Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones
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Includes a 30-Day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle—even if you no longer have one!
A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women's needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination for women who want to learn about fasting.
Are you among the many women who feel unheard and unseen by their doctors and health professionals? Have you become exhausted by the promise of quick-fix diets that only leave you disappointed? Well in Fast Like a Girl, Dr. Mindy helps you to take back control of your health by using the quickest path back to better health—fasting.
While most fasting advice has been a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves women with more questions than answers, in this book Dr. Mindy shares the proven strategies, specific protocols to use if you are trying to overcome a condition, fasting hacks, and tools that she has used to help hundreds of thousands of women thrive with their fasting lifestyles.
Dr. Mindy will teach you:
the rights steps on how to go from eating all day to intermittent fasting (13-15 hours)
how to safely fast longer if you choose to do so (15-72 hours)
how to time fasting according to your menstrual cycle (although if you don’t have a cycle, she has you covered)
the best foods to break your fast to achieve better metabolic health
This book also includes more than 50 recipes based on the two food plans—ketobiotic and hormone feasting—she created to best support women’s hormones. And, it has recipes specifically created to break a fast such as her Coconut Cacao Chia Pudding.
Inspired by the thousands of women she has worked with who have reclaimed their health with fasting, Dr. Mindy wrote this book because, “once a woman knows how to build a fasting lifestyle around her cycle, she becomes unstoppable.” Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say this book is very informative, easy to understand, and especially helpful for women trying fasting for the first time. Many praise the practical protocols, recipes, and the way it explains fasting in relation to hormones and cycle phases.
Goodreads reviews are mixed but generally positive, with many readers calling it useful and empowering, while some criticize the book for bold claims and limited citations. On Reddit, some users describe mixed reactions and debate Dr. Mindy Pelz’s credibility, but others say the book has helped them with their fasting journey.
Review blogs are also split: one professional review calls it a solid intro to women-centered fasting, while another recommends borrowing it rather than buying it. Overall, the reception suggests it is popular and practical for supporters of fasting, but not universally trusted by more skeptical readers.
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Specifications
| Publisher | Hay House LLC |
| Publication date | December 27, 2022 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 352 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1401969925 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1401969929 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.25 x 1.16 x 9.25 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,023 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Endocrine System Diseases #4 in Healing #5 in Nutrition (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (8,500) |
