Posts by Michael Salas

Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we have a SPECIAL episode for you guys, talking with Gin Stephens about intermittent fasting questions and her latest book, Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don’t Deny. Gin has been living the intermittent fasting lifestyle since 2014. This lifestyle shift allowed her to lose over 80…

What is Lipoprotein (a)? How does it affect diet and other cholesterol? Bringing the answer is today’s Waist Away podcast guest, Dr. Joel Kahn, the holistic cardiologist! Let me just repeat back what I heard you say kind of what I know about cholesterol, right? Yeah. There’s two types of cholesterol. There’s HDL, which is…

Ever wanted to know what exactly intermittent fasting is? Find out in this interview video with fasting expert Chantel Ray! What is intermittent fasting can just kind of explain what that means. What that term means.   Yes. So intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and periods of eating.…

Fasting but still putting on the pounds? Wondering if fasting will work for you? Or maybe you simply would like to know more about embarking on drastic dietary changes. Bringing in the answers is Chantel Ray, in this informative video. Now, so a lot of people wonder so if I stop eating. You know, there’s…

Are you trying to balance exercise and intermittent fasting? Do you wonder what foods can fuel your progress? Maybe your results aren’t coming as quickly as you would like them to. Bringing in the answer is Jerry Teixeira! Exercise and physical activity can help you obviously build muscle, stimulate muscle growth, but they can also…

While you can lose weight while intermittent fasting, it is so much more than just a synonym for weight loss! In the words of Waist Away podcast guest Dr. Daniel Kalish, “Intermittent fasting and weight loss are totally separate subjects. Again, the reasons why; intermittent fasting is healthy, but has nothing to do with weight…

Can you use intermittent fasting to combat skin disease? One man DEFINITELY thinks you can! In the words of Waist Away podcast guest Rob Stuart, “I had a genetic predisposition to having a bad gut and that led to all sorts of sensitivities. As a kid, I had a strep throat nine times in one…

Functional nutrition is the practice of looking at underlying causes in health issues, and attempting healing at the root of the problem. Intermittent fasting can be a helpful tool in this practice! In the words of Waist Away podcast guest Reed Davis, “Most people know that I founded Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. That’s a methodology. We…

While it is very important to stay hydrated when fasting, you need to be careful not to OVER-hydrate. In the words of Waist Away podcast guest Megan Ramos, “Over-hydration as absolutely as detrimental as being completely dehydrated. When a lot of people have metabolic syndrome start to fast, their hunger signals are really worked and…