The Fasting Method
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The Fasting Method Podcast is your source for the science of intermittent fasting, offering the best advice and most compelling insight on what it takes to lose the weight for good. Co-hosted by world-leading fasting experts, Megan Ramos and Terri Lance, Ph.D., each episode takes a deep dive on a range of hot topics, and answers listeners' questions about fasting.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It turns fasting adherence into a practical study of hunger, habits, shame, setbacks and the social conditions surrounding food.
The Fasting Method Podcast keeps returning to the moment dietary advice meets actual appetite. Megan Ramos and Terri Lance lead conversations with Dr.
A holiday meal becomes a speed bump; your fasting plan gets a gentler route back.
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A blunt, practical fasting reset built around the 24-hour mark and a more workable weekly rhythm.
Megan Ramos treats fasting as a question of discipline as much as timing. For people with insulin resistance, stopping too early can miss the point where insulin levels fall far enough for cellular healing to begin, though that framing may land differently for listeners who want…
A calm reset that treats fundamentals as the part that actually lasts.
This episode stays close to the basics: whole foods, no snacking, no grazing, and easing back in after a vacation or holiday meal instead of treating a long fast like punishment.
A steady new-year reset centered on structure, self-compassion, and the next decision forward.
The episode lays out a simple New Year reset: start without regret and avoid treating fasting or eating as a way to pay for earlier choices. Megan Ramos and Dr. Terry Lance keep the focus on practical habits, with structure and self-compassion doing most of the work.
A steady fasting conversation about staying near the wagon instead of treating every wobble as failure.
The episode follows Lisa Chance and Audrey Fung as they talk through fasting as a practice built on adjustment, not rigid rules. Audrey traces her interest back about 10 years to Malaysia, Dr.
A practical look at supplement timing, absorption, and why one routine does not fit everyone.
Terri and Lisa keep the focus on fit, timing, and absorption instead of treating supplements like a one-size-fits-all routine. The main practical point is simple: split doses can matter, and minerals often need space from one another. Iron gets the sharpest treatment here.
Holiday drift is handled with planning, a reset mindset, and a calmer way to stay on track.
The piece treats the stretch between Christmas and New Year's as a practical test of habit, and it stays grounded in that idea. Its best advice is plain: one meal, one day, or one weekend does not have to turn into a full reset.
A steady reset about slowing down, listening to the body, and letting go of perfection.
Alicia Peters's story lands best when it stays simple: slow down, get curious, and listen to the body instead of treating it like an enemy. Amy Medling frames the episode around COVID, perimenopause, baking, weight gain, and the long grind from self-criticism and comparison…
A focused fertility Q&A that stays close to hormone checks and next steps.
Megan Ramos returns with a Q&A that keeps its feet on the ground. It spends most of its time on fertility, hormones, and postpartum life, and the strongest material comes when it gets specific about what to look for on cycle day 3 and again in the luteal window: LH, FSH,…
Shawn Stevenson interviews researchers and coaches on nutrition, sleep, hormones, and fitness.
Supplement labels, decoded with conviction.
Practical health conversations for reducing overwhelm.
Lisa Chance opens the monthly Q&A by revisiting Dr.
Kim Andrews-Bingham joins Lisa Chance to talk about how fasting changed the way she thinks about health and gave her a little more freedom.
Megan Ramos answers listener questions on The Fasting Method Podcast about PMS, PCOS, vitamin D, dark chocolate, mindset, fasting length, menopause, and ADHD.
March brings that familiar itch to push harder.
Sugar still has a pull.
Kirsten Hopkinson says she started The Fasting Method in April 2025, lost 50 pounds, and brought her A1C from 5.7 to 5.2 while using 24-hour fasts and a five-day community reset.
Terri and Megan frame November’s Diabetes Awareness Month around a blunt warning: “Diabetes doesn’t wait,” especially when holiday food, stress, and insulin resistance overlap.
The show returns to fasting fundamentals.
Mindset comes before willpower here.
Terry Lance and Dr.
Lisa Chance welcomes Audrey Fung and sets the conversation around her change over time.
Megan Ramos answers listener questions about how to start a fast and why short fasts may end before the real benefit starts.
The monthly Q&A opens with a reminder that fasting is a stress on the body, much like exercise.
A compilation of three bite-sized episodes from The Fasting Method podcast covering identity-based habit building (drawing from James Clear's Atomic Habits), finding your 'why' for health transformation, and strengthening motivation using the 100 whys strategy and the million-dollar analogy.
Hosts Megan and Terri from The Fasting Method revisit a classic episode about navigating the week between Christmas and New Year's without derailing health progress.
Terri Lanz and Coach Lisa revisit the topic after a recording glitch, using the second pass to answer a question the fasting community keeps asking.
Megan Ramos opens the first podcast of 2026 by urging listeners not to start from regret.
Amy Medling opens with a reminder to slow down.
Dr.
Megan Ramos is back on the podcast for a Q&A on fertility, hormones, and the slow work of getting life back on track after her son's very early birth.
The Fasting Method Podcast episode "You Can Do Hard Things (Even at Social Events)" focuses on holiday-season pressure around food, fasting, and family gatherings.
Coach Terry Lance opens by naming pleasure as part of eating.
The hosts discuss the challenges of managing hedonic and conditioned hunger, emphasizing that diet alone is insufficient and that mindfulness and other tools are needed.
This episode discusses the challenging phase between reaching a weight loss goal and achieving long-term weight maintenance, emphasizing the body's tendency to regain weight.
The episode discusses how real change often starts with subtle internal shifts rather than dramatic external results, especially in the context of fasting and weight loss.
This episode challenges the notion that willpower is the key to successful fasting, explaining that behaviors like emotional eating are coping mechanisms for stress and overwhelm.
The episode explores the gap between knowing what to do for health and actually doing it, focusing on psychological and behavioral barriers.
This episode features a Q&A with Dr.
A monthly Q&A session with Dr.
Megan Ramos answers a listener's question about why fasting alleviates PMS symptoms, explaining the role of insulin and sex hormone balance.
Coaches discuss the challenges of maintaining fasting routines after summer and answer listener questions.
A monthly Q&A episode where fasting coach Lisa Chance and Dr.