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Why is intermittent fasting trending right now? Should we embrace it? Is it in keeping with ancestral eating patterns? What are its benefits? And how do we get started with it?
Marisa Moon, Intermittent Fasting (IF) instructor and Certified Primal Health Coach, addresses all of the above. She is convinced that IF is very much aligned with how our ancestors ate and she explains why itβs a good idea to incorporate the practice into our lives.
In our conversation, she covers how fasting stimulates autophagy (a cellular clean-up process), restores metabolic balance, triggers longevity pathways, and stimulates brain cell growth and connectivity. She gives practical ideas for how to get started with IF and explains why there isnβt a one-size-fits-all fasting model.
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Why Intermittent Fasting? with Marisa Moon
Marisa Moon goes over the benefits of intermittent fasting and offers practical tips for integrating it into your life.
Episode Transcript:
Within the below transcript theΒ bolded text is Hilda
Our guest is Marisa Moon. She is a certified primal health coach, an intermittent fasting instructor, and a longtime proponent of the wise traditionsβ way of eating. The topic is intermittent fasting to be exact. Marisa covers its benefits, including reducing systemic inflammation, restoring metabolic balance, and stimulating brain cell growth and connectivity. This last bit was especially important for Marisa. She started exploring the idea of intermittent fasting to help her deal with her ADHD.
What I love about Marisaβs approach to fasting is that she’s not big on a bunch of rules. She gives us tips for how to fast intuitively. In other words, to eat when we need to and take a break without focusing too much on calorie restriction. It’s about fasting in a way that’s in keeping with an ancestral eating pattern. I love it and I hope you do, too.
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Welcome to Wise Traditions, Marisa.
It’s great to be back here and on the other side.
In case you donβt remember, Marisa interviewed me for the 200th episode. We turned the tables. She was so comfortable and easy to speak with. Sheβs an expert in the health and wellness field. We wanted to have her back. Thank you, Marisa.
Iβm a long-time listenerΒ of the show. This is cool that I get to have this opportunity.
We know that you follow the Wise Traditions principles, a big-time foodie, and you love eating. It surprised me when I heard you were into intermittent fasting. Why donβt you tell our readers and me what brought it into your life in the first place?
It surprised me, too. I did not see that becoming a part of my life because food is my life. Itβs the way I was raised, but also, my creative flow state is when Iβm cooking. I love connecting with the people who create my food or grow it. All of the principles of Weston A. Price are aΒ huge inspiration for me. I never thought Iβd want to skip a meal. Why would I skip a meal on purpose? It sounded so crazy.
Even though ancestral health was a big part of my education and my passion, I understood the intermittent fasting concept. In fact, I believed in it, but that didnβt mean that Iβm emotionally connected with it or wanted to try it. It didnβt sound like me. It came to a point in my adult life where I discovered I had ADHD, the inattentive type, and I was always looking for natural ways to boost my brain powerΒ because of that.
If you have big goals to achieve or you are set out to do something during the day at your job but your brain is holding you back, that can be exceedingly frustrating. Thatβs where I got the courage to finally try intermittent fasting because I learned about all of the things it does for your brainpower. I instantly fell in love with it. I couldnβt believe it but I did.
I want to ask you something specificΒ about that. What were some of the things that were holding you back with your brainpower? How was ADHDΒ presenting itself in your life?
In all cases of ADHD, even though theyβre all different, we suffer from a lack of executive functions and self-management. That includes everything day-to-day, whichΒ includes organizing, prioritizing, changing your attention and your emotional regulation, filtering out distractions, and all those of the things we do unconsciously. When youβre driving a car, for instance, you donβt have to think about checking the mirror, talking to your friend whoβs in the passenger seat, remembering to push the brake pedal, and push the ignition. You donβt have to think about these things so much. Itβs automatic.
You can consider for the ADHD person, all of those things are not automatic. Not in the case of driving, but itβs a great way for you to imagine how many things in our daily life are automatic. Imagine if you had to try a lot harder to work with all of those moving parts, thatβs what itβs like for the ADD brain. When I learned how much intermittent fasting could help me grow new connections between my brain cells, grow new brain cells, and help them become stronger and more resilient, I was like, βHow could I not give this a try?β
Youβve persuaded me and probably a lot of the readers. This sounds like a potential help for our health, our brain function, and some other things as well. Talk to us about what approach you took on. Define intermittent fasting for us.
Intermittent fasting is when,Β each day, you purposely take a break from eating and you continue eating on the same day. Thatβs how it differs from fasting as we know it, which usually sustainsΒ over a longer period of time. When you take these intermittent breaks from eating, youβre giving the digestive system a break. Youβre giving yourself time to renew. You have all these remarkable regenerative processes happening in the body and youβre triggering longevity pathways.
Taking a break from eating is ancestral. When we look back on all the times before modern convenience and civilization, we didnβt have food readily available for us. We didnβt have refrigerators, preservatives, food manufacturers, and even farms. There would be times where weβd be going through food deprivation. We couldnβt find anything to gather or hunt. The body adapts to that to make us stronger and smarter so that we can find food.
It’s so freeing to finally feel like you have control of your appetite.
To me, thatβs fascinating. Conventionally weβve been taught that without food, you are going to slow down your metabolism. Youβre going to be more tired and youβre going to not be able to think clearly.βΒ Itβs quite different fromΒ that.β The bodyβs like, βAll I care about is your survival right now, so Iβm going to make you smarter, stronger, and faster so that you can find that food.β Thatβs the beauty of intermittent fasting. Itβs these brief breaks from eating that mimic our ancestral patterns and that makeΒ our genes happy.
Do you happen to know who came up with the idea thatΒ we should eat three meals a day philosophy?
The three meals a day is something created by food marketers. Even the phrase, βBreakfast is the most important meal of the day,βΒ was from John Kellogg, the famous cereal brand. I donβt know if it was in the 1800s or early 1900s, he decided, βI want to sell these breakfast cereals that Iβm making.β Nobody heard of breakfast cereals before. He decided to make the slogan, βBreakfast is the most important meal of the day,β and weβve bought it ever since.
The three meals a day isΒ something made up by food manufacturers. Breakfast was the only meal that had a name to it. Weβre talking about the Middle Ages, Medieval Times. The word breakfast came from the word dinner or disner, which meant the principal meal of the day in old French. Over time, this idea or ideology started to become part of a culture. They believed that someone who ate early in the morning meant that they were wretched or weak because a strong person would not be eating so early in the day. They would eat midday. Thatβs where they came up with the word breakfast because it means to break your fast. It was a sign of weakness to break your fast in the morning.
Where did you do your research? Where did you turn when you decided, βI want to try this intermittent fasting?β What were some of the resources you would recommend to our readers?
Itβs been so long, probably about several years. Iβve been doing research ever since.Β The Primal BlueprintΒ is a big part of where my education comes from, that philosophy. Intermittent fasting is discussed greatly inΒ The Primal Blueprint. Itβs mentioned inΒ Genius FoodsΒ by Max Lugavere andΒ Head StrongΒ by Dave Asprey. Thereβs plenty of resources out there that stress the importance of giving your body this type of break that your genes expect from you.
Why do you think this is trending at this particular time?
Itβs trending for a lot of reasons. For some of us, itβs trending because it makes complete sense. Weβre like, βI canβt believe we didnβt realize this sooner.β Itβs what your body needs from you. For so long, weβve been confused because of what the dieting industry made us believe our bodiesΒ needed. For instance, eating every 2 to 3 hours or taking snacks between meals. We believed them because it was popular advice.Β Itβs also trending because our diet is messed up.Β Except for the Wise Traditions readers,Β most people are eating a lot of processed foods and thereβs tons of inflammation. There are lots of toxins in our environment.
All of these things are tough to compensate for in the body at the rate that we are living. Intermittent fasting is an incredible solution for all of those things, including weight loss, which is the biggest market for businesses as well. Theyβre picking up on the intermittent fasting, everybody is, all across the board. Even physicians and researchers are getting on board because the science is there and it makes complete sense evolutionarily. Itβs amazing.
Letβs go into that science. Give us some specifics about what intermittent fasting does for our bodies. What are some of the benefits? Youβve mentioned weight loss, better focus, and benefits for the cells. Tell us some more, Marisa.
When youβre fasting and youβre taking a break from food, youβre not requiring digestion. In turn, youβre not producing insulin. Insulin is a hormone that your body will create to shuttle sugar or carbohydrates from your bloodstream and even a little bit in response to the protein that you eat. Insulin is inflammatory and it also stores body fat and stops you from burning body fat. If we arenβt digesting food and weβre not producing insulin, then the body has time to do other things.
One of the most amazing benefits of intermittent fasting is called autophagy. Autophagy is your bodyβs cellular cleanup process. It gets rid of junky cells that arenβt functioning properly. It takes from those cells whenever nutrients, enzymes, and raw materials it can to feed other cells and create new cells to make you stronger and better.
Autophagy is important in everything. It fights disease in the body, which we all need tremendously. It also increases all of these beneficial, adaptive hormones we get when we are exercising, like norepinephrine and also human growth hormone. It increases blood flow and BDNF, which is brain-derived neurotrophic factor. That means new brain cell growth, stronger brain cells making them last longer, and improving the connections between your brain cells. When you have healthier myelin and healthier brain cell production, weβre talking about messages in your brain transmitting up to 100 times faster. Youβre also getting your body into a state of ketosis without eating a keto diet.
One of the most amazing things about intermittent fasting is that it allows you to enter a state of ketosis because your body uses up the stored glycogen and carbohydrates in your body used for quick energy, and then it has to use ketones. When youβre using ketones, you can get 20% to 30% more brain energy. Your mitochondria prefer ketones as energy. You know about mitochondria, Hilda. It is one of your favorite things.
Theyβre powering ourselves, and everything about our health depends on our mitochondria. Thereβs a quadrillion of them in our body. Itβs incredible. They produce energy which makes all cellular processes happen. If we can give our mitochondria their preferred fuel and we can eat an ancestral diet in an ancestral eating pattern, itβs a no-brainer. This is what weβve been destined to honor in the modern age.
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Coming up, Marisa gets into the intuitive aspect of intermittent fasting. She discusses the importance of a nutrient-denseΒ diet when we do eat and how to tailor intermittent fasting to our body’s individual needs.
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Youβve made a great case for it and I canβt help but see how well aligned it is with Wise Traditions. This is not something thatβs trendy, but it is something that goes back a way for improved health. I imagine our ancestors live this way out of necessity. They werenβt like, βIβll try intermittent fasting because Iβll be stronger and healthier.β Rather it was part and parcel of their lifestyle, like getting sunshine every day and movement. It is a wise tradition that we can embrace. We might need to be more intentional about it than they were because weβre surrounded by food 24/7.
Even in the old days of Hippocrates, fasting has been used as medicine. In some ways, they did do it on purpose, but thatβs because they learned from humans that livedΒ before them from circumstances that came and from fasting they understood. A lot of times, our body gives us signals that weβre not hungry. When weβre fighting illness, thatβs a great example, andΒ when weβre stressed.Β I donβt know if itβs our compassionate nature, but a lot of us think, βYou have to eat something. Itβs terrible. You havenβt eaten.β Thatβs your instincts telling you this is not a good time to demand digestive processes because your body is putting out other fires and dealing with other emergencies. You want all of your resources to go there.
Nutrient density is needed for all facets of life no matter what kind of diet you do.
Trusting our instincts is an important thing that most intermittent fasting experts are not mentioning. One of the things that I would like to suggest is that anyone considering trying intermittent fasting, I invite you to be flexible and intuitive. It makes sense to start intermittent fasting with a routine or a protocol that you learn about. For instance, a lot of people do a 16/8 fast. That means that theyβre fasting for sixteen hours a day and then theyβre eating the rest of their food eight hours a day. If you start with that, youβre probably going to feel hungry during those sixteen hours, and youβre going to want to quit. Youβre going to say, βIntermittent fasting doesnβt work for me.β
If we all started with twelve hours, thatβs already a remarkable improvement compared to the way that weβve been living. It gives our body and brain time to detoxify and regenerate. It allows you to have a normal life and social life. If you can, especially if you care about your health span, beating the chronic disease, or helping you lose weight, you want to slowly extend that fasting window a little by little, depending on your circumstances.
Thereβs a lot of people that prefer fasting at night. In fact, thatβs good for your insulin sensitivity because our insulin response is a lot higher in the evening. This type of fasting is called time-restricted eating. If that works for you to skip dinner, thatβs great. This takes us back to that old saying, βBreakfast like a king. Lunch like a prince. Dinner like a pauper.β There is some merit to that. Although I donβt believe we need three meals a day, I do believe that if you can eat your smallest meal at the end of the day, that would be rewarding to your body.
Cultural circumstances have put us in a scenario over and over where thatβs the only time we have with our family. Thatβs the only time that we have to make a homemade meal. I personally and most of my followers skip breakfast. For a lot of people, that works because our hunger hormones are the lowest at 8:00 AM. We naturally have to get out of the door. We have a lot going on. The last thing we want to do is make some food from scratch or we havenβt prepared in advance. Itβs a tough time.
The breakfast food industry has left us with convenience food that I donβt think is proper for our dietsΒ like frozen waffles, cereals, and things like that. If you can put off that first meal of the day and you change it up every once in a while, then youβre more mimicking the ways of our ancient ancestors. I call it intuitive fasting. Thatβs one of the most important things because it keeps your metabolism flexible and adaptive. Thatβs a big longevity characteristic right there.
If you have metabolic efficiency, your bodyβs like, βI can process carbs with no problem. I can press these fats with no problem. I can use fats for energy. I can use carbs for energy. Iβm flexible.β Thatβs what you want your metabolism to do. If you are adopting a strict routine and youβre doing one of those intermittent fasting protocols that are super strict, like you canβt put anything in your coffee and you shouldnβt have anything at all except water. You have to go twenty hours a day to fast and you have to do it at the same time every day. In my opinion, youβre missing the point. Here you go down another path of this unrealistic diet and lifestyle that is not going to last. In the end, is it benefiting you if itβs something that you donβt enjoy?
I like this intuitive fasting approach. Is this unique to you, Marisa? Is this something floating around in the intermittent fasting world?
I would love to think itβs unique to me, but Iβm sure there are others doing it. I know Mark Sisson has talked a lot about this. FromΒ Markβs Daily Apple, his thriving blog, he gets lots of questions from his millions of readers. Theyβre constantly asking, βShould I fast like this? Should I be doing it like this? Should I be doing it like that?β He came out with it like, βItβs not about all those rules. Thatβs not how I live my life just so you know. If I want to eat, I eat. If Iβm at the airport and thereβs nothing good to eat, I donβt eat. If Iβm having a workout and if Iβm not hungry after the workout, I donβt eat.β It taught me that it wasnβt just my ADD wanting to not stick to a routine.
It was making a lot of sense because Mark talks about metabolic efficiency all the time. Once you understand how the metabolism was designed or what it expects from us on a genetic level, then you can see we donβt want to speed up our metabolism. That means more chances of cancer growth and aging. Weβre not slowing down our metabolism when weβre fasting like people believe. Itβs not a chronic caloric restriction. That means a low-calorie diet that you keep doing like that show, The Biggest Loser.
If youβre slowing down your metabolism so much, it can have permanent damage because your bodyβs scared. Itβs not going to get enough calories, so your bodyβs like, βIβm going to slow things down. Iβm not going to give you enough energy so that you just lay down and donβt do anything. Weβre going to try and pack on the pounds because we need them for our survival.β When youβre fasting, the body doesnβt do that.
Letβs picture a caveman in the middle of the winter and he hasnβt eaten for a few days. What if his metabolism slowed down because heβs been fasting? What if he got too tired that he couldnβt even climb the mountain and look for food? What if his brain slowed down andΒ he started getting fog-brainedΒ and delirious? He would never be able to catch food and our species would never have survived through all of the harsh conditions in our past.
The remarkable difference between fasting and chronic caloric restriction is that the body adapts to fasting and it makes you stronger and your metabolism adapts. Thatβs what you want. You want to optimize your insulin production, which many of us are already achieving by eating wise traditions diet. Some of our favorite things like homemade sourdough, for instance, if we have the time or the real convenience to have that regularly, we could be in a chronic state of insulin production and inflammation.
I like to remind people when I teach them how to start intermittent fasting that the first stage is to bring your carbohydrates down to a level thatβs more natural for the human body. Thatβs usually under 150 grams of carbohydrates a day. Itβs nowhere near ketosis or low-carbΒ dieting. Itβs getting realistic. Weβre not having carb-heavy meals three times a day and snacks in between or sugar in between. When you do that, you start to teach the metabolism to use an alternate fuel source, which is your own body fat. Thatβs where metabolic efficiency starts to occur.
Once you achieve that and your body starts to learn to use your body fat, which I teach under 130 grams carbohydrates because itβs easier theΒ lower you bring your carbs, then intermittent fasting feels so natural to you. You donβt get hungryΒ between meals. Itβs so freeing to finally feel like you have control of your appetite or you donβt even need control of your appetite because it doesnβt control you. I canβt tell you how much my appetite controlled me and my whole life.
For someone who loves food, watching food on TV, reading food magazines, that kind of food love, I was always thinking about it. I felt like I couldnβt stop eating ever. Itβs not a good feeling. Especially the older you get or if itβs getting in the way of things that you want for your body and your health, we should all want that freedom to say, βItβs okay if I donβt eat. Iβll be fine. Iβm not starving at all.β
Youβve mentioned many important points and I want to start with the intuitive bit.Β If we listen to our bodies,Β we might not even eat as much as we do at one sitting. Itβs important to listen to our bodies. The other thing is, and we recommend this all the time to people who are following the Wise Traditions lifestyle, to do what works for you. People are like, βYou say we should include dairy but Iβm lactose-intolerant.β
Weβre not saying this works for every single person. Weβre giving principles to guide people as they make decisions for what works for them. Some people have a leaky gut. They need to remove certain things from their diet and promote some healing with a more restrictive diet before they can jump into some of the things that we recommend. Youβve brought many good things to the table, no food pun intended.
After I teach people to start reducing their carbs, the way that they progress in that direction is by eating nourishing foods. That is the second phase that is often happening at the same time. Itβs important because if youβre not eating nutrient-dense foods and you try fasting, then youβre taking one step forward and one step back. Your fasting is cleaning up the mess you made. Youβre also undernourished. Itβs unsustainable. Youβre going to find yourself hungrier sooner. Youβre going to find yourself crabby and more irritable. If youβre not giving your cells the nutrients that they need, your mitochondria get weaker.
Nutrient density is needed for all facets of life, no matter what kind of diet you do. Even though intermittent fasting seems like magic, itβs like, βWhat are you trying to achieve here? Is it just fat loss? Because it was just fat loss, you can do the intermittent fasting ways that everybody else is doing out there. You can follow those strict protocols and eat all your meals for only four hours a day. You can still go through the drive-through and eat pizza.β
The Wise Traditions readers and anyone that knows me care about their healthspan. Theyβre starting to get curious, like, βWhat am I doing to influence my health in a way thatβs positive? What am I teaching my family?β Nutrient density is important. If you optimize your nutrient density and fast twelve hours a day, youβre already light years away from the rest of the population.
This is great because youβre giving us some tips for how we might get started in this intuitive and intermittent fasting approach. Start with fasting twelve hours a day, which might even be overnight from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM, lower the intake of carbs, and up your nutrient density, so youβre getting the most bang for your buck when you do eat. What other tips would you suggest for those who want to embark on this approach to living and eating?
There are a few things to keep in mind when we think about who this is ideal for.Β At our core, itβs ideal for every human but since we have modern troubles like weβre chronically stressed, chronically underslept, or a lot of women deal with excessive PMS symptoms. All these can be a great factor in how intermittent fasting is going to work for you. Women need to be intuitive with their fasting. When itβs around my cycle, Iβm usually like, βThere arenβt as many rules anymore.β If I want a chocolate bar at 11:00 AM, I have it. Itβs not a big deal because my bodyβs telling me I need something in particular or that I should eat now.
It’s not just about the diet that you’re eating. You have to love it and you have to be happy.
I understand that our hormones affect our hunger in a big way. Thatβs where a lot of our instincts come from but many of us arenβt in touch with them. Women who are in their reproductive years, remember that all your body cares about is your survival and your ability to produce offspring. Even if you donβt want to have children, your body cares about that first. If intermittent fasting changes your cycle and things start to show up in that way, itβs a sign that youβre moving too hard, too fast.
Youβll also see that in people who are chronically stressed. If you have chronic stress day-to-day, that means youβre also underslept. Those go hand in hand. Since this is a type of stressor like exercise, youβre going to be taxing the body when itβs already running on empty. You will know, as soon as you try it, if it makes you feel better or not because there are times of stress where I donβt feel like eating and that is my instinct.
There are few people who donβt take intermittent fasting when theyβre eating a nutrient-dense diet. Itβs the examples I gave. People who are under 6% body fat, extremely lean, or already underweight. Other than that, thereβs so much to learn there. If you take it slow and slowly extend your fasting window, in the morning you say youβre going twelve hours and itβs easy, to see if the next week or the next day, try and go for another hour and see what itβs like.
If you can make it up to 16 to 18 hours a day and you do that many days a week, then youβre already tapping into so many longevity pathways and optimizing your body to work more efficiently so that it pays off. Thatβs why when youβre on vacation, βIt doesnβt matter. Donβt fast.β If you want to have a glass of wine at night and it breaks your fast, who cares? You are already in this intuitive rhythm where youβre enjoying life and youβre also doing whatβs best for you. That is on so many levels. Itβs not just about the diet that youβre eating. You have to love it and you have to be happy.
Youβve made me hungry for more. I heard youβre doing an intermittent fasting summit. Is that right?
Yes. Itβs called theΒ Fasting Reset Summit. There are many amazing names on there, Hilda, including Dr. Mercola and JJ Virgin. Iβm excited about that.
This has already been informative. Thank you, Marisa. I want to ask you the question I often pose at the end, if the reader could do one thing to improve their health and to get going on intermittent fasting, what would you recommend?
I know your readers are doing a lot of the things that I would normally say and that is to get rid of all of the processed flour-based foods and inflammatory oils. Assuming that your readers are already eating a more whole-food, nutrient-dense diet, this twelve-hour break from eating on a day-to-day basis is smart. It gives your body time to detoxify, repair, and regenerate. Youβll find yourself with more energy, concentration, and contentment. Thatβs something everyone should achieve andΒ twelve hours is not much. Weβve lost that because many people taught us that we need to eat so often, but we donβt.
Sometimes we eatΒ out of habit. Iβve noticed when I get up in the morning, Iβll be like, βIβm not even hungry, but itβs breakfast time.β
Youβre going to have natural triggers. We have hunger hormones that are triggered by our habits. If itβs a time that you eat in the beginning, youβre going to still feel that hunger but youβll see the hunger wave passes immediately in 30 minutes. After a couple of days of breaking that cycle, itβs no longer there. There are things that are going to trigger your hunger like your favorite place to eat or whatever. Donβt let that deter you because itβs only natural.
This has been an awesome conversation. Thank you.
Itβs my pleasure. Thanks, Hilda.
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About Marissa Moon
I help busy adults put an end to the confusion about what’s healthy and make changes in their lives for results that last. I do this in 1-on-1 coaching, podcasting, online classes, and live presentations. My approach is unique because I combine aspects of both life coaching and health coaching to provide relatable and realistic plans of action that help my clients find solutions that make sense with their own life’s circumstances.
My main focuses at this time include 1-on-1 coaching, hosting and producing The Foundation of Wellness podcast, creating and leveraging my online program called Intermittent Fasting Freedom, and research for my next endeavor: Intermittent Fasting for the ADD Adult.
Seeking collaborations: Online Summits, Gyms/Wellness Centers, Practitioners interested in offering private health coaching services or group workshops/presentations. Please do reach out if you and your business care about helping others make a lasting change with their health. I am in Chicago/Lansing, Northwest Indiana, and work online/virtual.
Important Links:
- Top 5 Health HacksΒ – Past episode
- The Primal Blueprint
- Genius Foods
- Head Strong
- Markβs Daily Apple
- Fasting Reset Summit
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