• 56 minutes 26 seconds
    I Stopped Fasting for a Year - Here's What It Taught Me (& Other Habits I'm Giving Up)


    After 30 years in health, Dr. Mindy is calling time on the rules.


    This solo episode is one of the most personal things she's shared on this podcast. It covers two big ideas: the science and story behind why she stopped fasting for most of the past year and the five health habits she's deliberately walking away from in 2026.


    First, flex fasting. When cortisol is high from grief, trauma, illness, perimenopause, or chronic stress rigidly pushing through long fasting windows doesn't support the body. It depletes it. Dr. Mindy shares what happened when she lost a close friend and found herself in an acute stress state, what the research says about prolonged fasting and the HPA axis, and how she developed a new approach she's calling flex fasting: a more intuitive, body-led way to use fasting as a tool without turning it into a rule.

    Then the five things she's giving up: counting (macros, biometrics, followers, all of it), the gym, other people's urgency, productivity over health, and information overconsumption. Each one is a direct response to what the wellness industry has quietly done to us — turned health into a full-time job with a performance review.


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    Disclaimer:     This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    10 June 2026, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    The Food & Stress Crisis Keeping You Chronically Unhealthy (& How to Fix It) with Dr. Austin Perlmutter


    Lately, it feels like women are carrying more than ever, mentally, emotionally, hormonally, and neurologically.

    In this week’s conversation, Dr. Mindy sits down with internal medicine physician and brain health expert, Dr. Austin Perlmutter, to talk about what modern life is doing to our brains and why so many people feel overstimulated, foggy, anxious, disconnected, and exhausted.

    Together, they discuss:

    • Why chronic stress changes on the brain
    • The impact of ultra-processed foods on mood and cognition
    • Why women in midlife are especially vulnerable to burnout
    • How nature helps regulate the nervous system in minutes
    • How inflammation and depression can lead to Alzheimer’s
    • Why simple habits matter more than most people realize

    One of our favorite parts of this conversation was the reminder that healing doesn’t always need to be complicated. Sometimes the most powerful changes are the ones that bring us back to how humans were designed to live in the first place.

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    Disclaimer:     This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    3 June 2026, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    GLP-1s, Fasting, and the Future of Women’s Metabolic Health

    GLP-1 medications are changing the conversation around weight loss, metabolism, and women’s health. But are we asking the right questions about long-term health?

    In this solo episode, Dr. Mindy Pelz breaks down the science behind GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, including what they do well, where concerns are emerging, and how fasting mimics many of the same metabolic benefits naturally.


    Dr. Mindy explores:
     • The connection between GLP-1 drugs and muscle loss
     • Why women over 40 need to think differently about metabolism
     • New research linking GLP-1s to declining bone density
     • How fasting impacts glucagon, ketones, and fat burning
     • The importance of protein, refeeding, and resistance training
     • Why metabolic flexibility matters more than rapid weight loss
     • Natural ways to stimulate your body’s own GLP-1 production


    This episode is not about fear or shame. It’s about helping you understand your options so you can make informed decisions for your body, your hormones, and your long-term health.


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    Disclaimer:     This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    27 May 2026, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Why Supplements Aren’t Working (The Secret Deficiency No One Is Fixing) with Caroline Alan


    Caroline Alan, co-founder of BEAM Minerals and author of the new book The Mineral Reset, joins Dr. Mindy to unpack why minerals are the missing foundation of every health plan, and why you can eat organic, take supplements, and still be profoundly deficient. 


    They go deep on glyphosate, the "Trojan Horse method," and why fulvic and humic acids are the only molecules on Earth that can go inside your cells and carry glyphosate back out.


    If your hair is falling out, your sleep is off, your energy is low, or you're cramping for no reason, this conversation may be the missing piece.


    In this episode:

    • Why eating organic is no longer enough for mineral replenishment
    • The symptoms of mineral deficiency most people never connect to minerals
    • How glyphosate mimics glycine and what that does to your sleep, collagen, and nervous system
    • How fulvic acid goes inside your cells, delivers minerals, and carries glyphosate out
    • What humic acid does in the bloodstream and why it supports autophagy


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    Disclaimer:     This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    20 May 2026, 5:26 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    The 'F' in FDA Is Silent" — The State of Food Policy with Helena Bottemiller-Evich


    If you've been trying to figure out what's actually happening with our food system right now — what's rhetoric, what's real, and what you need to know, this is the episode you've been waiting for.

    Award winning food journalist, Helena Bottemiller Evich has covered food policy in Washington for over 15 years. She's the founder of the Food Fix newsletter and the host of the new podcast American Dish, and she has a rare gift: she can separate the noise from the action in a news cycle that makes both very hard to tell apart.

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    Disclaimer:     This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    13 May 2026, 6:31 pm
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    The Hidden History of Motherhood Nobody Taught You (And Why That Was Deliberate) with Elinor Cleghorn


    If you’ve ever felt like you were failing at something you were supposed to be naturally good at – this conversation will set you free.


    Elinor Cleghorn is a feminist historian and the author of A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering, and in this deeply personal, wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Mindy, she unpacks one of the most important questions of our time: why has motherhood been so diminished, misunderstood, and so weaponized against the very women who do it?


    From the myth of the perfect maternal instinct to the constructed guilt that has silenced women for centuries, from the empty nest to the role of fatherhood in healing the masculine wound, this conversation goes everywhere. It's equal parts history lesson, permission slip, and love letter to every woman who has ever given everything to raising a family and wondered whether she was doing it right.


    Spoiler: you were.


    A Woman's Work by Elinor Cleghorn is available in bookshops and online now. Find Elinor on Instagram at @elinorcleghorn.

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    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    6 May 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Tapping for Perimenopause: How to Stop Anxious Thoughts, Break Self-Sabotage, and Rewire Your Nervous System with Jessica Ortner

    The anxiety hits at 3am. The spiraling thoughts won't stop. You know logically that everything is fine, but your body won't believe it. And the more you try to think your way out of it, the worse it gets.

    Jessica Ortner is a bestselling author, co-creator of The Tapping Solution app, and one of the world's leading experts on EFT tapping — a technique that combines ancient acupressure with modern psychology to send a direct safety signal to your nervous system. And in this conversation with Dr. Mindy, she unpacks exactly why perimenopause and menopause create a perfect storm of nervous system dysregulation, and how tapping can interrupt the cycle in minutes — no therapist, no appointment, no special equipment required.

    Dr. Mindy's fasting tapping meditations are available in The Tapping Solution app. And Jessica's new book — The Tapping Solution — is available wherever books are sold.

    For more resources related to today's episode, visit the podcast episode page: https://www.drmindypelz.com/ep337

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    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    28 April 2026, 10:49 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    The Menopause Gut: How Your Microbiome Controls Your Hormones, Mood, and Metabolism with Cynthia Thurlow

    We've had a lot of important menopause conversations, but nobody's given us the manual for the gut until now.

    Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, host of the Everyday Wellness podcast, and author of the brand new book, The Menopause Gut. And in this conversation, she and Dr. Mindy pull back the curtain on one of the most overlooked and misunderstood pieces of the entire menopause puzzle: the estrobolome.

    This conversation is a must-listen for any woman in perimenopause or beyond who feels like she's doing everything right and still not feeling better. It's also essential if you've ever taken the pill, struggled with gut issues, or wondered whether your mood, sleep, and waistline might have more to do with your microbiome than your hormone panel.

    For more resources related to today's episode, visit the podcast episode page: https://www.drmindypelz.com/ep336

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    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    22 April 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Self-Care Doesn't Have to Be Hard: How to Rewire Your Nervous System in Two Minutes with Dr. Melissa Sonners

    If you've ever felt like the self-care conversation has become just another "to-do list," this episode is going to change everything.

    Dr. Melissa Sonners, author of The Connection Code, and a dear friend, walked me through the most practical, science-backed, and genuinely achievable approach to self-care I've ever encountered. Just two minutes, three times a day – and a completely new way of understanding what your brain actually needs.

    We dig into the five brainwave gears we move through every day, why most of us are stuck in a high-beta state from the moment we wake up until we crash at night, and how to use simple, free tools to give your nervous system the reset it's been craving.

    If you've ever said "I don't know how to relax," this one is for you.

    For more resources related to today's episode, visit the podcast episode page: https://www.drmindypelz.com/ep335

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    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    15 April 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Your Brain on Ketones: The New Science Linking Metabolic Health, Mental Health, and the Power of Ketosis with Dr. Georgia Ede

    People with pre-diabetes are 2.7 times more likely to develop major depression. People with new bipolar disorder are 3.5 times more likely to have metabolic syndrome. If that stopped you in your tracks, good – it stopped me too.

    I brought Dr. Georgia Ede back to The Resetter Podcast to dig into her new expert consensus on ketogenic diets and mental health, and this conversation is one every woman needs to hear.

    Dr. Ede is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and one of the world's leading experts in nutritional and metabolic psychiatry. What she laid out in this episode completely reframed how I think about brain health, brain energy, and what it actually means to feed your mind.

    We get into why the brain is a hybrid engine that runs best on a mixture of glucose and ketones and what happens when it runs on glucose alone. If you've ever wondered whether what you eat is affecting how you think, feel, and function – this one will give you the science and tools to find out.

    For more resources related to today's episode, visit the podcast episode page: https://www.drmindypelz.com/ep334

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    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    8 April 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    Why Women Were Taught to Distrust Themselves — And How to Take That Power Back with Meggan Watterson

    What if the reason you don't trust yourself was engineered centuries ago — on purpose?

    In this episode, Dr. Mindy Pelz sits down with feminist theologian and author Meggan Watterson to uncover the deliberate suppression of women's inner authority and what reclaiming it looks like right now.

    Meggan draws on 30 years of scholarship — including the long-buried Gospel of Mary and the Acts of Paul and Thecla — to show that the most powerful women in early Christianity weren't lost to history by accident. They were erased because their message was too dangerous: that the greatest power doesn't come from institutions, hierarchies, or external permission. It comes from within.

    In this conversation you'll learn:

    • Why women's self-doubt has roots in a 4th-century political decision

    • What the Gospel of Mary teaches about the "spiritual eye of the heart"

    • Why ending the war with your body is the first act of reclaiming your power

    • Why rage is sacred — and why feeling it fully is healing

    • What it means to "baptize yourself" in today's world

    If you've ever felt unworthy, silenced, or too much — this episode is for you.

    For more resources related to today's episode, visit the podcast episode page: https://www.drmindypelz.com/ep333

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    Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, fasting routine, or lifestyle.

    1 April 2026, 1:00 pm
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