How My Opinion of Fasting Changed After Talking to Dr. Jason Fung

S7E359 - How My Opinion of Fasting Changed After Talking to Dr. Jason Fung

Published: August 10, 2026

Duration: 1:17:32

I’ve been teaching fasting for years, but this conversation with Dr. Jason Fung made me rethink a few things.


Dr. Fung joins me to share how his thinking has evolved since publishing The Obesity Code, including what newer research suggests about longer fasts and why modified fasting may be more useful than many people realize.

We talk about whether a strict water-only fast is always necessary, how fasting aids such as bone broth, avocado, or olives may help someone continue longer, and why using a little support during a fast is not automatically “chea...