I think you are the only content creator that addresses the very specific ways female hormones can influence how effective fasting is....or is not. This explains why I've found fasting to be either very easy or very difficult. It must be related to different hormonal surges. I'm 47 and winding done towards menopause. I've been trying to lose weight and have found it a very frustrating endeavor.
This is the first time that I did not bleed like crazy during my period following your teachings. Lost my stubborn weight and the good part my skin did not sag. I thank God that He let me know your channel. Im really joining your academy.
@@missmarisaferreira Hi. I followed Dr. Mindy’s intermittent fasting w/ prolonged fasting 1 to 3x a week. I did not do any prolonged fasting on the 12-14th day of my cycle and also on the 21st day until I bleed. I just lost 14 lbs within a month and 7 days. Idid keto and now im trying the carnivore diet due to my joint pains.
After 3 months of keto with zero cheating, it was SO HARD to make myself stop, but I did for the progesterone. We got Indian take-out and I ate rice and naan & had a remarkable shift in energy, went from barely having the strength to take a hot shower to joyfully taking out the trash and cleaning the kitchen. I didn't realize how energy-taxing 3-4 months of strict keto on OMAD and water fasting was making me. Is it possible that keto is just the wrong diet for some ppl? Because I can't deny this remarkable boost in energy from just one day eating a little bread and rice again.
I’ve been fasting for 3 weeks and my period came 11 days early and it’s super heavy. Now I know it’s because of low progesterone. I’m excited about reading your book and implementing the strategies for a consistent period, weight loss and longevity
Cycle Day 22... woke up with such low energy and realized it was because for the past few days I had been fasting along with low carb. Immediately ate an apple and oats, had a leafy green hummus sandwich for lunch, and for dinner some chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower, snacked on potato chips and dark chocolate and I feel AMAZINGGGG
This is by far my favorite video you’ve done and I watch all of your videos! I’ve lived a hflc lifestyle for years and no one has broke down hormones quite like you. Thank you Dr. Mindy!
One thing I absolutely love about you is that you provide facts and parameters so we can attack fasting properly. You throw out all the important stuff and say “you all get to decide if this is going to work for you, if it is/isn’t going to pack on pounds.” Bravo and thank you for all of your wisdoms!
I did a ton of fasting the last 4.5 months and didn't know about this. I started getting 4 cm cysts alternating each month ovary to ovary and they really messed me up when they burst. I found the information on this video only just recently going into maintenance phase but on day 21 I will so be on it. I wish I knew about this before but hopefully it's the answer to the problems I've been having!
Thank you for making this video!! DUTCH test link please!..This is exactly what I needed to clear up my questions. I am 43 still having regular periods but am experiencing pre menopausal symptoms. Maybe if you could do a video on a day to night eating recipe/examples of what we should eat so we don’t tank progesterone and don’t GAIN too much weight. Thank you Dr Mindy!!!! 😍💓
Debra thank you for asking that question..she promised to talk about us, too: women postmenopausal... I'm 59 as well, so... Who is going to talk for these age-women????
You are amazing and doing such beneficial work for our world. I am very grateful to have discovered your youtube channel and i share it with my loved ones. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge
I needed to watch this this morning. I’m turning 39 and I had a baby last year. I feel like my hormones are all over. I need to get them under co trip. I’d love to know about this Dutch Test. Hormonal cancer runs in the family.
You know you prove that our bodies know best. I always crave carbs during the 10 days of pms and then i have no appetite once menses start! And i had the worst time during keto that i had to come off but what i should have done was to cycle keto
This .. (like all of your videos) was incredibly informative! I’m testing out some more fasting to see if I can get rid of the menstrual cramps I experience every month. Thank you so much Dr. Mindy! 🥰🥰🥰
Hi Mindy!!! I'm so glad I started following you recently. Love your energy and info!!!!! 54 and I can tell you that the balance of Progesterone is euphoric for me!
👋🏼 are you post menopausal? If so how does this look for you? I’m PM and just started getting hot flashes…didn’t know if I should be fasting when these symptoms are present🤷🏻♀️ any thoughts would be appreciated 🤗
I would like Dutch test info. 56 and peri menopausal Strong symptoms about a year. Eating keto for 10 months now. Keto stopped my hot flashes for quite some time. Now they are furious. 😬
Help! I'm 47 and definitely peri-menopause. My cycles, so far, are between 14 days and 85 days. How can I possibly know when to shorten my daily fasts to no more than 15 hours (usually 21 hours) and to increase the progesterone-supporting foods?
I am wondering the same thing. I don't know if I have messed up my cycle by fasting too much or if this is peri-menopause. I feel like I screwed up my progesterone. My cycle is recently much shorter was as many as 58 days now as few as 14. I am not sure when to lay off fasting and keto and when it is ok. Any advice @drmindy?
I’m 46. I haven’t had a period since before my soon to be 7-year old son and IUD placed. Removed iUd 2 years ago. No period. Should I expect I’m in menopause ?
Thank you for this wonderful information! I haven't tracked my period since I got IUD, and started tracking again a few months ago just to find out that I haven't had one for 2 cycles.. I wonder if I am perimenopausal, I'm 48. My goal for this year is to cleanup my diet.
According to an article published by Harvard Medical School, intermittent fasting is a solution to hormonal imbalances: “Between meals, as long as we don't snack, our insulin levels will go down and our fat cells can then release their stored sugar, to be used as energy.👍
On your IG post the chart shows day 17-21 as the progesterone building days but in this video you say day 21-28 are. So confused.......Can you please clarify?
Yes please clarify. I thought from your book the progesterone building (progesterone building foods, no fast longer than 15 hrs) was day 21-28. Now I'm hearing we should start that at day 17/18 but for how long? So no fasts longer than 15 hours from days 17-28? That seems like a long time.
@@DrMindyPelz hey Dr Mindy. Yes. I also get confused. As I followed your previous video that should do progesterone building in day 21-28. But now you are saying is day 17-21. So which one should we follow in order to have a regular period. I am 32 yr. Thanks so much for your explanation.
The progesterone peak occurs 7 days before one’s period starts, and it’s production begins around 4 days prior to that (around 11 days before the start of your period, Day 1). In her example chart in this video with a 28 day cycle, the peak fell on Day 21, and it’s production rise (building days) when the “Relaxation Phase” began fell around Day 17. This suggests that if you instead have a 25 day cycle, for example, then the progesterone spike peaks on Cycle Day 18. And your “Relaxation phase” when you want to help that progesterone build up with healthy biotic foods begins around Day 14, and lasts all the way through until your next period begins - like someone else mentioned, your luteal phase, basically. But that peak day and one day before & after it (Days 17-19 in this example) are the most crucial days in terms of avoiding higher amounts of stress (cortisol) as caused by longer-length fasts, because you don’t want to decapitate that progesterone rise prematurely. That’s my understanding at least...
Thanks ive been fasting for 5 years been amazing i doung 16 to 18 hours but now im 42 and my last 2 cycles im bleeding non stop doc has put me on progesterone
How do we heal if everything that we eat, inflames our gut, causing resistant hypertension? I notice that oxalates, lectins, histamines, and phytates really irritates my system. I could eat these before. I tried fasting, but my blood pressure goes higher from the stress of starving. I am 45 yrs old and hadn’t had a period for 2-3 months now.
Have you tried carnivore? It is the ultimate 'elimination diet" that allows you to figure out which things are causing problems for you. It also works wonders for bringing down BP.
@@robinbeers6689 - I was recently thinking about trying carnivore, however, I wasn't sure if I'd get all my vitamins/minerals on meats alone. But, it looks like I may have to do carnivore for awhile, since plants bother me now. Thanks.
@@kalkeikuu You will get more nutrients, not less, with a carnivore diet. Animal foods are the most nutrient dense foods on earth. It sounds like you may have some auto-immune issues going on there. You might enjoy the website of Mikhaila Peterson. I think it's called "Don't Eat That". She is someone who has suffered though all kinds of food sensitivities until she found carnivore eating. BTW, not only are animal foods more nutrient dense than plants, their nutrients are more bio-available than those in plants. Example: the "iron" in spinach is not the heme iron that your body uses. The beta carotene in carrots is not the same thing as the Vitamin A that your eyesight needs. These nutrients have to be converted by the body and some bodies are better at this than others. Even a perfectly young healthy person is still only getting a fraction of the alleged nutrients that are listed on the package of plants. Dr. Saladino has commented that trying to put plant nutrition in an animal body is like trying to run a PC program on a Mac. It's the wrong operating system.
Hi . I'm weaning off of a progesterone replacement. Age 65. History of lots of reproductive surgeries & problems with very heavy bleeding that resulted in 2 transfusions. I'm nervous about going completely off the replacement therapy & very happy to have found you & your teaching. I'd like the Dutch Kit link please & thank you :)
WOw, this video couldn't have come at a better time ! Ever since I started doing my longer fasts (24-40 hours) my progesterone has been super low and my periods have been 3-4 weeks late. I'm going to try being less extreme on days 21-28 and see if this helps. You mentioned day 21 as being the critical day, but if our cycles are longer would this still be the case? It seems like a long time to take off of fasting and I don't want to gain more weight being a full 7 + days off of fasting ! Thanks ! :)
@@DrMindyPelz Thank you so much for your response, this was super helpful! I'm so grateful for all the information you provide to this community, I've binged countless of your youtube videos since I've 'discovered' you a few months ago, you've made all the difference in my fasting journey :)
I'm in my early 40s, my labs say I'm post menopausal. I know I'm not considered menopause until I've not had a cycle for 12 months, which I am close to. So if I don't have a cycle, is there a way for me to know when I should or shouldn't fast?
I just ordered the Preorder of your book!! So Happy. Emailed you the receipt for a copy of the PDF. Menopausal mama here looking to chill out with some Progesterone and shed these covid lockdown pounds. Thank you !
Thank you for this! I have pcos and I'm also 170+ pounds overweight. Should I be working on balancing the hormones or losing the weight first? I feel like if I fast less then 15 hours a day from days 21 to whenever I menstruate (which can be 35-65 days) I'm really going to slow down weight loss.
Mindy I love your content, you're genuine and everything that I've been following with my nutritionist you have totally agreed with. After watching your videos it's nice to know that I'm on the right path. I would like to get information on a Dutch test. I feel good through clean eating and many supplements and I do practice 5-day water fasting, I've had some great results. Thank you for being so in tune with us girls that are in our 50s . 55 and I feel great no complaints
Hi Dr. Mindy. I did my first 72 hour fast this week. I started on day 1 of my cycle. I was supposed to end my fast last night but woke up nauseated and a bit shaky. I drank an LMT, put salt under my tongue, and ate a keto cup. The only thing that helped, slightly, was the salt. I sat down on the sofa for about two minutes and when I got up there was a lot of blood. (yesterday would've been the last day of my period and I woke up "dry.") I began gushing and had a clot. It was scary because this has never happened before. I searched your videos and found one where you said that a heavy flow is a sign of perimenopause and low progesterone. I purposely did a long fast at the beginning of my cycle because I know it's recommend. I'm confused, trying to find answers as to what I need to do, and a little scared. I would appreciate any advice, please.
I like Dr. Peltz's suggestion of telling people "I'm trying to make progesterone, so don't stress me out right now" lol... I'd love to be able to just say that to everyone who stresses me out.
Dear Dr. Mindy, I am 54, post menopausal and have had a life time of issues with depression. Could you please do a video on fasting for post menopausal women with depression? Thank you so much for your wonderful teachings 🙏
i am one of those women that does not do well on progesterone. I hated being pregnant and that is when progesterone is highest and it actually effects me the opposite way it effects others. I can't sleep I cry. I am 64 and I take bioidentical hormones. I take very little progesterone. I thrive on estrogen
I was taking Yasmin years ago and I was getting horrible canker sores and I found a blog about that said the progesterone in it was causing it. And every time I tried a high progesterone pill I would get a lot of canker sores and get depressed.
@roxie140 if you are on the pill try to either get off it or get on a lower dose progesterone pill. It might be the problem. I think the pill pretty much screwed with everything. Gut microbiome ect.
I am on levothyroxine and had successful pregnancy in the past but this time I had a miscarriage because of am doubting short luteal phase ..... maybe due to my long 18 hours fast, limited calories and ofcourse running on the treadmill at 7mph.... I will definitely change my lifestyle now... thank u
Thank you Dr. Mindy. I love the way you explain things. I am excited to apply all the things that you are teaching.. Love all your videos! All the best!!!💖
Dutch test please? I've been intermittent fasting daily since Sept. 7th and my period during that time was awful. I bled for an entire week it stopped but then the very next day started up again and I bled for another full week! My period this month is off too. I'm learning so much by watching your videos. Thank you.🙏🏼❤️
Hi Dr Mindy, I’ve been ff your channel and so far I’ve been doing IF everyday for about 2 months now and I lost 17 lbs from my starting weightlifting at 165lb and now I’m at 145 lb. Recently I went to see my care physician for annual check. My care physician called me up this morning regarding my lab results. According her
@@dariusdeguzman4739 Please read this article regarding cholesterol. I think your doctor may be working from some out of date research. This is from the Weston A Price Foundation, not some fringe internet opinion. www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/know-your-fats/cholesterol-friend-or-foe/ Whatever you do, please do some research on statins before letting your MD strong-arm you into taking one. They cause muscle wasting and memory loss and a whole bunch of other side effects.
@@dariusdeguzman4739 Ask your doc to test for size of LDL particle. That makes all the difference. Small, dense LDL is a no-no. But bigger, 'fluffy LDL is good. Watch Dr. Nadir Ali videos on this. Prof. Jeff Volek has a video where he discusses this too. Dr. Berry too. There's others but I forget their names.
I felt upset when she said if you are over 40 and losing your progesterone. I am nearly 29 and was diagnosed with pcos so since that time I have low progesterone.
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I am 64 yrs old. About 10 years ago I had endometrial cancer and had a complete hysterectomy. My question is, how do I know when to add the vegetables that help my body to make progesterone? Since I don’t have a cycle.
Vegetables don't help you make progesterone. Hormones are made from cholesterol. I would suggest that you eat more meat. Since you no longer have a cycle, you don't have to worry about the timing.
@@estherwiseman4380 Esther, I'm sorry but beans, fruit, and squash do absolutely nothing to build progesterone or any other hormone. All they will do is kick you out of ketosis and there is no reason to do that if keto has been working for you. That is quite the weight loss accomplishment. Well done. Mindy has this idea that somehow ketosis is detrimental to women of childbearing age right before their cycle. I agree with her that extended fasting, excess stress, heavy exercise, etc. are not a good idea at that time. But, as you well know, ketosis is a totally natural metabolic state and is in no way a problem. The building blocks of all human sex hormones are found in cholesterol. Beans, fruit, and squash are carbs, fiber and some lectins. That doesn't help at all.
This last cycle was so much better after making adjustments! I do have inattentive ADHD and late Luteal and early menstrual are a challenge with mood changes. Do you have any advice for women with ADHD that have even greater challenges during their cycle?
At 65, I am totally post menopausal. But I started getting migraines as I approached 50. By 53-55, I was living in hot flash city, and migraines became an every 2 week experience, lasting 4 to 5 days straight each. I tried several pharmaceuticals over a few years, but nothing the Dr's offered helped. I took large doses of ibuprofen over the 5 days of headache, which helped only minimally. But it was the only thing I could take, and still work. Finally, my sister, who also experienced post menopausal headaches (as did our mother)gave me one of her newly prescribed sumatriptan. I have been taking sumatriptan ever since, which works 90% of the time, but only 12-24 hours at a time. But I knew all this time, the cause had to be hormonal because of the 2 week cycle. AND of course, the fact that I never got headaches before menopause. No doctor offered any progesterone, which I am now thinking might have helped way back when!😑 And I have been to many, including migraine specialists, over these last 12 or so years. As soon as you mentioned it, Dr Mindy, I had a light bulb moment!!!
This is awsome, im going to try these. Since i hit my 30s i have this huge problem, i am just ALWAYS retaining water in the second half of my menstrual cycle. I have tried everything i can think of and not a lot works. I have tried water pills, eating keto, increasing carbs, ,fasting,eating,dim,vitamin supplements galore,water and nothing works. I know you are supposed to eat and eat carbs in the second half so i do that now but half the time i am not hungry from retaining so much water, the only time i seem to get hungry is when its more like a stress hunger,maybe im just stressed all the time, i dont know.Trying hard to listen to my body and things seem to be slowly getting better sometimes but its like i can never fix it completely. At times i do think it has something to do with progesterone so i've read and tried a few things with that, if anything ever works it always seems to be temporary. I try to eat healthy, i used to be insanely healthy and then i went through a downward spiral of eating unhealthy a few years ago but i am definately eating way healthier now. I also used to fast all my life up until my 30s i would say,especially my 20s and i was fine. Really hoping this doesn't get worse in your 40s +!
Ok, disclaimer, haven’t watched the video yet, but I’ve listened to several blogs and Fast Like a Girl. I found the book when I was about day 16-17 this past month and immediately did a 24 hour fast, but the. Ended the fast because I am very concerned about messing up my Progesterone production. I have PCOS. I had Hashimotos, which I cured with nutrition, but PCOS is another animal all together. I’m not new to fasting so it wasn’t hard to jump back into it and I really needed this info about fasting around and with hormones. Obviously why it didn’t work for me before. So, the question. I’m followed the no fasting during progesterone phase, just started my period today. For the past several days I’ve been having low blood sugar symptoms, shakiness, fatigue, even felt it this evening before dinner. Last night I felt it before I ate probiotic cottage cheese (I can only eat dairy the week before my period, the rest of the month it doesn’t work for me). I’ve had ALL of the low progesterone pms symptoms, so much so that my husband was worried. I haven’t. Had symptoms like these for so long I can’t even remember. Including forgetfulness and brain fog. What is going on? I thought I was supposed to give progesterone more carbs. I eat very good. I’m a health coach and like I said I’ve been able to heal my Hashimotos through nutrition. My only thought is that my progesterone is converting and going down incorrect metabolic pathways instead of remaining as progesterone. Any thoughts on this? Anyone know about this or why it would be happening? I have been having honey in my tea as a special treat during this time. And I’m extremely sensitive to caffeine.
I think you are the only content creator that addresses the very specific ways female hormones can influence how effective fasting is....or is not. This explains why I've found fasting to be either very easy or very difficult. It must be related to different hormonal surges. I'm 47 and winding done towards menopause. I've been trying to lose weight and have found it a very frustrating endeavor.
This is the first time that I did not bleed like crazy during my period following your teachings. Lost my stubborn weight and the good part my skin did not sag. I thank God that He let me know your channel. Im really joining your academy.
Rogehni Munoz what type of fasting did you follow? :)
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Hi. I followed Dr. Mindy’s intermittent fasting w/ prolonged fasting 1 to 3x a week. I did not do any prolonged fasting on the 12-14th day of my cycle and also on the 21st day until I bleed. I just lost 14 lbs within a month and 7 days. Idid keto and now im trying the carnivore diet due to my joint pains.
@@rogehnimunoz4327 wow.. that's amazing! Thank you for sharing with me ❤
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Do u recommend progesterone cream?
A week before my cycle starts I crave carbs. I see now that my body is telling me what to eat, I just have to be mindful of my portions😊
After 3 months of keto with zero cheating, it was SO HARD to make myself stop, but I did for the progesterone. We got Indian take-out and I ate rice and naan & had a remarkable shift in energy, went from barely having the strength to take a hot shower to joyfully taking out the trash and cleaning the kitchen. I didn't realize how energy-taxing 3-4 months of strict keto on OMAD and water fasting was making me. Is it possible that keto is just the wrong diet for some ppl? Because I can't deny this remarkable boost in energy from just one day eating a little bread and rice again.
I’ve been fasting for 3 weeks and my period came 11 days early and it’s super heavy. Now I know it’s because of low progesterone. I’m excited about reading your book and implementing the strategies for a consistent period, weight loss and longevity
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Dr. Mindy, you are an absolute gift for women and all humanity. Thank you so much for the incredible knowledge you're sharing with the world! 🙏❤
Yes!
Cycle Day 22... woke up with such low energy and realized it was because for the past few days I had been fasting along with low carb. Immediately ate an apple and oats, had a leafy green hummus sandwich for lunch, and for dinner some chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower, snacked on potato chips and dark chocolate and I feel AMAZINGGGG
The Fast Like A Girl protocol works! Thank you for sharing 😃
This is by far my favorite video you’ve done and I watch all of your videos! I’ve lived a hflc lifestyle for years and no one has broke down hormones quite like you. Thank you Dr. Mindy!
Wow! That was me!!! I messed up cycle by doing fasting during the worst times! Thank you for this video!
@@DrMindyPelz Yes keep them coming!
One thing I absolutely love about you is that you provide facts and parameters so we can attack fasting properly. You throw out all the important stuff and say “you all get to decide if this is going to work for you, if it is/isn’t going to pack on pounds.” Bravo and thank you for all of your wisdoms!
I did a ton of fasting the last 4.5 months and didn't know about this. I started getting 4 cm cysts alternating each month ovary to ovary and they really messed me up when they burst. I found the information on this video only just recently going into maintenance phase but on day 21 I will so be on it. I wish I knew about this before but hopefully it's the answer to the problems I've been having!
Have you seen then improvements?
Dr. Pelz, out of all the doctors I listen to, you have the most clear explanations on hormones. Thank you.
Thank you for making this video!! DUTCH test link please!..This is exactly what I needed to clear up my questions. I am 43 still having regular periods but am experiencing pre menopausal symptoms. Maybe if you could do a video on a day to night eating recipe/examples of what we should eat so we don’t tank progesterone and don’t GAIN too much weight. Thank you Dr Mindy!!!! 😍💓
Knowledgeable enthusiasm jumps off the screen at the viewer and motivates one like hell.
Debra thank you for asking that question..she promised to talk about us, too: women postmenopausal... I'm 59 as well, so... Who is going to talk for these age-women????
I am 53 yr old post menopausal and am also interested in the Dutch Test and fat burning. Thank you so much Dr Mindy!
You are amazing and doing such beneficial work for our world. I am very grateful to have discovered your youtube channel and i share it with my loved ones. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge
I am 32 and have recently found your videos. Thanks so much for what you do 🙏
Hi there! I would highly recommend my book, for you to learn more! 📚💙
You can order Fast Like a Girl here: fastlikeagirl.com
I have been reading it! Thank you 😊
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You are so awesome Dr . Mindy ! I have learned so much from you ! You are a blessing. Thank you for your videos !
I don’t understand when you say 18 days 13 days. I only understand when the period starts and the days after that. 😊
I needed to watch this this morning. I’m turning 39 and I had a baby last year. I feel like my hormones are all over. I need to get them under co trip. I’d love to know about this Dutch Test. Hormonal cancer runs in the family.
Best video in a lifesaver! Answered so many questions for me.
Thanks so much for sharing and teaching God bless u 🙏
Love and respect DR 🙏♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
You know you prove that our bodies know best. I always crave carbs during the 10 days of pms and then i have no appetite once menses start! And i had the worst time during keto that i had to come off but what i should have done was to cycle keto
This .. (like all of your videos) was incredibly informative! I’m testing out some more fasting to see if I can get rid of the menstrual cramps I experience every month. Thank you so much Dr. Mindy! 🥰🥰🥰
Hi Mindy!!! I'm so glad I started following you recently. Love your energy and info!!!!! 54 and I can tell you that the balance of Progesterone is euphoric for me!
Please let me know what you are doing to balance the progesterone? Thank you
👋🏼 are you post menopausal? If so how does this look for you? I’m PM and just started getting hot flashes…didn’t know if I should be fasting when these symptoms are present🤷🏻♀️ any thoughts would be appreciated 🤗
I am 59, And am also interested like Chris J, if we don't have a period, when do we know when the best time to fast and not fast would be?
Are you post menopausal? If so, fast when you feel like it.
I would like information on the Dutch Test, please.
I am 49 years old, perimenopausal
I would like Dutch test info. 56 and peri menopausal Strong symptoms about a year. Eating keto for 10 months now. Keto stopped my hot flashes for quite some time. Now they are furious. 😬
Wat is the Dutch test?
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I want to like this video 100×! So informative! Thank you from the bottom of my uterus!😚🥰😍
Help! I'm 47 and definitely peri-menopause. My cycles, so far, are between 14 days and 85 days. How can I possibly know when to shorten my daily fasts to no more than 15 hours (usually 21 hours) and to increase the progesterone-supporting foods?
I am wondering the same thing. I don't know if I have messed up my cycle by fasting too much or if this is peri-menopause. I feel like I screwed up my progesterone. My cycle is recently much shorter was as many as 58 days now as few as 14. I am not sure when to lay off fasting and keto and when it is ok. Any advice @drmindy?
I’m 46. I haven’t had a period since before my soon to be 7-year old son and IUD placed. Removed iUd 2 years ago. No period. Should I expect I’m in menopause ?
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Thank you for this wonderful information! I haven't tracked my period since I got IUD, and started tracking again a few months ago just to find out that I haven't had one for 2 cycles.. I wonder if I am perimenopausal, I'm 48. My goal for this year is to cleanup my diet.
Thanks for watching! Here is the link for DUTCH test information - bit.ly/dutch-test-ytc
According to an article published by Harvard Medical School, intermittent fasting is a solution to hormonal imbalances: “Between meals, as long as we don't snack, our insulin levels will go down and our fat cells can then release their stored sugar, to be used as energy.👍
Yes! And cholesterol (increased when on keto, maybe fasting too) is used in making of sex hormones, among other functions.
You are amazing!!!! Thank you for all the knowledge you are given us!
On your IG post the chart shows day 17-21 as the progesterone building days but in this video you say day 21-28 are. So confused.......Can you please clarify?
Yes please clarify. I thought from your book the progesterone building (progesterone building foods, no fast longer than 15 hrs) was day 21-28. Now I'm hearing we should start that at day 17/18 but for how long? So no fasts longer than 15 hours from days 17-28? That seems like a long time.
It sounds like it’s all just during the luteal phase, which you can determine with the Clue app.
@@DrMindyPelz hey Dr Mindy.
Yes.
I also get confused.
As I followed your previous video that should do progesterone building in day 21-28.
But now you are saying is day 17-21.
So which one should we follow in order to have a regular period.
I am 32 yr.
Thanks so much for your explanation.
Confusion!
The progesterone peak occurs 7 days before one’s period starts, and it’s production begins around 4 days prior to that (around 11 days before the start of your period, Day 1).
In her example chart in this video with a 28 day cycle, the peak fell on Day 21, and it’s production rise (building days) when the “Relaxation Phase” began fell around Day 17.
This suggests that if you instead have a 25 day cycle, for example, then the progesterone spike peaks on Cycle Day 18.
And your “Relaxation phase” when you want to help that progesterone build up with healthy biotic foods begins around Day 14, and lasts all the way through until your next period begins - like someone else mentioned, your luteal phase, basically.
But that peak day and one day before & after it (Days 17-19 in this example) are the most crucial days in terms of avoiding higher amounts of stress (cortisol) as caused by longer-length fasts, because you don’t want to decapitate that progesterone rise prematurely.
That’s my understanding at least...
Omg..... this explains alot! 🤔 I wish more doctors and such knew this and helped women.
I had a uterine ablation so I don't have a period. How can I tell where my cycle is at?! Please help.
Me too. I would like to know the answer also. Thanks
Thanks ive been fasting for 5 years been amazing i doung 16 to 18 hours but now im 42 and my last 2 cycles im bleeding non stop doc has put me on progesterone
How do we heal if everything that we eat, inflames our gut, causing resistant hypertension? I notice that oxalates, lectins, histamines, and phytates really irritates my system. I could eat these before. I tried fasting, but my blood pressure goes higher from the stress of starving. I am 45 yrs old and hadn’t had a period for 2-3 months now.
Have you tried carnivore? It is the ultimate 'elimination diet" that allows you to figure out which things are causing problems for you. It also works wonders for bringing down BP.
@@nicmri Yes. Dr Paul Saladino is great as is Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Georgia Ede.
@@robinbeers6689 - I was recently thinking about trying carnivore, however, I wasn't sure if I'd get all my vitamins/minerals on meats alone. But, it looks like I may have to do carnivore for awhile, since plants bother me now. Thanks.
@@kalkeikuu You will get more nutrients, not less, with a carnivore diet. Animal foods are the most nutrient dense foods on earth. It sounds like you may have some auto-immune issues going on there. You might enjoy the website of Mikhaila Peterson. I think it's called "Don't Eat That". She is someone who has suffered though all kinds of food sensitivities until she found carnivore eating.
BTW, not only are animal foods more nutrient dense than plants, their nutrients are more bio-available than those in plants. Example: the "iron" in spinach is not the heme iron that your body uses. The beta carotene in carrots is not the same thing as the Vitamin A that your eyesight needs. These nutrients have to be converted by the body and some bodies are better at this than others. Even a perfectly young healthy person is still only getting a fraction of the alleged nutrients that are listed on the package of plants.
Dr. Saladino has commented that trying to put plant nutrition in an animal body is like trying to run a PC program on a Mac. It's the wrong operating system.
@Natural-HI ionbiome.com/
Hi . I'm weaning off of a progesterone replacement. Age 65. History of lots of reproductive surgeries & problems with very heavy bleeding that resulted in 2 transfusions. I'm nervous about going completely off the replacement therapy & very happy to have found you & your teaching. I'd like the Dutch Kit link please & thank you :)
WOw, this video couldn't have come at a better time ! Ever since I started doing my longer fasts (24-40 hours) my progesterone has been super low and my periods have been 3-4 weeks late. I'm going to try being less extreme on days 21-28 and see if this helps. You mentioned day 21 as being the critical day, but if our cycles are longer would this still be the case? It seems like a long time to take off of fasting and I don't want to gain more weight being a full 7 + days off of fasting ! Thanks ! :)
@@DrMindyPelz Thank you so much for your response, this was super helpful! I'm so grateful for all the information you provide to this community, I've binged countless of your youtube videos since I've 'discovered' you a few months ago, you've made all the difference in my fasting journey :)
So my friend Rose has been sending me links to your videos. I enjoyed today's video, I had to subscribe. Thanks for all the information.
I'm in my early 40s, my labs say I'm post menopausal. I know I'm not considered menopause until I've not had a cycle for 12 months, which I am close to. So if I don't have a cycle, is there a way for me to know when I should or shouldn't fast?
I just ordered the Preorder of your book!! So Happy. Emailed you the receipt for a copy of the PDF. Menopausal mama here looking to chill out with some Progesterone and shed these covid lockdown pounds. Thank you !
Thank you for this! I have pcos and I'm also 170+ pounds overweight. Should I be working on balancing the hormones or losing the weight first? I feel like if I fast less then 15 hours a day from days 21 to whenever I menstruate (which can be 35-65 days) I'm really going to slow down weight loss.
Mindy I love your content, you're genuine and everything that I've been following with my nutritionist you have totally agreed with. After watching your videos it's nice to know that I'm on the right path. I would like to get information on a Dutch test. I feel good through clean eating and many supplements and I do practice 5-day water fasting, I've had some great results. Thank you for being so in tune with us girls that are in our 50s . 55 and I feel great no complaints
@dr mindy, with woman on menopause, progesterone already low is that mean that we cannot fast more than 15 hrs?
My question as well
I would like to know also? Pls help
Dutch test
Thank you for pointing out that we can still do intermittent fasting up to fifteen hours during the protesterone/relax phase!
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35 and don'tn't make much progesterone at all and never have.
Hi Dr. Mindy. I did my first 72 hour fast this week. I started on day 1 of my cycle. I was supposed to end my fast last night but woke up nauseated and a bit shaky. I drank an LMT, put salt under my tongue, and ate a keto cup. The only thing that helped, slightly, was the salt. I sat down on the sofa for about two minutes and when I got up there was a lot of blood. (yesterday would've been the last day of my period and I woke up "dry.") I began gushing and had a clot. It was scary because this has never happened before. I searched your videos and found one where you said that a heavy flow is a sign of perimenopause and low progesterone. I purposely did a long fast at the beginning of my cycle because I know it's recommend. I'm confused, trying to find answers as to what I need to do, and a little scared. I would appreciate any advice, please.
Why do people make it sound like it is so easy to just shut off your stress like a switch?
It causes me stress.
I like Dr. Peltz's suggestion of telling people "I'm trying to make progesterone, so don't stress me out right now" lol... I'd love to be able to just say that to everyone who stresses me out.
*Dr. Pelz
@@juliaorpheus that cracked me up, too! Lol
Dear Dr. Mindy, I am 54, post menopausal and have had a life time of issues with depression. Could you please do a video on fasting for post menopausal women with depression? Thank you so much for your wonderful teachings 🙏
Take krill oil and home made proboitic
I'm interested in knowing more about the DUTCH test.
i am one of those women that does not do well on progesterone. I hated being pregnant and that is when progesterone is highest and it actually effects me the opposite way it effects others. I can't sleep I cry. I am 64 and I take bioidentical hormones. I take very little progesterone. I thrive on estrogen
All your videos are wonderful tools for all us ladies. I appreciate your content. Thank you
I was taking Yasmin years ago and I was getting horrible canker sores and I found a blog about that said the progesterone in it was causing it. And every time I tried a high progesterone pill I would get a lot of canker sores and get depressed.
@roxie140 if you are on the pill try to either get off it or get on a lower dose progesterone pill. It might be the problem. I think the pill pretty much screwed with everything. Gut microbiome ect.
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Thank you! This helped me understand my migraines
I am on levothyroxine and had successful pregnancy in the past but this time I had a miscarriage because of am doubting short luteal phase ..... maybe due to my long 18 hours fast, limited calories and ofcourse running on the treadmill at 7mph.... I will definitely change my lifestyle now... thank u
Thank you Dr. Mindy. I love the way you explain things. I am excited to apply all the things that you are teaching.. Love all your videos! All the best!!!💖
This is going to be life changing for me 😊
🙌🎉 exciting!!! Please come back and share your wins with me and let me know how you are doing!
This is SO HELPFUL thank you so so much 🙏❤️
Fascinating information, thank you!
Dutch test please? I've been intermittent fasting daily since Sept. 7th and my period during that time was awful. I bled for an entire week it stopped but then the very next day started up again and I bled for another full week! My period this month is off too. I'm learning so much by watching your videos. Thank you.🙏🏼❤️
hi Doc - i benefit a lot from all your most valuable videos. Am a medical doc too. How do you suggest post menopausal women build progesterone? Thanks
Please send me the links to Dutch test and fat burning reset. Thanks
Fat burning reset please! I really enjoyed the last one.
Hi Dr Mindy, I’ve been ff your channel and so far I’ve been doing IF everyday for about 2 months now and I lost 17 lbs from my starting weightlifting at 165lb and now I’m at 145 lb. Recently I went to see my care physician for annual check. My care physician called me up this morning regarding my lab results. According her
My care physician is concerned about my cholesterol lever to 160
@@dariusdeguzman4739 Please read this article regarding cholesterol. I think your doctor may be working from some out of date research. This is from the Weston A Price Foundation, not some fringe internet opinion.
www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/know-your-fats/cholesterol-friend-or-foe/
Whatever you do, please do some research on statins before letting your MD strong-arm you into taking one. They cause muscle wasting and memory loss and a whole bunch of other side effects.
@@dariusdeguzman4739 Ask your doc to test for size of LDL particle. That makes all the difference. Small, dense LDL is a no-no. But bigger, 'fluffy LDL is good. Watch Dr. Nadir Ali videos on this. Prof. Jeff Volek has a video where he discusses this too. Dr. Berry too. There's others but I forget their names.
I felt upset when she said if you are over 40 and losing your progesterone. I am nearly 29 and was diagnosed with pcos so since that time I have low progesterone.
I just love her ❤👏🏽
Thank you so much for this video 🙏 it's highly informative 😊
We were hoping it could help! 🙌💙
Thanks for your information. I'd love more details on dutch test, collagen, light therapy.
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I am 64 yrs old. About 10 years ago I had endometrial cancer and had a complete hysterectomy. My question is, how do I know when to add the vegetables that help my body to make progesterone? Since I don’t have a cycle.
Vegetables don't help you make progesterone. Hormones are made from cholesterol. I would suggest that you eat more meat.
Since you no longer have a cycle, you don't have to worry about the timing.
@@DrMindyPelz Thank you!!! I enjoy learning from you! I’ve lost 82 lbs so far with I F and ketogenic diet , have a bit more to go.
@@estherwiseman4380 Esther, I'm sorry but beans, fruit, and squash do absolutely nothing to build progesterone or any other hormone. All they will do is kick you out of ketosis and there is no reason to do that if keto has been working for you.
That is quite the weight loss accomplishment. Well done.
Mindy has this idea that somehow ketosis is detrimental to women of childbearing age right before their cycle. I agree with her that extended fasting, excess stress, heavy exercise, etc. are not a good idea at that time. But, as you well know, ketosis is a totally natural metabolic state and is in no way a problem.
The building blocks of all human sex hormones are found in cholesterol. Beans, fruit, and squash are carbs, fiber and some lectins. That doesn't help at all.
This last cycle was so much better after making adjustments! I do have inattentive ADHD and late Luteal and early menstrual are a challenge with mood changes. Do you have any advice for women with ADHD that have even greater challenges during their cycle?
That's exactly my story
15 day holiday fat burning reset link please
Dutch Test for me as well please.
This is such a great information.
Thank you Dr. Mindy
At 65, I am totally post menopausal. But I started getting migraines as I approached 50. By 53-55, I was living in hot flash city, and migraines became an every 2 week experience, lasting 4 to 5 days straight each. I tried several pharmaceuticals over a few years, but nothing the Dr's offered helped. I took large doses of ibuprofen over the 5 days of headache, which helped only minimally. But it was the only thing I could take, and still work.
Finally, my sister, who also experienced post menopausal headaches (as did our mother)gave me one of her newly prescribed sumatriptan. I have been taking sumatriptan ever since, which works 90% of the time, but only 12-24 hours at a time.
But I knew all this time, the cause had to be hormonal because of the 2 week cycle. AND of course, the fact that I never got headaches before menopause. No doctor offered any progesterone, which I am now thinking might have helped way back when!😑
And I have been to many, including migraine specialists, over these last 12 or so years.
As soon as you mentioned it, Dr Mindy, I had a light bulb moment!!!
Thanks for this, I’ve been doing it wrong 😢. Time for major changes
Dutch test please. Thank you!
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Best video ever 🙏❤️✨
So excellent! Thanks, Dr. P! 🙂
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This is awsome, im going to try these. Since i hit my 30s i have this huge problem, i am just ALWAYS retaining water in the second half of my menstrual cycle. I have tried everything i can think of and not a lot works.
I have tried water pills, eating keto, increasing carbs, ,fasting,eating,dim,vitamin supplements galore,water and nothing works. I know you are supposed to eat and eat carbs in the second half so i do that now but half the time i am not hungry from retaining so much water, the only time i seem to get hungry is when its more like a stress hunger,maybe im just stressed all the time, i dont know.Trying hard to listen to my body and things seem to be slowly getting better sometimes but its like i can never fix it completely. At times i do think it has something to do with progesterone so i've read and tried a few things with that, if anything ever works it always seems to be temporary.
I try to eat healthy, i used to be insanely healthy and then i went through a downward spiral of eating unhealthy a few years ago but i am definately eating way healthier now. I also used to fast all my life up until my 30s i would say,especially my 20s and i was fine. Really hoping this doesn't get worse in your 40s +!
fat burning reset and dutch test , please!
Menopause reset please!
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Hello my name is Lucy Parker I'm 51 years old I I'm so worriy. My hair is thinning and keeping Falling off . Since I'm start fasting. Help..
Please, just eat.
Please send Dutch Test
Fat burning reset and Dutch test please
Amazing information. Why don't endocrinologists and gynecologists know about this? Is it rocket science?
I’ve been waiting for this video to come out, ty
What about post menopausal women for progesterone. What do they do ? When ? How? How often?
Dutch test link, please. Thank you.
Reset for the holidays
Fasting and hormones part 4
Thank you!dutch test please🙏♥️
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Great video! Thank you. Dutch Test please
I'm always super energized in the second half of my cycle and always super tired until ovulation how can this be explained?
Info on the fat burning reset please.
Ok, disclaimer, haven’t watched the video yet, but I’ve listened to several blogs and Fast Like a Girl. I found the book when I was about day 16-17 this past month and immediately did a 24 hour fast, but the. Ended the fast because I am very concerned about messing up my Progesterone production. I have PCOS. I had Hashimotos, which I cured with nutrition, but PCOS is another animal all together. I’m not new to fasting so it wasn’t hard to jump back into it and I really needed this info about fasting around and with hormones. Obviously why it didn’t work for me before. So, the question. I’m followed the no fasting during progesterone phase, just started my period today. For the past several days I’ve been having low blood sugar symptoms, shakiness, fatigue, even felt it this evening before dinner. Last night I felt it before I ate probiotic cottage cheese (I can only eat dairy the week before my period, the rest of the month it doesn’t work for me). I’ve had ALL of the low progesterone pms symptoms, so much so that my husband was worried. I haven’t. Had symptoms like these for so long I can’t even remember. Including forgetfulness and brain fog. What is going on? I thought I was supposed to give progesterone more carbs. I eat very good. I’m a health coach and like I said I’ve been able to heal my Hashimotos through nutrition. My only thought is that my progesterone is converting and going down incorrect metabolic pathways instead of remaining as progesterone. Any thoughts on this? Anyone know about this or why it would be happening? I have been having honey in my tea as a special treat during this time. And I’m extremely sensitive to caffeine.
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Dutch Test, please! Thank you so much, this is such great information! I’m learning so much, thank you!
Thanks for the link for the dutch test
Pls could I get a link to the Dutch Test. I definitely think I need this. Thank you as always Dr Mindy... ❤
Thanks for watching! Here is the link for DUTCH test information - bit.ly/dutch-test-ytc