About this episode

The episode discusses how fasting can reveal health depletions and offers insights on maintaining health during fasting.

Is the Fast making you weak… or is it revealing what modern life already depleted? In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Michael Christian & John continue the Apostle’s Fast arc with Dr. Michael Moeller, NMD, for a conversation on nourished asceticism, testosterone, men’s health, blood sugar, digestion, protein, metabolic resilience, peptides, berberine, & how to fast seriously without wrecking the body. This is not an anti-fasting episode. It is also not a “ignore your body & call it obedience” episode. The fast is medicine. But the person receiving that medicine is a real embodied person with real sleep, real stress, real digestion, real nutrient status, real hormones, real labs, & real limits. Takeaways: Why Orthodox fasting can reveal depletion Testosterone, dopamine, fatigue, libido, & the modern man Sugar, cortisol, sleep, & low testosterone Why fasting on processed carbs can backfire How blood sugar crashes can masquerade as spiritual struggle Protein, muscle, and fasting capacity Berberine, peptides, GLP-1s, and advanced therapies Why regular bloodwork matters The problem with the modern medical model How to walk the royal path…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Michael Kuhn

Guest: Dr. Michael Moeller

Topics covered

• fasting
• men's health
• metabolic resilience
• blood sugar
• testosterone
• nourished asceticism

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Organizations: Orthodox Health Podcast

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