So knowing that these are really
positive signs, as crummy as they feel
can be really helpful to tag on your
fasting lifestyle to those symptoms.
And just honor the intelligence
that you were born in.
Dr.
Mindy here and on this video,
I'm going to answer the million
dollar question that I know.
So many of you are dying to know.
Should you fast when you are.
Sick.
This is a question we get all the time.
And on this video, I am going to
finally answer it in the simplest way.
I possibly can.
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Okay.
Let's dive right into it.
Should you fast when you're sick?
I have four things that I want
to bring to your attention.
The first, actually the first
three are actually questions.
So the first question I have for
you is what would your dog do?
Would your dog fast?
If your dog was sick?
And I think all of us that have
pets would agree that when our
animals are sick, they do not eat.
In fact, that's one of the reasons that
we know that they're not feeling well.
So if it scares you to fast, when
you're sick, the first question
I want you to realize is the
animals are doing it all the time.
It's instinctive for them.
Now what you may not realize
is we all are very primal.
We are not that far off
from the animal world.
And so if you are sick and you don't, I
feel like eating do not make yourself eat.
Go with what the intelligence inside
your body is telling you to do.
Second thing I want to bring
to your attention is just that,
what do you feel like doing?
So I know you're listening to this video and
you're like, but tell me just what to do.
And I want to kind of put it back
on you and say, no, you tell me.
What you want to do, because if you feel
like eating than eat, but don't go into
your pantry and open up a big bag oreos.
Think about the principles of food that
I've taught you here on this channel
that you can lean into, like maybe eating
probiotic, rich foods, maybe some yogurt.
Sounds good.
Maybe some bone broth.
Sounds good.
Maybe a kombucha.
Sounds good.
Maybe some green juice sounds
good when you're not feeling well.
I don't want you to necessarily
think about what should you do.
I want you to realize that you have
a doctor inside of you that is on
the job, and that doctor is going to
tell you exactly what you need to do.
And that doctor will tell you, Oh,
you through cravings through instinct.
So this is a great time to
tap into what you want to do.
Third thing, because I know you're
like, but wait, just tell me what to do.
Dr.
Mindy telling me what to do.
Okay.
Now I'm going to tell you what to do.
If you don't feel like fasting.
If you're like, I have no instinct as to
what food I should be eating right now.
Then there are three principles that you have
fasting that you can lean into principle.
Number one, remember that there
are two ways that you burn
energy, sugar burner, fat burner.
When you are in a fat burning energy source.
When you have tapped into this source.
Through fasting through the ketogenic
diet, your body and cells are actually
primed to stop viral replication.
So I've done videos on this in 2020,
we talked a lot about, well, what
would be the best fast for COVID
and we T we dove into the science.
So, if you haven't seen that
science go back and look at it.
But when you are operating from a ketogenic
energy system, a fat burning energy system,
when you are not a sugar burner, when you
are getting ketones when a virus comes
into your sphere or is in your body, your
cells will shut down the replication.
So get yourself some ketones.
That would be like the most
simple thing is get your meter.
Look at your meter.
And see, like, what is
your meter showing you?
Are you above 0.5?
If you're above 0.5, you're in
ketosis and those cells are prime
to stop that viral replication.
Okay fasting theory.
Number two that I want you to
remember, is that Autophagy fasting?
Think of Autophagy fasting as like
detoxing, but really what you're
doing with the Autophagy fasting
is you're detoxing from pathogens.
Pathogens are things like
viruses, bacteria, and fungi.
So at 17 hours of fasting, what happens
is this intelligence turns on and it
looks around the cell and it goes, okay,
there are some bad pathogens in here.
I better kill them.
Well, that's really great
when you're not feeling well.
So tap into a top buggy fasting, go back and
watch the videos I did on a top DJ fasting
that you can elongate this autophagy state
by breaking your 17 hour fast with fat
and keeping your protein under 20 grams.
If you do that now the whole day,
you're in a state of autophagy.
You're probably getting ketones.
So you're looking at two principles here.
You're using the principle of autophagy.
You're using the principle of ketones and
your chances of stopping that bacteria,
that virus, whatever is ailing you, your
chances of stopping that become magnified.
So I love those two principles.
If your body feels like doing that.
Okay.
Third principle of fasting, and I don't
really talk about this fast much here on
my channel, but I want to bring it to your
attention and that's bone broth, fasting.
So we talked about it.
I talked about it a little bit earlier.
Some of you crave that broth.
Great.
What if you just drank bone broth all day?
The reason I like bone broth is
that bone broth has glycine in it.
And glycine goes into the inner
mucosal lining of your gut
and it starts to repair it.
Remember that 80% of your
immune system is in your gut.
So if you're not sure you want to
do a Autophagy fasting, you want
to eat something or drink something.
Bone broth, perfect time
to do a bone broth fast.
Last thing I'd tell you, is there
some bonus hacks that you can
do if you're not feeling well?
And especially when you have a
fever, when you have achiness, uh,
there's a couple of hacks you can do.
First one, remember that it may be time for
some supplements, and I'm very picky about
the supplements I recommend to my resellers.
So what we've done for you guys, if we
created a supplement, a protocol sheet
that will tell you, take these supplements.
If you have a virus, take this supplement.
If you have bacteria, I've
actually got it right here.
Take these supplements.
If you've got a respiratory infection,
what if you need lymph support, better
immune support and need my glasses.
Any other support that you need
for those really nasty colds?
So I love solving as many things as we can
with a fasting lifestyle, but sometimes
you've got to lean into the supplements.
So if you want the cold and flu survival
guide with the list of all these supplements,
just put survival guide in your comments
and we will send you a link it's free.
We want you to feel well.
We'll send you a link on what our favorite
supplements are for these different Colts.
So that's bonus idea.
Number two, that was w but as idea, number
one, this is, but is the idea number two?
Don't forget to sleep.
Start saying no to things like when
you're not feeling well, this is
not the time to push on through.
This is the time to go.
Okay, body.
You don't want me to eat?
You want me to slow down?
I'm exhausted.
Get your butt in bed its time to
sleep and to get a lot of sleep,
your body repairs when it's asleep.
So say no to social engagements, tell work
you're, can't show up that day and lean
into as much sleep as you possibly can.
Slowing down is key.
The other great hacks.
I love if you haven't tried an Epson
salt bath love Epson salts because
they pull toxins out of your body and
they put magnesium into your body.
So if you're feeling a lot of achiness with
your, with your cold, that's a great hack.
And one of my friends.
Favorite hacks of all time for colds and flus
that I've done with my family from the day,
my kids were born is a good old fashioned
chiropractic adjustment chiropractic
adjustments will boost your immunity by 200%.
You get a rush of white blood
cells immediately following
a chiropractic adjustment.
So if you have a chiropractor, when you
are not feeling well, bundle yourself
up and head to their office and get
yourself a chiropractic adjustment.
So those are my favorite hacks on flus.
Remember, your body is born to heal when
we get a flu or a virus, the more we
medicate it, the more we try to put outside
things in we manipulate the intelligence.
But a fever is an incredible sign.
It's burning out an infection.
Mucus trying to get pathogens out of you.
Achiness is mobilizing these
pathogens throughout your body.
So knowing that these are really
positive signs, as crummy as they feel
can be really helpful to tag on your
fasting lifestyle, to those symptoms.
And just honor the intelligence
that you were born in.
So let me know.
Does that help?
What's your favorite thing
to do when you have the flu?
Let me know.
I'd be curious again, we all learn from
each other and if you want our cold and flu
protocols, we would love to give it to you.
Just put it in the comments
and we'll send it your way.
And as always, you're amazing.
And I hope that helps.