Dr. Mindy here and on this video we are believe it or not, going to answer a very common
question that you all ask me which is why am I passing gas while I'm fasting what is going on
so if you are new to my channel I just want to say welcome I am a woman on a mission to get a
million people fasting I really hope you'll see in all my fasting videos here that there is
an incredible gift in fasting that we tap into and it can heal the body like nothing I've ever seen
so I'm really excited to share it with you and on this video just wait until I tell you exactly why
gas is being passed because there's some really cool reasons for it so welcome hit
the subscribe button and the notification bell and let's dive in and address farting and fasting
pioneer indeed to a long one day your blood sugar going up and down we're in it together
it's a funny question we get a lot from you all we have had numerous comments people
want to know and it cut why they pass more gas when they're fasting I've also heard
bloating why do I have more bloating why am I constipated why do I have the runs these all
kind of fall into the same category so I wanted to leave a video for you all and really break it down
so let's get right to it what I'm going to address on this video is three things why
does it happen is it good or bad and what are some strategies so let's start with why it's happening
one of the things about fasting that I do not feel like gets recognized or highlighted enough is that
you are making lasting changes in your body when we look at things like autophagy you are making
lasting changes with autophagy but what you may or may not realize is you're making lasting changes
with your microbiome so the longer you fast the more microbiome changes are going to happen
hopefully you all know that I love the 24 hour fast when you fast all day like that research
shows is that you reboot stem cells in the gut and you go into this really incredible repair phase
in the gut so the length of fast really matters it's quite possible that one of the reasons
why you start to have more gas you start to get more bloated is because you literally are
creating a positive change in the microbiome in your gut this is a good thing we want this this
is a long-term game sort of piece to fasting so when we make these changes in the a 24-hour fast
what we're seeing is that there will be the second thing which is as the train changes in
your gut bacteria that have bad bacteria that have been running the roost in there die-off
and in that die-off, there can be these adverse gut changes one of them is leading to more gas
so could you look at that your increase of farting your increase of bloating as it's a die-off of the
bad stuff that's no longer serving you so that's the first thing that I want you to really look at
the second thing that I want to say about fasting and this is a piece that's really
interesting is on the inside of your gut often sticks toxins so toxins like a leftover from wheat
that might not be able to be broken down some of the harmful oils that you may have been exposed to
it's like layers of wallpaper on the inside of the mucosal lining of your gut and as we fast as
intestinal stem cells come in those stem cells are going to start to repair this mucosal lining
take this toxic residue that's on the inside of your gut it's going to break it down so it can
get it out for expulsion which is great this is this is amazing you want that but you have
been raised in a healthcare system that has taught your symptoms are bad but when we look at fasting
and we get symptoms it couldn't quite possibly be that those symptoms are a sign of repair
this happens with something like a fever if you think about it a fever as much as we don't like
it the body's raising its temperature to burn out an infection could it be that you're farting more
because all the bad in the gut is being broken down and getting ready to be exit out of your body
and that is a great thing so when we go to the second piece of this which is this good or bad
the first question to ask yourself is what is your microbial history what have you done to this gut
of yours have you been on a lot of antibiotics have you had a lot of bird been on birth control
for decades have you been eating toxic processed foods if the answer is yes then your body's going
into this incredible repair phase that is causing more gas and so therefore yay this
is great let's get the bad out as the new starts to emerge so if the more damage to your gut the
more of this constipation diarrhea bloating gas more of those symptoms are gonna show up
second thing I truly believe that fasting is a mirror so whatever shows up when you fast is like
your body pointing at you and telling you what to work on so if you start getting a lot of gas
then it's quite possible guess what your work needs to be on the gut and I've done a lot of
videos on how to repair the gut my team will leave some links in here for you to go and watch those
but instead of villainizing it could we just say huh interesting body you are asking me you're
showing me where the repair needs to be and that is a beautiful thing third thing is to understand
that these symptoms that emerge especially in the beginning these adverse symptoms everything from
farting to constipation to rashes to brain fog they should be temporary because fasting although
a lot of you come to fasting to lose weight what's happening is that you are getting rid of the old
and when we get rid of the old and the new emerges in that transition moment oftentimes
you will feel worse but it should be temporary if it's not then there's a deeper if issue that
you've got to go look at okay last thing what are our solutions because it's kind of like
rashes keto breath you know farting constipation these are not enjoyable symptoms to be walking
through life and so is there this moment that you're like wait a second you know I need a little
bit of a break from them or I want to move through getting rid of the old as quickly as possible
if that's what you're thinking there are a couple things I want to point out first this is a huge
one fasting is creates hormetic stress now this is really important because we want a hormetic
stress a hormetic stress that says that you fast to the point of where you're just a little bit
uncomfortable or your body has an adverse reaction because it's in that discomfort that your body
repairs anybody who's been on a fitness plan knows this when we go and we work out we work
ourselves to a place of discomfort typically so that the body can start to build itself stronger
if everything you do for the body in your health plan is comfortable you're not going to create a
body that builds stronger over time so you want to go right to that edge of a hormetic stress
we don't want to leave you there a long period of time but we want to be right at that edge where
it's like okay I'm a little uncomfortable now got a lot of gas got a lot of bloating and then
you then you can break your fast and I highly recommend in this scenario you break your fast
with one of the three p's that I talk about the polyphenol the probiotic and the prebiotic foods
so remember that because we have been taught that symptoms are bad but when you're dealing with
self-healing you want to go right to the edge of that symptom it's okay if it's a little temporary
discomfort because that's where the body adapts second thing there are supplements that can help
you through this process so one of my favorite is ion biome this is one of the best gut supports
that's out there what it does is it helps to repair the mucosal lining of your gut plus it
improves microbial communication this is something that I take every single day and I recommend
highly recommend that you do and if you want more information on it just put ion biome in the
comments and my team will send you a link but this to me is a non-negotiable in my health plan
I definitely want to make sure every morning when I wake up I do a tablespoon of ion biome
so i can improve the terrain in my gut i can improve the microbial connection
second supplement that I often lean into when there's this adverse change in the microbiome
from fasting and that is enzymes so the enzyme I like is called Enzee it breaks down carbohydrates
I will if you want this link just put Enzee in your comments my team will send you that link and
the cool thing about Enzee is that it can take that stuff that's stuck on the side walls especially if
you know that you've had like a gluten intolerance or you've had a lot of toxic oils what nz will do
is you want to take it on an empty stomach so it can break those down I've also done this
with patients where i'll have them take it in the middle of a fast when they start to notice
that they're farting more they start to notice that they're bloating more I'll have them take
2 Enzee to be able to start to move those bad bacteria move anything that's coming off the
sidewalls and break it down and get it out out of them it really is quite miraculous how that works
okay and then the third thing if this is happening to you you're passing gas when
you fast I want to encourage you to stay off of a few key ingredients, the very first one is
wheat there are so many people out there with gluten and intolerances and just because you're
not like having an anaphylactic shock from gluten doesn't mean you don't have a gluten intolerance
the number one challenge of gluten for most people the number one symptom is brain fog
so is it possible that you've got some foods you need to avoid I would start with gluten
the second one is a lot of people have trouble breaking down dairy unless it's raw I know in
my household we do a lot of raw dairy or goats or sheep those can make a big difference because the
pasteurized cows dairy can be very even if it's organic it can be very difficult for the gut to
break down so get rid of gluten try getting rid of of dairy and then the third one is
really those harmful processed oils like canola oil cottonseed corn oil soybean oil these are
really toxic to the microbiome and they can make it very difficult for your intestinal tract
to be able to pull nutrients out of your food and expel toxins so I would really mind your oils and
make sure that you're doing good oils not bad oils and I've done a lot of videos on that but again i
think my biggest advice to you as fun as it is to talk about why are you farting when you're fasting
is I really want you to go investigate it's not a bad thing it's common it's so common
I did a video on it it's so common you all asked me so it's not that fasting's not working for you
fasting works for everybody and fasting is a mirror so what is that mirror telling you what is
it that you need to work on and if you're farting it's time to work on the microbiome I really would
lean into these solutions that I talked about I would fast more so you create that hormetic stress
grab yourself some supplements and let's look at what foods you need to avoid so
it's really cool because fasting can be repair and it can be diagnostic so as I hope you
enjoyed that I hope this was helpful it's like one of those funny things about fasting that it's like
we need to be able to chat about so thank you for your questions um if you have applied these
three things in your fasting lifestyle put in the comments if you've noticed a temporary change in
your in your gut behavior and then the longer you've stayed with fasting tell us your story
in the comments so that we can all learn from it if you need more help with this
we're helping people customize fasting in our reset academy just put reset academy and my team
will send you a link everybody's path with fasting is completely different so I'm teaching you the
principles here and then your job is to customize it for your life and if you need help with that
that's what we do in my reset academy as always you guys rock thank you for your questions don't
give up on yourself and now you have the answer on why you fart when you fast hope you enjoy it