
Episode #78
The Five-Day Fast Where You Still Eat Every Day
Fasting comes up with my clients all the time, and my hesitation has always been with women. So much of what gets recommended is either water-only or so aggressive that someone already running on stress ends up worse off. I wanted to see what a fasting mimicking diet looks like up close, so I asked Renee Fitton of ProLon to show me. She traced it back to Dr. Walter Longo, who spent about 30 years studying what fasting does at the cellular level. According to Renee, the fasting mimicking diet was first developed with cancer patients in mind, people who could benefit from fasting but could not afford to go without food or lose muscle. Her case against water-only fasting is that it’s hard to stick with, it carries a risk of muscle loss, and longer fasts can bring significant drops in blood pressure and blood sugar in vulnerable people. ProLon's kit includes some calories and a little glucose to protect muscle, and she points to ProLon’s own DEXA research. ProLon excludes people with a history of eating disorders, a BMI under 18, pregnancy or breastfeeding, anyone under 18, and anyone with a nut allergy. Over 65, she wants to build muscle first. Most people who use it do the five-day cycle three to four times a year. Renee also opened a fasting-mimicking box on camera. Five days of food in five small boxes: a nut-based bar to start the day, olives from Italy, almond and kale crackers, soups in five flavors, supplements, mint, lemon and hibiscus teas, and a small chocolate crisp at night. I thought it would all be powder. What I appreciated most is that the company supports practitioners one-on-one, because anything we recommend has to be easy for clients to follow. - - - - - About the Guest: Renee Fitton represents ProLon, the longevity nutrition company best known for its five-day fasting mimicking diet, developed from the research of longevity scientist Dr. Walter Longo. The company says its kits have been used by more than a million people and are shared by more than 20,000 healthcare practitioners in its network, supported by a team of dietitians and physicians. Website: https://prolonlife.com - - - - - Connect with Dr. Ashley Beckman, LAc, DCM Website: https://drashley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drashleybeckman/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drashleybeckman/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleybeckman/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drashleybeckman - - - - - Connect with Dr. Isaac Jones, DC Websites: https://healthexpertsalliance.com/ , https://disrupthealthcare.co/drtalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drisaacjones/?hl=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drisaacjones/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrIsaacJones/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrIsaacJones - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/channel-growth/

