The Fasting Expert: "The Truth About Ozempic", These 3 Foods Are Leading To Cancer! - Dr Mindy Pelz
Dr Mindy Pelz (guest), Steven Bartlett (host), Narrator, Steven Bartlett (host)
In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Dr Mindy Pelz and Steven Bartlett, The Fasting Expert: "The Truth About Ozempic", These 3 Foods Are Leading To Cancer! - Dr Mindy Pelz explores fasting, Food Lies, and Ozempic: Dr Mindy Pelz Redefines Modern Health Dr Mindy Pelz explains why fasting, food quality, and hormone-aware nutrition are more powerful and accessible health tools than most medications, including Ozempic. She argues that modern eating patterns and ultra-processed foods, especially obesogens and toxic additives, are driving obesity, cancer risk, and hormonal disruption while eroding metabolic flexibility. A large portion of the conversation focuses on women’s unique hormonal cycles, how fasting should be adapted across the menstrual month, and why menstrual health is a vital detox and longevity signal. Throughout, she urges people to build a personal ‘health toolbox’—combining fasting, food label literacy, strength training, microbiome support, connection, and oxytocin-raising behaviors—rather than outsourcing health to miracle drugs or one-size-fits-all diets.
Fasting, Food Lies, and Ozempic: Dr Mindy Pelz Redefines Modern Health
Dr Mindy Pelz explains why fasting, food quality, and hormone-aware nutrition are more powerful and accessible health tools than most medications, including Ozempic. She argues that modern eating patterns and ultra-processed foods, especially obesogens and toxic additives, are driving obesity, cancer risk, and hormonal disruption while eroding metabolic flexibility. A large portion of the conversation focuses on women’s unique hormonal cycles, how fasting should be adapted across the menstrual month, and why menstrual health is a vital detox and longevity signal. Throughout, she urges people to build a personal ‘health toolbox’—combining fasting, food label literacy, strength training, microbiome support, connection, and oxytocin-raising behaviors—rather than outsourcing health to miracle drugs or one-size-fits-all diets.
Key Takeaways
Use Time-Restricted Eating to Trigger Fat-Burning and Healing
Dr Pelz distinguishes time-restricted eating from calorie restriction: the key benefit of fasting comes from *when* you don’t eat, not simply eating fewer calories. ...
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Not All Food Is Safe: Learn to Read Ingredient Labels
Pelz calls the idea that all supermarket food is safe “the biggest lie. ...
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Fasting Can Replicate Many Ozempic Benefits—Without the Cost
Ozempic reduces hunger and supports weight loss, but it’s expensive, has side effects, and long-term safety data (especially for women) are limited. ...
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Women Must Fast and Eat in Sync With Their Hormones
A central theme is that women are rhythmic, not linear. ...
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Reshape Cravings by Changing Your Microbiome and First Meal
Fasting helps starve out harmful gut bacteria and fungi that drive sugar and junk-food cravings, but what you eat to break your fast determines which microbes grow back. ...
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Protect Children From Obesogens and ‘Cancer-Feeding’ Foods
Pelz highlights a disturbing rise in childhood obesity and links it to obesogens—chemicals in foods and packaging that reprogram stem cells into fat cells while reducing bone formation. ...
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Build a Personalized ‘Health Toolbox’ Instead of Chasing One Magic Fix
Using a physical toolbox metaphor, Pelz argues that health comes from combining multiple tools—fasting (empty plate, clock), strength training (weights), cardio, targeted supplements, high-fiber vegetables, healthy fats, social connection, and oxytocin-raising rituals—based on context, not dogma. ...
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Notable Quotes
“The biggest lie is that all food is safe. There are foods that are medicine, and there are foods that will build disease.”
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“The longer you spend not eating, the more your body heals itself.”
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“If every cure, including weight loss, is going to be found in a pill, how are we going to believe in our own bodies?”
— Dr Mindy Pelz
“There is no free pass when it comes to your health. You are going to have to make healthier responsibility and you’re gonna have to work for it.”
— Dr Mindy Pelz
“We don’t need a better miracle drug. We need to fix the food system.”
— Dr Mindy Pelz
Questions Answered in This Episode
You described specific chemicals and food categories as obesogens that reprogram stem cells into fat cells; which three additives or product types would you prioritize banning first if regulators actually listened?
Dr Mindy Pelz explains why fasting, food quality, and hormone-aware nutrition are more powerful and accessible health tools than most medications, including Ozempic. ...
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For women trying to align fasting with their menstrual cycle, can you outline a practical 30-day schedule that balances metabolic benefits without risking cycle loss or progesterone suppression?
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You mentioned that some people still don’t produce ketones after 24–48 hours of fasting; what deeper metabolic or liver issues does that typically signal, and how would you systematically investigate and correct them?
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Given your concerns about Ozempic and the comfort crisis, what safeguards or guidelines would you put in place for responsible Ozempic use so it functions as a bridge to lifestyle change rather than a permanent crutch?
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On the microbiome and cravings: if someone can’t or won’t fast for long periods, what is the most efficient non-fasting protocol you’d recommend to shift their gut bacteria and taste preferences away from ultra-processed, sugar-laden foods?
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Transcript Preview
These are really important health tools that are not being discussed, but this is how we should be looking at health. So the first thing is-
Dr. Mindy Pelz. The renowned health expert is back.
And she's on a mission to empower people to take control of their health through fasting, nutrition, and lifestyle changes.
We are in a crisis of health, and your health right now may not be your fault, but it is your responsibility.
So I have questions. What is the lie about the food environment?
The biggest lie is that all food is safe. There are foods that are medicine, and there are foods that will build disease.
How do we know the difference?
Learn to read an ingredient label. So the first thing I do is I...
Interesting. Are there foods that are cancer feeding?
Yep. So there's processed meats, sugar's a biggie, the toxic oils in donuts, juice boxes, horrific.
How important is our liver in all of this?
The most important.
Is there any symptoms of an unhealthy liver?
Yes. I call them check list. First, you can look at the bottom of your feet. Do want to put it up on the table?
No, 'cause people will sell pictures.
(laughs)
(laughs) How many times a day do you think we should be eating?
Great question, and studies show us that the longer you spend not eating, the more your body heals itself and starts to burn belly fat.
But Ozempic has a tool for achieving the same outcome.
But one of the biggest consequences we've seen is... This is why I'm such a fasting fan.
So what are some of the lesser known benefits of fasting?
There's a whole bunch of them, but I'm gonna say the biggest, biggest thing is...
We've just hit six million subscribers on The Diary of a CEO. Um, so me and my team would like to do something we've never done before as a little thank you, and we're calling it The Diary of a CEO Subscriber Raffle, and here is how it works. Every episode this month, we're going to pick three current subscribers at random, and we'll send one of you a 1,000 pound voucher, one of you tickets to come and watch The Diary of a CEO behind the scenes live with our team, and one of you will have a 10-minute phone call with me to discuss whatever you want to talk about. If you're a subscriber, you're in the raffle. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to do something that me and my team love doing so much. It is the greatest honor of my lifetime, and I hope it, I hope it continues, uh, off into the future. Let's get to the episode. Dr. Mindy, last time we sat here, the conversation we had reached more than 10 million people across YouTube and Spotify and iPlayer and airlines and everywhere. And I was looking through some of the feedback from that conversation, and there's two of these top comments that I pulled out which I think kind of capture the impact it had on so many people. The first comment is from a lady called Anne, and she said, "Dr. Mindy changed my life. I started its, intermittent fasting six months ago after I watched this podcast, and I've dropped 18 pounds and have never felt or looked better." The second comment I pulled out was from a 57-year-old lady who said, "Going through menopause, morbidly obese, going through a lot of stress in my personal life, and fasting because of Dr. Mindy has finally saved me. I've been doing a 36 to 48 hour test every week to fast, and it has really bolstered my confidence, and I can now do really hard things. Thank you."
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