Episode #388 with Cynthia Thurlow on Intermittent Fasting and more!

<p><strong>Cynthia Thurlow</strong> is a globally recognized expert in nutrition & intermittent fasting, highly sought after speaker, CEO and founder of Everyday Wellness Project. She's been a nurse practitioner for 20+ years, is a 2x TEDx speaker: her 2nd talk on intermittent fasting has been viewed close to 7 million times. She has been featured on ABC, FOX5, KTLA, CW and in Medium and Entrepreneur. She's also the host of Everyday Wellness podcast, which was listed as "20 Podcasts That Will Help You Grow in 2020" by Entrepreneur magazine. <a href= "https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/343590">https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/343590</a></p> <p><strong><em> Today we chat about all things on chronic stress, immune system, female athletes and fasting!</em></strong></p> <ol> <li><strong><em>What are your best strategies for managing chronic stress?</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>How does IF impact endurance athletes</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>Do women need to strategize with IF differently than their male counterparts?</em></strong></li> </ol> <p><strong>WHAT IS YOUR STORY…WHAT IS YOUR WHY? WHAT IS YOUR PASSION, PURPOSE AND MISSION.</strong></p> <p>I’m a nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, functional nutritionist, and a two-time TEDx speaker. My passion is helping women find wellness through the healing power of nutrition and solving health problems from the inside out. But, what I’m most proud of are my titles of mom and wife! I have all boys, including two Doodles and a loving, patient and supportive husband.<br /> <br /> I worked in clinical medicine, both in the ER and cardiology, for nearly 20 years. The power of Western medicine’s approach to acute and life-threatening disease and emergencies is undeniable. However, I started to question our approach to the on-going symptoms of chronic health problems. I started to think more about the root causes of the chronic health problems of my patients. I became passionate about learning how I could help my own family, patients, and clients avoid chronic h