(Un)Well 03: Fasting. Fad Diet or Cure All?

Bio-hacking, broscience and starving yourself all collide in this episode where we talk about (Un)Well’s look at fasting. Fasting is extremely popular at the moment, but is it the miracle cure we’re all told it is? Follow Pixie Turner @pixienutrition on Instagram | Twitter | FacebookFollow Dr Nikki Stamp @drnikkistamp on Instagram | Twitter | FacebookEmail us with your questions [email protected]                                  Please don’t forget to give us a 5-star rating to help others find us Production music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com(Theme song is ‘Rookie Mistake’ by Fly Guy Five)Cover art is by Fine Print Food - @fineprintfoodThis week’s suggested readings:We don’t usually link to our books, but our books are very relevant for this episode and contain lots of good science (and you get to spend more time with us)Pixie’s books - No Need to Diet https://amzn.to/3gw74zT Insta-Food Diet - https://amzn.to/2NowkvB Nikki’s books - Pretty Unhealthy - https://amzn.to/3fP1456 You call it starvation, I call it biohacking - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/sunday/men-extreme-diets.htmlMinnesota Starvation Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Starvation_Experiment Third leading cause of death: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s-2019-edition/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.