The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women

"Struggling with your metabolism and hormone health? Disappointed by diets that don't provide sustainable, long term results? Sick of feeling tired and stressed all the time? Megan Ramos was in the same position when she discovered intermittent fasting at the clinic where she was a researcher. After suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, PCOS, and type 2 diabetes, she harnessed the power of fasting to reverse these conditions, lose over 80 pounds, and achieve long-lasting health. Today, as the co-founder of The Fasting Method with Dr. Jason Fung, she has helped over 20,000 people, primarily women, improve their wellbeing through intermittent fasting. In The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women, Ramos shares: - Easy-to-use fasting protocols that can be incorporated into your busy schedule - Information on when and how to eat to feel full and energized - How intermittent fasting can support your health through fertility struggles, PCOS, perimenopause, and menopause - How balancing your hormones and stress levels can help you avoid weight gain and depression. Designed specifically for women of all ages and their unique needs, this go-to guide provides you with the steps to take control of your health--for good."--Provided by [ublisher.

Foreword by Dr. Jason Fung
Introduction

PART ONE
The Roots of Our Resistance: Myths and Misunderstandings About Fasting, Fat, and Food

1. The Benefits and Myths of Intermittent Fasting for Women
2. Calorie Confusion: Why Conventional Dieting Advice Fails
3. The Role of Insulin Resistance in Obesity and Poor Metabolic Health
4. How a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet and Fasting Can Transform Your Health

PART TWO
When Hormones Wreak Havoc: How Intermittent Fasting Can Help Regulate Female Hormones

5. Cortisol: How Chronic Stress and Lack of Sleep Can Derail Weight and Fat Loss
6. Female Sex Hormones, Part 1: How Estrogen Dominance Disrupts Menstruation and Metabolism
7. Female Sex Hormones, Part 2: How Too Much Insulin Can Lead to Elevated Testosterone and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

PART THREE
Fasting for Optimal Health: How to, When to, and Tips for Troubleshooting

8. Prepare to Fast: Build a Healing Mindset and Cut Out Snacks
9. How to Begin and Extend Shorter Fasts: Use Fat Fasting and Drop One Meal a Day
10. Longer Fasting Strategies: Therapeutic Fasts to Reverse and Prevent Disease
11. Tips and Tricks for Troubleshooting Fasts
12. Tips and Tricks for Building a Healthy Relationship With Food
13. How to Make Fasting and Healthy Eating a Lifelong Habit

Acknowledgments
Appendix: Sample Fasting Plans
Notes
Index