Born to Heal: Holistic Healing for Optimal Health

What if the signs nudging you to slow down aren't setbacks, but directions worth following? Dr. Katie Deming shares an announcement she says goes against nearly every piece of advice she's been given. For months, she's felt pulled toward a decision most experts told her to avoid. She's finally saying yes to it, and the reason why might shift how you think about rest, content, and the quiet messages your own body keeps sending. Dr. Katie has spent her career watching what happens when people live out of step with who they really are. As a former radiation oncologist turned integrative oncologist, she's seen how staying out of alignment can affect your health in ways you might not expect. Here, she opens up about her own signs, why she won't wait for the louder wake-up call, and what she believes real healing actually starts with. If you've been running on empty, buried in information, or brushing off that small voice telling you something needs to change, this one speaks straight to you. Dr. Katie offers a gentle invitation to step back, reset, and reconnect with yourself before life makes the choice for you. Press play and learn why listening to yourself might be the most healing thing you do. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if the thing you assumed was deprivation is actually one of the oldest healing practices in medicine? Someone you love is exploring a prolonged water fast, and you want to understand what that really means. Host Dr. Katie Deming walks you through what a supported fast actually is, the way she would explain it to her own family. She describes what happens inside the body when someone stops eating, and why it looks nothing like what most of us learned in school. You'll hear why she compares a supported fast to a retreat rather than a period of going without, and what the structure looks like day to day. She also explains the part of the process almost nobody talks about, the piece she takes more seriously than the fast itself. If you've been worried, confused, or unsure how to bring this up with the person you love, this conversation gives you language and a clearer picture. Dr. Katie also traces fasting back through Hippocrates, Galen, and the physicians who shaped Western medicine, then explains what changed and why we set it aside. And she names what people are truly reaching for when they choose this path, which is rarely what you'd expect. Stay through the end for the most important thing she has learned in two decades of caring for people with cancer, including a deeply personal story about her own mother. Press play and learn how to walk alongside someone you love as they heal. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if everything you’ve been told about muscle loss and prolonged water fasting isn’t the full story? Dr. Katie Deming welcomes back Dr. Christy Kesslering, a fellow radiation oncologist who left conventional medicine to focus on metabolic health. Christy didn’t just complete a supervised 14-day water fast. She tracked what happened before, during, and after it. She collected DEXA scans, body-composition measurements, toxin testing, insulin levels, cholesterol markers, and inflammation data. She wanted to understand what her own clients experience during an extended fast and see what the numbers could reveal about what was happening beneath the surface. The results challenged one of the biggest fears surrounding prolonged fasting. As a 58-year-old postmenopausal woman, Christy lost body fat while her follow-up DEXA scan showed an increase in lean mass. But the numbers are only part of the story. She also walks you through the difficult middle of the fast, including back pain, aching tissue, skin changes, shifting inflammation markers, and the gradual return to normal during refeeding. Dr. Katie and Christy also explore why rest is an essential part of a supervised fast, what happened to Christy’s triglycerides and cholesterol-related markers, and why changes during fasting need to be interpreted differently from routine lab results. Chapters: 00:05:00 - Escaping the Workaholic Hamster Wheel 00:05:42 - The Health Data She Tracked 00:09:21 - What Happened to Her Muscle Mass 00:11:07 - Losing Fat While Gaining Lean Mass 00:16:11 - Why Fasting Differs From Calorie Restriction 00:23:53 - Disconnecting From Fight or Flight 00:28:13 - What Hunger Felt Like After 14 Days 00:28:56 - The Detox Symptoms Began 00:30:25 - Her Inflammation Markers Rose 00:31:24 - Why Triglycerides Changed 00:33:30 - What Fasting Can Do to Cholesterol 00:36:54 - Temporary Inflammation During Healing 00:39:11 - Healing Can Look Messy First 00:41:14 - What Her Toxin Testing Revealed 00:45:01 - How Insulin Shifted During the Fast 00:46:36 - The Possible Autophagy Turning Point 00:48:59 - What Happened to Her Liver Markers This conversation offers a rare look at prolonged fasting through the experience of two physicians examining both the physical process and the laboratory data. You’ll learn why rest may matter as much as not eating, why temporary lab changes can be misleading without context, and what Christy’s results suggest about the fear of losing muscle during a properly supervised fast. Press play to hear the data that challenged the muscle-loss narrative. Connect with Dr. Christy Kesslering: https://www.kessrx.com/ Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What happens on the day your cancer treatment ends and instead of feeling free, you feel like you're standing at the edge of a cliff instead? Host Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Tara Elmore, the founder of Complex Creatures, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 37. Tara understands the strange silence that follows the very last treatment, because she lived it. The roadmap disappears, the check-ins slow down, and people see your hair growing back and assume that you're fine. But inside, you're left wondering what you're supposed to do with the 364 days that stretch between one screening and the next. Dr. Katie brings her own perspective as a former radiation oncologist who used to prepare her patients for this exact moment. She saw the anxiety, the loneliness, and the fear that tend to show up right when the world expects you to celebrate. They explore what it means to reclaim your agency, how to gently detox your body after treatment, and why the intuitive knowing inside you is far more powerful than you've been led to believe. Chapters: 00:05:42 - The Emotional Cliff After Treatment 00:08:49 - Why Ringing the Bell Feels Complicated 00:09:52 - Reclaiming Your Role in Healing 00:11:13 - Building a Post-Treatment Care Team 00:12:31 - Taking the First Step Toward Recovery 00:15:09 - The Fast That Changed Her Body 00:18:22 - Finding Safer Ways to Fast Postpartum 00:20:16 - Turning a Healing Gap Into a Mission 00:22:34 - Supporting Skin Through Radiation 00:26:20 - Why Breast Care Matters Between Screenings 00:30:46 - Reconnecting With Your Body 00:32:46 - Reclaiming the 364 Days Between Screenings 00:33:14 - Choosing Your Health Non-Negotiables 00:34:58 - Understanding the Body’s Terrain 00:39:14 - Making Health a Lifelong Practice You'll hear how Tara rebuilt her health one small step at a time, why fasting became a surprising turning point in her story, and what breast care has to do with reconnecting to your own body. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by protocols or afraid to stop doing all the things, this episode was made for you. Press play and to learn the simple starting place from Tara that changes everything, and it's easier than you might think. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Before EP Description: Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if losing weight on a GLP-1 drug and losing weight through fasting produce the same number on the scale, but nearly opposite effects inside your cells? Host Dr. Katie Deming believes some of the most popular weight loss drugs on the market may be quietly blocking one of your body's most essential repair processes. Not because they're failing to work, but because they work in a way that keeps your body in a state it was never meant to stay in. She takes an honest, no-shame look at GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy and compares what's actually happening inside your body when you lose weight on them versus when you fast. The scale might show the same number. The story underneath is very different. Dr. Katie explains a repair switch your body can only flip when your stomach is genuinely empty, and why keeping it perpetually fed may keep that switch turned off for good. She connects the dots between mitochondrial health, cellular cleanup, visceral fat, muscle preservation, and metabolic flexibility in a way that's clear, honest, and direct. She's not here to shame anyone taking these medications. She gets why people reach for something that works. But she shares what happened when several of her patients who were certain they'd go right back on the drug after fasting decided they didn't want to, and why. Chapters: 00:04:23 - The Food System Is Broken 00:06:13 - Your Body Needs Empty Space 00:08:24 - GLP-1s May Block Repair Mode 00:10:41 - Weight Loss Is Not Healing 00:12:26 - What Cancer Cells Feed On 00:13:30 - Fasting Changes the Terrain 00:17:00 - Cleaning Out Damaged Mitochondria 00:18:00 - The Most Dangerous Fat 00:20:35 - The Hidden Muscle Loss Problem 00:22:20 - Clients Who Were on GLP-1s Before Fasting 00:26:06 - Who Should Never Water Fast If you've ever wondered whether weight loss and true healing are actually the same thing, or why one of her patients gained lean mass six weeks after a 14-day water fast, this episode will change how you think about what your body actually needs. Press play and learn why the repair process your body is waiting to run may only start when you finally stop feeding it. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if the moment that shattered the life you carefully built became the moment that showed you what healing really is? This episode is a little different. Instead of sitting in the host seat, I'm the one answering the questions. My dear friend and colleague, Dr. Nasha Winters invited me onto her podcast, Tend the Terrain, for a conversation that went somewhere I didn't expect. It got honest. It got deeply personal. And it went straight to the heart of why I left a 20-year career as a radiation oncologist at the top of my field and what I found on the other side. I'm sharing it here because I think you need to hear it. We get into something I've rarely talked about in this much depth: a shared death experience I had in 2020 that fundamentally changed me. Not just personally, but in how I understand illness, healing, and what the body may be trying to communicate when it gets sick. If you've ever felt like your diagnosis is something happening to you, this conversation may help you see your body differently. Chapters: 04:15 - The Crack in the Foundation 06:38 - Sitting With Death 08:29 - When the Soul Let Go 10:08 - Proof She Could Not Ignore 13:16 - Leaving Conventional Oncology 14:30 - Why Illness Carries a Message 16:30 - Healing the Human First 18:41 - Why Fasting Became the Path 19:02 - The Four Things Healers Do 21:19 - Stop Your World to Heal 23:14 - What Happens Inside the Fast 24:55 - The Deep Healing After Day Seven 27:00 - Refeeding Matters Most 32:00 - Why Doctors Feel the System Breaking 34:01 - Food as the First Foundation 36:13 - The Ripple That Could Change Cancer Care 36:50 - Holding Peace While Healing Others We also go deep into prolonged water fasting, not as a trend, but as a biological and spiritual tool for healing. I walk through what's happening in the body from the first 36 hours through the deeper work that only begins after day seven. I also explain why fasting at this depth is not something to improvise alone, and why proper guidance and refeeding matter so much. There's a reason I've built my current practice around this work, and it's not the reason most people assume. By the end, you'll understand why the four things I've seen again and again in people who heal are not what conventional medicine ever taught me to look for. Press play and learn why your body was never broken to begin with, and what it may have been waiting for you to understand. Tend The Terrain™ Podcast with Dr. Nasha: https://www.youtube.com/@drnashawinters Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if the secret to deep healing isn’t doing more, but going further? Most people assume that repeating short fasts is just as powerful as completing one long fast. Stack enough three-day fasts together and you’ll eventually get the same result, right? It’s a reasonable assumption, but it may be costing you the deeper healing you’re working so hard to reach. Dr. Katie breaks down something many people have never been taught: short fasts and prolonged fasts are not the same healing tool. Short fasts are genuinely valuable. They can support ketosis, lower insulin, improve metabolic flexibility, and put pressure on cancer cells. Dr. Katie does a three-day fast herself every month. But she says they stop short of the second tier. That second tier begins after the early detox window, when the body moves into a much deeper fasting state. Around day eight is the threshold where the fast stops being just a metabolic tool and begins to reveal a much deeper layer of healing. Dr. Katie believes most people never reach because they keep restarting the clock. Chapters: 00:04:22 - Why Short Fasts Reset the Clock 00:05:21 - Detox Starts After Day Four 00:06:21 - Why Long Fasts Need Supervision 00:07:23 - The Danger of Refeeding Wrong 00:08:21 - The Magic of Day Eight 00:09:31 - The Body Targets Damaged Tissue 00:10:22 - When Tumor Shrinkage Becomes Possible 00:12:17 - The Mind Finally Quiets 00:13:20 - Healing Crises Begin 00:16:49 - Why You Can’t Stack Short Fasts 00:17:32 - Cancer Deserves the Full Distance 00:18:52 - The Brain Tumor That Disappeared 00:19:45 - Why Refeeding Matters Most 00:21:00 - Fasting Opens Emotional Healing 00:23:19 - What Cancer Experts Would Do 00:24:45 - Physical and Emotional Healing Arrive Together Every time you break a fast, your body doesn’t just pause. It resets. Dr. Katie uses one simple analogy that makes this clear, and once you hear it, the difference between stacking short fasts and completing a prolonged fast becomes hard to unsee. Press play to learn why Dr. Katie believes anyone fasting for cancer needs to understand the difference between stopping early and going the full distance. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if one of the most studied alternative cancer therapies in the world was used across Europe and South America, yet still out of reach in the United States? Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Nasha Winters, a globally recognized authority in integrative oncology and co-author of Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology . Dr. Winters has trained hundreds of physicians in mistletoe therapy and has also used it herself. Together, they unpack a plant most people only know from the holidays and explore why injectable mistletoe has been used in cancer care since 1917. You’ll hear how mistletoe may work on multiple levels: supporting the immune system, affecting the tumor environment, and helping the body’s terrain during and after treatment. If you’ve ever felt rushed into decisions based on a scan, this episode is especially important. Dr. Winters explains pseudoprogression, a phenomenon where things may appear worse on imaging before they improve, and why timing scans too soon can lead to fear-driven decisions based on misleading information. Chapters: 00:06:39 - The Most Studied Alternative Cancer Therapy 00:08:18 - Why the U.S. Still Requires New Trials 00:09:34 - The Patient Who Changed Dr. Winters’ Path 00:12:43 - How Mistletoe Works in the Body 00:14:02 - Waking Up the Immune System 00:16:28 - Quality of Life During Cancer Treatment 00:18:42 - Mistletoe, Fasting, and Metabolic Support 00:21:37 - Why Terrain Matters More Than Tumor Kill 00:27:42 - Why Practitioner Training Matters 00:30:01 - The Scan Mistake That Can Change Everything 00:34:17 - When to Image During Mistletoe Therapy 00:37:06 - When Healing Looks Worse Before Better 00:41:00 - Who Should Be Careful With Mistletoe 00:42:54 - Why Fasting and Mistletoe Work Together Most relevant support from the transcript: the episode moves from mistletoe’s history and use since 1917, into mechanism and terrain, then closes with pseudoprogression, scan timing, and who should use caution. Stay until the end, because Dr. Winters shares how one patient first pushed her to explore mistletoe therapy, and how that moment opened the door to decades of clinical experience with a treatment most Americans still never hear about. Press play to learn why your body may be far more capable of healing than you’ve been told. Connect with Dr. Nasha: https://drnasha.com/ Pick up a copy: Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if the prostate treatment your doctor recommended wasn't your only choice? Joel Pruttis came to Dr. Katie Deming with a rising PSA, a lesion seen on his prostate MRI, and a urologist telling him he probably had cancer. But something about it didn't sit right, so he paused, did his research, and made a choice many people in his position may never hear about. Dr. Katie and Joel talk through what it's like to face a scary diagnosis, feel pushed toward a system that doesn't quite feel right, and find the courage to try something different. Joel's story centers on prostate health, but the questions he wrestled with will feel familiar to anyone who has ever wondered if there's another way. Chapters: 00:06:17 - Why the MRI Room Changed Everything 00:07:09 - Two PSA Numbers, One Big Question 00:09:17 - The Reason He Trusted Dr. Katie 00:10:09 - The Part of Fasting That Scared Him Most 00:11:45 - Why He Took the Leap Anyway 00:13:09 - What 14 Days Without Food Actually Felt Like 00:14:52 - The Subtle Shift That Told Him It Was Working 00:16:13 - The Treatment Path He Almost Walked Into 00:23:37 - The Health Changes He Didn’t Expect 00:29:30 - The Decision That Could Have Changed His Life 00:34:40 - The Cost Comparison No One Talks About 00:38:47 - The Healing Path Hidden in Plain Sight It's not only about Joel's lab results after a 14-day water fast, but everything else that shifted along the way, things he wasn't even looking for when he started. If you've ever felt stuck between fear and uncertainty, or wondered whether the standard path is really your only option, stay until the end. Joel shares exactly what he would say to anyone standing at that crossroads right now. Press play and learn what happened when one man decided to trust his body first. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if the one food you’ve been told to avoid isn’t always the problem, and when prepared the right way, could actually support your healing? In this episode, Dr. Katie Deming brings back Monica Corrado, a traditional foods educator, author, and ancestral nutrition expert to dig into what’s actually true about dairy, cancer, and the gut. They break down the difference between the dairy you’ll find on grocery store shelves and the kind traditional cultures prepared for centuries. They cover everything from Holstein cows versus traditional brown cows, to A1 versus A2 casein, to why raw milk dairies may be held to stricter safety standards than conventional pasteurized dairy. You’ll also find out why some people feel sick after trying raw milk for the first time, and why that reaction may have more to do with drinking too much of a potent, microbially live food too quickly than with the milk itself. Chapters: 00:06:08 - Why Modern Dairy Changed 00:07:18 - The Problem With Store Dairy 00:08:24 - The Dairy That May Heal 00:09:12 - The Raw Milk Difference 00:10:05 - How Culturing Removes Sugar 00:11:18 - Why Raw Milk Scares People 00:15:21 - How Milk Quality Got Lost 00:18:11 - Drinking Dead Bacteria 00:20:29 - A1 vs A2 Dairy 00:24:19 - What Better Dairy Looks Like 00:26:09 - Making Dairy Cancer Friendly 00:30:08 - The IGF-1 Question 00:36:10 - Why Kefir Is Different Dr. Katie also shares what she’s observing in her own practice about IGF-1 levels in patients who are eating long-cultured dairy, a question her fasting community has been asking about for a long time. By the end, you’ll understand what kind of dairy may support your microbiome, why long culturing matters, and how Monica recommends making yogurt or kefir at home. Press play and learn how an ancient food you may have written off could become one of the most overlooked tools in your healing toolkit. Chef Monica's Books: https://simplybeingwell.com/2nd-ed-gaps-complete-book Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What would happen if you got quiet enough to finally hear the truth you've been carrying your whole life? Lauren Monusco arrived at her 10-day water fast on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Dr. Katie Deming and Lauren take you inside the real emotional journey of a prolonged fast, and it's probably not what you'd expect. She knew something was deeply misaligned, but she couldn't see what it was until she finally stopped long enough to look. She'd spent years pushing through the discomfort from a high-pressure career, managing the symptoms, and holding everything together on the outside. But the biggest breakthroughs didn't come during the fast itself. They came during refeeding, on the other side of boredom, discomfort, surrender, and ten days of genuine stillness. Chapters: 00:04:18 - Everything Started Falling Apart 00:05:32 - The Fast That Felt Aligned 00:08:34 - Fear of What Would Surface 00:11:48 - The Moment Surrender Changed Everything 00:14:42 - Boredom, Discomfort, and Facing Yourself 00:16:07 - Seeing Her Life From a Different Perspective 00:17:10 - The Pattern She Could No Longer Ignore 00:21:42 - The Fight That Changed Her Marriage 00:25:20 - Releasing Years of Emotional Trauma 00:27:18 - Finally Speaking Her Truth 00:30:08 - The Lightness That Came After Letting Go 00:37:22 - Discovering Her Authentic Self 00:41:08 - What Healing Actually Looks Like Dr. Katie also explains what may be happening in the nervous system during prolonged fasting that can create space for this kind of clarity. Lauren's story is a powerful example of what becomes possible when you stop running from yourself and start getting honest, first with yourself, and then with the people you love most. Press play to hear Lauren share something she almost didn't say out loud, and it's the kind of honesty that reminds you what real healing actually looks like. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if the next step after cancer surgery wasn't more treatment, but something different entirely? Dr. Katie Deming welcomes Merlin Hagan. After his prostate was removed, Merlin's doctors checked his PSA, a blood marker used to monitor prostate cancer activity. It should have dropped to undetectable levels. But it didn't. His PSA kept climbing, and doctors recommended radiation and hormone therapy next. Merlin wasn't ready for that, so he went looking for another option. PSA Prostate-Specific Antigen , a protein made by the prostate. Rising PSA levels may signal changes in the prostate, including inflammation, enlargement, or possible prostate cancer activity. He had never fasted before in his life, yet he committed to a 21-day water fast under medical supervision. What happened next surprised not just him, but his doctors too. Chapters: 00:06:02 - PSA Still Rising 00:06:47 - Finding the Fast 00:08:01 - The Hardest Part of Fasting 00:09:05 - Dealing with Food Cravings 00:11:00 - The Diet Shift Before Fasting 00:13:26 - Relearning How to Eat 00:16:41 - Eight Weeks After the Fast 00:17:33 - The Unexpected Weight Loss 00:18:26 - Blood Pressure Changes 00:19:41 - Prostate Surgery Complication 00:20:38 - The First Sign of Healing 00:22:21 - The PSA Results 00:24:54 - Hormone Therapy Decision Merlin walks through the entire experience: the prep week, the difficult first few days, and the mental shift that carried him through the fast. He also shares how a major complication from his surgery unexpectedly started improving near the end of the fast. But the moment that changed everything came at his follow-up appointment. Merlin walked in with new PSA results. Press play to hear what happened when his numbers finally started moving. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What if your sugar cravings have nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with what your brain has been quietly taught to need? Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Matty Lansdown, scientist, nutritionist, and emotional eating specialist, to explore why so many people feel completely out of control around sugar. Matty has spent nearly a decade working with people who've tried every diet, every rule, every "fresh start Monday," and still can't seem to break free. If you've ever felt like you "know better" but still can't stop, this episode is for you. What he's found goes much deeper than food. Dr. Katie brings her own perspective too, including how prolonged water fasting has shown her just how much of our eating is driven by things we've never stopped to examine. Chapters: 00:02:08 - Why Sugar Feels Impossible to Quit 00:08:21 - The Hidden Dopamine Traps Everywhere 00:12:46 - Are Your Cravings Emotional or Physical 00:14:06 - Why High Achievers Ignore Their Bodies 00:15:28 - The Emotional Trigger Behind Your Cravings 00:17:14 - How Fructose May Influence Energy Storage 00:23:18 - The Flavor Science Designed to Keep You Eating 00:27:41 - The Dark Side of Processed Food Engineering 00:31:02 - The First Step to Breaking Sugar Addiction 00:33:11 - How This Small Habit Changes Everything 00:36:06 - The Difference Between Abstainers and Moderators Learn what researchers and experts believe may be happening in the brain when you reach for something sweet, and why ultra-processed foods are designed to be hard to resist. You'll also discover why cravings are often signals pointing to something unmet, something emotional, something worth understanding. Press play and learn the first step that has nothing to do with restriction, willpower, or cutting anything out cold. Connect with Matty: https://mattylansdown.com/ Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE What does a 27-day water fast have to do with learning to be alone with yourself? Karen Hannon joined Dr. Katie Deming's water fasting program after a cancer diagnosis, deep research, and a drive to do everything possible to heal. What she didn't expect was that the most important work had nothing to do with any of that. Karen opens up about her 27-day water fast and what actually shifted when she finally put down every distraction and got quiet with herself. Dr. Katie has guided countless people through prolonged water fasts, and she's noticed something that surprises nearly everyone who shows up. If you've been doing all the things and still feel like something's missing, this conversation might point you toward what that something actually is. Chapters: 00:04:08 - Why Fasting Alone Doesn’t Work 00:12:05 - Calm Your Nervous System 00:16:05 - Living with Constant Fear 00:18:05 - Stepping Off the Merry Go Round 00:22:05 - Learning to Trust Your Body 00:24:05 - Stop Forcing Outcomes 00:29:05 - Feeling Safe During the Process 00:33:05 - The Power of Being Seen 00:36:05 - Learning to Receive Support 00:39:05 - Healing Continues After the Fast 00:41:05 - Integrating What You Learned 00:43:05 - Would Karen Do It Again? Karen shares what it felt like to go from constant noise and anxiety to a sense of peace she didn't know was possible. She talks about the moment it clicked and what daily life inside the fasting program actually looked like. Press play and learn what becomes possible when you finally stop your world. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

What if going without food before chemotherapy could help protect your healthy cells while leaving your cancer cells more exposed? The research behind this has been building for over a decade in peer-reviewed journals and major institutions, yet many patients never hear about it as part of their treatment plan. Dr. Katie Deming breaks down why the standard advice to keep eating through treatment may be missing an important piece. She explains the biology in plain language, so you can understand what is actually happening in your body during chemotherapy. You will hear what early human studies found when cancer patients fasted around their chemotherapy cycles. These are small but meaningful studies, and the results showed signals that researchers and clinicians are continuing to investigate. Chapters: 00:04:12 - The Advice That Might Be Missing 00:05:58 - Why Chemo Damages Healthy Cells 00:10:02 - How Fasting Changes the Battlefield 00:12:18 - What Early Human Cases Revealed 00:14:36 - Fewer Side Effects and Faster Recovery 00:17:05 - The Study That Tested This in Patients 00:19:22 - Why Dose Reductions Matter More Than You Think 00:21:40 - The Truth About Weight and Muscle Loss 00:24:05 - The Drug Almost Everyone Gets 00:26:18 - Are Steroids May Work Against You? 00:31:02 - The Tumor Response 00:33:25 - What We Still Do Not Know 00:36:45 - The Question to Ask Before Your Next Cycle Stay until the end to hear the specific question you can ask your oncologist at your next appointment, a question that could change how your treatment feels from the very first cycle. Press play and understand what the research shows, and what it could mean for you. Dr. Katie's LIVE Fasting and Chemo Workshop is May 12 at 4pm PT. You'll get the exact fasting windows, what to say to your doctor, and a step-by-step plan to follow. Save your spot today: https://tinyurl.com/3xe28922 Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

What if going without food for two weeks felt less like deprivation and more like coming home? Guest Faith Laux pictured herself scooting down the stairs on her hands and knees, too exhausted to function. What she actually felt around day six is something she struggled to put into words, and you have to hear her describe it herself to understand why. Faith shares the fear going in, the rollercoaster of the first few days, and the unexpected moment when everything shifted. Host Dr. Katie Deming explains exactly why days four through six tend to be the hardest and what's actually happening in the body during that window. Faith was so connected to what she was feeling that when it was time to come back, she genuinely didn't want to leave. Press play and learn the one thing she did before starting that made the entire first week dramatically easier, and it's so simple you'll wonder why nobody talks about it. Full episode: https://youtu.be/dPp3hFiIxqY?si=W_WRto45N8zfFF49 Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

What if the most powerful cancer practice has been around for thousands of years and medicine quietly buried it? An unexpected medical crisis forced her to stop eating entirely. For two and a half months, with no support from her doctors, her body did something they said wasn't possible. In this clip, Dr. Nasha Winters and Dr. Katie Deming challenges why the medical establishment pushed high-carb nutrition on cancer patients, what that's actually doing to people, and what happens when you stop feeding the disease and start trusting the body. Chapters: 00:04:15 - The Accidental Tool That Saved Her Life 00:06:45 - 3 Decades of Fasting and What Held True 00:08:30 - How Standard Cancer Nutrition Got It Wrong 00:10:00 - The Unexpected Emotional Detox 00:11:30 - Fasting and Your Mitochondria 00:13:10 - The Future of Integrated Cancer Care That accidental discovery launched a 34-year long career in metabolic health. Press play and learn why the oldest tool in medicine may be the one you've been missing. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

What if the cancer treatments you trust are built on the wrong foundation? Dr. Thomas Seyfried has spent decades building the scientific case that cancer isn't a genetic disease. It's a metabolic one. And that distinction changes everything. He breaks down exactly why cancer cells can't survive without glucose and glutamine, why conventional oncology has largely ignored this, and why managing cancer without toxic side effects isn't just possible. It's already happening. Dr. Seyfried also explains why eating meat won't raise your glutamine levels the way most people fear, how nutritional ketosis can cut chemotherapy doses in half, and why a drug called DON could be a turning point in metabolic cancer care if the FDA ever gets out of the way. If you or someone you love is navigating a cancer diagnosis, this conversation could reshape how you think about treatment options. Don't wait to hear it. Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

What if your cravings aren't a problem to fix, but a signal you've been ignoring? Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a researcher whose work connecting nutrition, gut health, and chronic illness has reached people around the world. Together, they dig into why some of the most widely accepted dietary advice may be working against healing, not for it. Specifically, they explore what happens when the body is deprived of the nutrients it actually needs to repair and rebuild at the cellular level. Dr. Katie shares what she's observed firsthand in her own fasting practice, including something that surprised even the most committed plant-based patients who came to her for care. Chapters: 00:04:50 - The Signal Your Body Sends When Cleansing Is Over 00:05:18 - Why Your Hunger Might Be Misleading You 00:06:30 - The Refeeding Step Most People Get Wrong 00:07:27 - Why People Crave Meat After Prolong Fasts 00:09:05 - The Refeeding Approach That Changes Recovery 00:10:30 - The Hidden Risk in Nuts and Seeds 00:11:19 - The Cooking Oil Problem 00:14:00 - Why We are Conditioned to Fear Fat 00:21:30 - What Happens When Your Gut Loses Balance Dr. Natasha brings decades of research to explain what's really going on inside the body when cravings show up, and what those cravings are actually trying to tell you. If you've ever felt confused by conflicting nutrition advice, this conversation will help you understand why. The conversation takes a hard look at cholesterol, what it actually does in the body, why your levels may not mean what you've been told, and how the standard advice around it could be getting in the way of your healing. Press play because the final topic on the gut microbiome ties everything together in a way that reframes how you think about disease itself. Connect with guest: www.drnatasha.com Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...

What if the most common nutrition advice given to people facing chronic illness, eat more plants, is actually working against healing? Host Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, neurologist, nutritionist, and creator of the GAPS Protocol, to question whether the human gut is truly designed to rely on plant-based nutrition during healing. They explore what traditional cultures prioritized for recovery, why some foods may be harder for the body to process than we think, and how modern dietary guidelines may be shaped by forces beyond patient health. Chapters: 00:04:05 - What Your Body Can’t Digest 00:06:20 - The Food That Actually Builds You 00:08:25 - The Truth About Vegan Diets 00:10:15 - Who Controls Your Food Choices 00:13:40 - The Profit Behind Your Diet 00:17:45 - Why Doctors Stay Silent 00:22:10 - Treating Symptoms or Healing If you're facing chronic illness, supporting someone who is, or trying to understand what your body needs during recovery, this episode challenges conventional thinking around food and healing. Press play and learn what may be missing when certain foods are removed, and why that matters most when your body is under stress. Connect with Guest: https://www.drnatasha.com/ Which Fast Is Right for You? - Take the FREE QUIZ: https://www.whichfastisrightforyou.com/ Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/y5cm5wtj Follow Dr. Katie Deming on Instagram Work with Dr. Katie One-on-One — a Fasting Consult to build your personalized fasting plan: https://l.bttr.to/L05ab Or a Health & Healing Consult for a deeper conversation about your diagnosis, your options, and what’s worth exploring next: https://l.bttr.to/Abcf1 Join Dr. Katie for a three-day guided reset to slow down, listen to your body, and practice a more loving relationship with yourself—with daily live calls, expert support, and community alongside you: https://tinyurl.com/ye22r9km Watch on Youtube DISCLAIMER: The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional...