What is considered therapeutic fasting?

July 11 2018 by , medical review by in About membership, Intermittent fasting, Low Carb Breckenridge, Weight loss

How do you help patients get started with fasting? How do you tailor it to suit the individual? What things do you have to take into consideration – and in what circumstances is it useful?

Megan Ramos works closely with Dr. Jason Fung and answers these questions in this talk from Low Carb Breckenridge 2018.

Watch a part of the presentation above, where she discusses what therapeutic fasting is (transcript). The full video is available (with captions and transcript) with a free trial or membership:

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