CYNTHIA THURLOW

“Right now the latest statistic prior to the pandemic was that 88.2 percent of Americans were metabolically healthy and now it's 92 to 93 so we're heading in the in the opposite direction.”

“I don't fast more than 24 hours because you have this this point to which you will start to break down muscle and I'm so protective of muscle at this point in my life that I'm not willing to run the risk of having some degree of catabolism so right around that 24 hour mark I think for lean active adults if someone's obese or overweight you can do two or three day fast sometimes as long as four or five days.”

“If you're a younger woman let's say you're under the age of 35 and you're not getting a menstrual cycle because your hormone levels are just so depleted you're putting yourself at risk for the same things that menopausal women are at risk for bone issues heart health brain health cognition.”