Listen as Dr. Amy Shah @fastingmd and I dive deeper into the benefits of intermittent fasting (IF). Fasting implies a period of metabolic rest that we know from ancestral health is beneficial, but in recent times, that period of metabolic resting has shortened. A growing body of research demonstrates that the hormetic stress of fasting triggers a cascade of adaptive responses that may prove that IF benefits health and slows the aging process. (Hormesis is a beneficial biological response in the