Welcome to day two of fast training week.
And on this video, I'm going to talk about something I haven't talked about
before, and I'm bringing you a new study, which is how do you use fasting
to overcome cardiovascular disease?
We are diving into all things 24 hour fasting, and as always, if you want the
companion guide with all the notes to everything I'm teaching this week, just
put companion guide in the comments and we'll send you your free link.
Cardiovascular disease.
Let's talk about it.
I don't know why I haven't brought this study to you guys earlier.
I wish I could say this is a new study, but it just came across my path now.
And it's brilliant.
So here's why it's brilliant.
It was done on coronary artery disease.
So it's a substrate of cardiovascular health, but it's
specific to coronary artery disease.
And why I love this study is it was done on people wasn't done on mice per se.
The average person was 43 years old and 67% of them were women.
Love that.
And those of you that are menopausal women understand that as estrogen
goes down, we actually become more susceptible to things like cardiovascular
disease and coronary artery disease.
So.
I love this study for us to use this as prevention.
And here is what they found that they took people who fasted all day 24 hour fast.
So they didn't even eat dinner.
They just fasted all day and people who ate all day and they
compared these two groups of people.
And what they found is that the end of the day after 24 hours, the people that had
fasted had a reduction of a substrate and a reduction of a bacteria that produce a
chemical called I'm going to give you the short version, the TMAO , or if you want the
long version it's trimethylamine and oxide.
There you go.
So this TMAO is what contributes to the plaquing on the coronary
arteries and builds disease.
So you want to keep this substrate down and you, the other thing that it said, which
is ties into the video I did yesterday, is it brought the bacteria that produced.
This substrate down and it did it when you were in the fasted state.
So I want to really emphasize this.
It took 24 hours for this substrate to come down and for the bacteria to change.
But once the person ate, the substrate could go back up.
So go watch the video I did on the power of breaking the fast, because
if you want to overcome coronary artery disease, you want to overcome.
Congestive heart failure or any cardiovascular problems we can throw
24 hour fast at it to create a chemical change, to change the bacteria
that's contributing to plaquing.
But then if we combine that with some good food, like making sure that you're
staying off the harmful oils, that you're avoiding the refined flours and sugars,
the standard American diet, basically.
And the toxins.
If you combine those two with the power of a study like this.
You can really overcome any cardiovascular situation.
So I just want to point this out.
I love that they did it on women.
Love that.
Thank you, study.
And I love that they gave you the average age, which is 43.
And I will put this in the notes.
So you guys can go geek out on the study for those of you that love the science.
Now, how do we use this to heal any cardiovascular problem that we have?
If you've been following my channel, I did something on blood pressure and
it was all about how they saw that there was a change in the microbiome.
And that brought people's blood pressure down.
And the change happened with fast fasting.
Now that study the fast was about 16 hours and they started to see that
the microbiome, the bacteria, that contributed to high blood pressure.
Would start to change.
You could change that profile and it would bring people's blood pressure down.
So we know that the 16 hour fast does this, what this study tells us is, gosh, there
are other chemical reactions that if you use the 24 hour fast, now you're making changes
to the microbiome that bring TMAO down.
So I love this because we're coming at this from a lot of different areas.
What I want you to realize.
Is every time you fast, you are healing your body.
So it doesn't matter if you're doing 13 hours or 36 hours.
There's a healing effect that happens in that moment.
And every time you eat, you're either building health.
Or you're injuring your body and destroying health.
So when we look at cardiovascular health, when we look at coronary artery disease, when
we look at metabolic syndrome, which here in America, we have only 12% of Americans
are metabolically flexible, which is okay.
That is not okay in my book.
Then we go, okay, well, why don't I take a 24 hour fast and pair
it with some good food habits?
And here's the number one habit I want you to pair it with.
I want you to swap out your bad oils for your good oils.
Now I have interviewed many people on my podcast that are experts in this department.
Dr.
Cate Shanahan is one of the ones that I absolutely love.
Diving into the harmful effects of oils.
So if this is brand new to you, please go watch or listen to that interview on
the reset or podcast, but we can take this fast and we can start to ditch
all those harmful oils and we can add in good ones like Andreas seed oils.
Go to that website.
You guys it's insane.
He's got so many positive, good oils that will help the avoid the plaquing on
the side of the coronary arteries that will help cardiovascular help health.
When you look at fats, this is such a crucial part.
When you look at fats, when you eat the wrong fat, you are building.
Cardio problems.
When you eat the right fat, you are improving your cardiovascular health.
It's the same micronutrient.
It just has two massively different effects.
So let's combine this fast with good fats and let's get the bad fats out.
Now, if you want to go one step deeper.
Get out the refined carbohydrates, get out the sugars, get out the
cakes, cookies the crackers.
Get that out.
Now you're another layer deeper.
And if you want to go even one more step, start reading
ingredients and get the toxins out.
Get the red dyes out.
Get the artificial colorings, the artificial flavorings.
Even the natural flavorings is a bogus ingredient term.
So start reading ingredients and knowing that you can overcome any metabolic problem.
You can overcome any cardiovascular problem.
You've just got a pair of these longer fasts, like 24 hour fast with
more of the proper diet and ditch.
The standard American diet.
The big food industry is killing you, and you can make a choice by voting with your
dollars and not buying into that crappy food.
Okay.
That's how I feel about that.
Okay.
Third thing that I want to say is that there are some great hacks for
cardiovascular health and movement is one.
We talked about good oils, but movement is one, your body's meant to move.
So please make sure that you're moving on a regular basis.
The second one that I love is sleep.
So sleep.
We got to get good sleep.
Get yourself into bed, your body repairs while you're sleeping.
So make sure that you're sleeping.
Well, I know another really good one.
My favorite gratitude when we go and I've been doing this lately in my morning
meditations where I sit and I just think of all the things that I'm grateful for.
I think about the people I love in my life, and I literally.
I spend anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes, just in massive gratitude
before I even start the day.
And yes, that will help with cardiovascular health.
So it's not complicated.
We are not a victim of our genes.
We are not a victim of a diagnosis.
You have the control and we can all start to take control back by pairing
something as powerful as a 24 hour fast with the techniques that I showed you.
You are a miracle.
Please don't let anybody tell you that you're not.
And let's just so we can start some great gratitudes going here, put in the comments,
things that you're grateful for share with our community, some of the amazing
effects that you've had from fasting.
This is how we grow together.
And I absolutely love being on this journey with you guys.
So as always, I hope that helps.