On this podcast, Faraz Khan interviews women's intermittent fasting expert, Cynthia Thurlow, to ask her how women can fast during their monthly cycle and in menopause and post-menopause. [Sponsor message: If you are looking to get thicker, fuller and stronger hair naturally, make sure to check out https://fullyvital.com for a 100% natural hair wellness solution. Use code antiaginghacks for 15% off] Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, CEO and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, and international speaker, with over 9.6 million views for her second TEDx talk "Intermittent Fasting: Transformational Technique". With over 20 years experience in health and wellness, Cynthia is a globally recognized expert in intermittent fasting and nutritional health, and has been featured on ABC, FOX5, KTLA, CW, Medium, Entrepreneur, and The Megyn Kelly Show. 1. Cynthia's background and how she got into helping women with health transformations 2. What profound changes she's seen in people's health in the United States in the many years as a nurse? 3. Why women are gaining weight and why is the weight gain so troublesome? 4. Let's explain some fasting terms: Time restricted feeding, intermittent fasting, medium term and long term fasts. 5. What is metabolic flexibility and metabolic impairment? 6. For people that are still not sold on the magical benefits of fasting, what quick rebuttal could Cynthia give them? 7. There are a lot of questions from women about fasting such as time of month, hormones, pre-menopausal or post-menopausal etc. Let's address these. 8. What is allowed during a fasting window, water, teas ok? 9. What are some of the common fasting mistakes that women should avoid? 10. Let's talk about circadian rhythms…and fasting windows. What is the ideal time to start and break a fast? 11. How much protein do women need during the day? 12. Cynthia's perspective on carbs? High carbs, medium, low carbs? 13. What about fats? 14. How Cynthia gets women to baby step into the fasting journey. 15. Where can people Cynthia you online and get your book? To check out the full show notes, make sure to go on https://antiaginghacks.net