Today on the exam room.

Most of the criticisms that you hear about weight loss programs is the yo-yo type response.

Fasting when it's done properly is unique in that regard.

The body composition does change and it changes very specifically.

In fact, we've done a study that looks at body composition changes before and after fasting and

on follow-up and shows what actually happens and essentially what happens when

you fast is you lose a bunch of weight some of that weight is water and fiber

glycogen protein and fat and then when you come off the fast you regain weight

for example you'll put a water back in the system as you rehydrate you'll put

glycogen back maybe as much as two pounds of glycogen back in the muscles.

You'll put fiber back into the intestinal track.

So you'll regain lean tissue.

But you don't regain fat.

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you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. This is episode 90

of Season 7, number 589 overall. Fasting. Many people say it is the key to optimizing their health. And my guest today actually

wrote a book pondering whether it might even save your life. Dr. Alan Goldhammer from True

North Health Center is back with us to revisit the topic. And for him, fasting is a critical element

in the blueprint that he has crafted for restoring his patients to health after they have

struggled through years of sickness. And so we're taking a close look at it today and visceral

fat and its close ties to deadly diseases and

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