Down To Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast - 54: 5 Common Mistakes with Intermittent Fasting & How to Avoid Them

54: 5 Common Mistakes with Intermittent Fasting & How to Avoid Them

08/03/20 • 31 min

Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. As you may have noticed, I took a break from creating new episodes in the month of July, but I am back with fresh new content and great new guest for the upcoming episodes!

If you are a brand new listener, my name is Dafna Chazin, your host of the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast. I’m a Registered Dietitian that helps women with PCOS change their relationship with food, and help reduce their PCOS symptoms to feel healthy and happy. In this podcast, you’ll find PCOS scientific-based information to help create change through nutrition and lifestyle changes to make a difference on PCOS in the most natural and intuitive way possible.

Today’s episode I will be talking 5 Common Mistakes with Intermittent Fasting & How to Avoid them.

What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:

Time-restricted eating & what it is
How and why intermittent fasting works for PCOS
Benefits of Intermittent fasting
Doing Intermittent Fasting correctly the PCOS way
Five Common mistakes women make with intermittent fasting & how to avoid them

Helpful Links:

If you found today’s episode helpful, make sure to rate and review this podcast to show your support and get more great content.

Episode mentioned today: EP. 13: Is Intermittent Fasting Right for Me?

What PCOS eating style is right for you?: www.dafnachazin.com/quiz

Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna

Today’s episode I will be talking 5 Common Mistakes with Intermittent Fasting & How to Avoid them.

What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:

Time-restricted eating & what it is
How and why intermittent fasting works for PCOS
Benefits of Intermittent fasting
Doing Intermittent Fasting correctly the PCOS way
Five Common mistakes women make with intermittent fasting & how to avoid them

Helpful Links:

If you found today’s episode helpful, make sure to rate and review this podcast to show your support and get more great content.

Episode mentioned today: EP. 13: Is Intermittent Fasting Right for Me?

What PCOS eating style is right for you?: www.dafnachazin.com/quiz

Have any topic suggestions? Shoot me a message on Instagram @pcos.nutritionist.dafna

Previous Episode

53 - I'll Be Right Back!

Hey there! This week's episode is more of a brief announcement. I will be taking a short break during the month of July to refresh, create new content and spend time with my family. In the meantime I want you to check out some of my resources and come say hello on Instagram where I will continue to hang out daily!

Helpful Resources:

Take my new quiz and find out Which Eating Style Is Right For Your PCOS?

Download my *FREE* PCOS Kitchen Guide to learn the 3 steps you can take right now to set yourself up for success and a follow a nutrition plan that will reduce your symptoms naturally.

Join the Waiting List for my Course The PCOS Reset - doors will open in Septmeber, early bird pricing if you're on the list!

Next Episode

Ep 55: Overcoming PCOS Challenges w/ Dr. Dylan Cutler

Welcome back to the Down to Earth PCOS Nutrition Podcast.

I’m so excited to introduce our wonderful guest today, Dr. Dylan Cutler, an online consultant who empowers women with PCOS. She helps them achieve hormonal balance, regulate periods, and enhance fertility. All of this while improving their mood and gain body confidence all without dieting or using pills.

Dr. Cutler has her Ph.D. in Obstetrics and Gynecology, specializing in lifestyle changes for PCOS.

She’s also a holistic health content creator. You may also know her as a food photographer, fitness enthusiast, feminist, vegan, and a PCOS fighter herself.

Today Dr. Cutler shares her story and journey with PCOS. First, we discuss when and how she discovered she had PCOS and how she coped with it. She speaks on how that lead her to an eating disorder as a teenager.

Importantly, we learn how she overcame the psychological, emotional, and physical struggles that come with PCOS.

Above all, she encourages women to have self-compassion. Emphasizing on not being too hard on yourself.

Next, we talk about how she manages her flare-ups by utilizing self-help methods. For instance, some of those self-help methods include meditation and yoga.

Additionally, she shares the difficult journey of when self-help methods didn't feel like they were enough. She eventually tried antidepressants and transitioned into a more holistic alternative, CBD.

Dr. Cutler recommends a plant-based diet. Firstly, she believes in eating more whole nutritious foods. Moreover, explains why a plant-based diet can help you with your PCOS. Additionally, discusses what the benefits are of adopting a plant-based diet.

Lastly, she gives some recommendations in which she believes researchers can dive deeper so that we can get answers to questions we still have about PCOS.

What You’ll Learn on This Podcast Episode:

Tips for reducing inflammation
Why you should eat more whole foods and stop counting calories
Becoming aware and educated on the effects of birth control for regulating periods
Understanding the causes of androgens and individualized approach for reducing androgens
The link between hormonal imbalances and stress and its effect on psychological and physical health
Understanding the scientific benefits of meditation for hormone balance
Recommendations for getting started with meditation
Recommendations for Researchers to dive deeper