Optimal Metabolism

Sometimes people feel as if they need to be at a perfect place and achieve all their health and weight goals before sharing their story. Nothing could be further from the truth! In this episode, Shana interviews Anna Jones, who started an intermittent fasting lifestyle in the fall of 2020, fell away from her habits over the holidays, and is now picking up where she left off. Shana and Anna talk about Anna's experience with intermittent fasting thus far and her goals moving forward. We will revisit Anna's progress after a few months to see where she is at! FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

Ever wonder what it is like to have a personalized visit with Shana? In this episode, Shana meets with client Heather Byron, who is a new intermittent faster, for a LIVE recording of their personalized visit together. They go through Heather's Intake Form and Health History together, then come up with a plan, which includes Shana's recommendations to meet Heather where she is at currently and progress her through the next 4-8 weeks of her health journey. FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

Megan Sexton is a registered dietitian from Sheridan, WY. She recently discovered the power of intermittent fasting and how it can be used as a legit nutrition therapy. Megan has been intermittent fasting for many months, seeing improvements in her migraines, body composition and overall sense of being. Shana and Megan discuss the current dietetics profession, the current nutrition recommendations, what they love about the nutrition field, and what they wish they could change. FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

Graeme Currie lost an amazing 132 pounds in 15 months by adapting an intermittent fasting lifestyle! He has an intimate understanding of going on a huge weight loss journey, living the highs and lows to finally find success. He has found a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, after being morbidly obese for nearly all of his adult life. Graeme has been in maintenance for two years, and has experienced health benefits that were unimaginable to him before he discovered this way of living. In this episode find out how Graeme lost the weight, kicked his sugar habit, overcame many health challenges and how he maintains his weight loss. He also discusses his current lifestyle, his new book, The Fasting Highway, and his recommendations for others. FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM GRAEME CURRIE: Instagram: @graemecurrie_63 Podcast: The Fasting Highway Access Grame's book: The Fasting Highway FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

Natalie Hodson has taught me a lot about running a business, perseverance, and even a bit about gardening! Back in June of 2020, she interviewed me on her podcast and now I am sharing it with all of you. I tell my story about why I left work in the conventional medical system, how I found intermittent fasting, and why I teach the nutritional concepts that I do. I teach them because they HEAL! FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

Did you know that 90% of weight gained by Americans is during the holiday season, and the average weight gain is 5-7 pounds? In this episode of Fast To Heal Stories, Shana covers many strategies to help you stay on track throughout the holiday season. She covers many topics regarding fasting and holidays, and answers the following questions. Should you fast before or after a holiday gathering? What should you eat prior to going to a gathering or hosting a gathering? In what order should you eat your meal? What should you take to a gathering? Do I need to eat keto or low-carb during the holidays? FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

In this episode of Fast To Heal Stories, Shana talks with Joy Paffenroth. Joy teaches music full-time in Shana's community at their high school, and is in front of audiences often. She is also the musical director, in addition to being a mom to 2 daughters. Joy was experiencing a slow, but steady weight gain, and wasn't feeling her best. She had worked with a personal trainer, which was helpful, but was not seeing the success she wanted. A serious car accident several years ago, coupled with the stresses of Covid was enough to make Joy realize the weight gain would continue unless something changed. In June of 2020, she read Fast To Heal, adopted the concepts, and never looked back. In this episode, learn how Joy quickly turned her pattern of weight gain into weight loss. She talks about changing her family dynamic for her daughters and those to come. Joy talks about her intermittent fasting approach to maintain her health and weight, what has worked, what she is still working on, her biggest stressors, and what recommendations she has for others starting this lifestyle. FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

In this episode of Fast To Heal Stories, Shana talks with Jeni Marciniak. Jeni is a mother of 2, and a grandmother of 1, in addition to working full time and taking amazing photos when time allows. Although Jeni did not deal with weight or health issues until her early 40's, possible perimenopause hit her hard and fast. Within a matter of a few months, Jeni was dealing with insomnia, irregular cycles, bloating, weight gain, acne, and pain on the left side of her body. At first, she chalked it up to aging and hormonal fluctuations that were just "part of life in the 40's". After 1 personalized session with Shana, Jeni implemented intermittent fasting, and her life changed within a week! In this episode, learn how Jeni quickly overcame all the health issues that had taken hold of her. She started sleeping better within 2 days, saw her chronic pain disappear within a week, got rid of her bloating, and went down a clothing size. Jeni talks about her intermittent fasting approach to maintain her health and weight, what has worked, what she is still working on, her biggest stressors, and what recommendations she has for others starting this lifestyle. FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

In this episode of Fast To Heal Stories, Shana covers all you need to know about extended fasts! If you are new to the intermittent fasting world, this episode will be very helpful. All of these questions are answered, plus more. What is your goal with extended fasting? Who should incorporate extended fasts into their lifestyle and why? Why are extended fasts even recommended? What levels are considered "therapeutic fasting" to encourage disease reversal? How do I deplete my glycogen stores to promote fat burning? What is a safe level of extended fasting? FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!

In this episode of Fast To Heal Stories, Shana talks with Jean Landreman. Jean and her husband have owned Landreman's Family Restaurant in Wisconsin for 25 years. She is also a mother of 2, with a staff of 25, trying to navigate through the unpredictability of Covid, including continual shutdowns in the restaurant industry. Jean has struggled with her weight for much of her life. She cycled through periods of weight loss and weight gain. She tried Weight Watchers multiple times, went gluten-free, and tried eating clean meals and snacks 5-6 times per day. She struggled with joint pain and sugar cravings. In May of 2020, Jean's daughter asked her for Shana's book for her birthday, and when it arrived, Jean started reading it. She decided to keep it for herself, applied the concepts, and hasn't looked back! In this episode, learn how Jean lost 20 pounds, vastly improved her joint pain, and how she deals with temptations of constant food while working in her restaurant. Jean talks about her approach to weight loss, what has worked, what she is still working on, her biggest stressors, and what recommendations she has for others starting this lifestyle. FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram: @shana.hussin.rdn Facebook: Fast To Heal With Shana Hussin Website: https://www.fasttoheal.info/ ADDITIONAL LINKS: BE ON THE PODCAST by emailing support@fasttoheal.info and sharing your story of how Fast to Heal Services have changed your life! GRAB YOUR COPY of the Fast To Heal Recipe book with 85 low-carb, whole food recipes that are simple to prepare! GET YOUR FREE STARTING GUIDES that will set you well on your way toward a low-carb lifestyle of timed eating! MASTER your nutrient profile at mealtimes with five lessons and lifetime access to additional materials! JUMPSTART your fasting and low-carb protocol by enrolling in my 10-Day Hormone Healing Jumpstart! ENROLL in Metabolic Makeover, my STARTER COURSE to find your fasting method, implement therapeutic carb restriction, and learn how to bust through weight and health stalls. I provide 4-Week Personalized Protocols with fasting/timed eating and therapeutic carb restriction recommendations for you to get immersed in a low-insulin lifestyle! My highest level course, Low Insulin Academy, gives you the tools, knowledge, strategies, and inspiration to master the concepts of fasting, feasting, and living a low-insulin lifestyle, so you can achieve your best health once and for all!