagy happens as a result of cellular stressors, such as nutrient deprivation from fasting, exercise, or significant temperature change.
I have used intermittent fasting as an important component in my recovery from stage 4, metastatic melanoma and ran across a podcast by Dr. Mindy Pelz, who is the author of the book Fast Like A Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones. Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr. Mindy wrote this book because “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable.”
Part 2 of this post will go into more detail about autophagy and its relevance to cancer, but I wanted to introduce you to the concept here and perhaps encourage you to begin your educational journey into fasting through her book.
Fast Like A Girl – Part 2
A critical factor in staying healthy is cultivating a highly efficient immune system. We all have thousands of cells in our body becoming cancerous every day, but our miraculous, fully functioning immune systems typically handle these mutated cells through a process called “autophagy”. Briefly, autophagy is a process that happens when your body expels old or excess cells that don’t benefit or potentially harm your health, while recycling any healthy cell components to be used in the creation of new ones.
Autophagy happens as a result of cellular stressors, such as nutrient deprivation from fasting, exercise, or significant temperature change.
I have used intermittent fasting as an important component in my recovery from stage 4, metastatic melanoma and ran across a podcast by Dr. Mindy Pelz, who is the author of the book Fast Like A Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones. Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr. Mindy wrote this book because “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable.”
Part 2 of this post will go into more detail about autophagy and its relevance to cancer, but I wanted to introduce you to the concept here and perhaps encourage you to begin your educational journey into fasting through her book.
