If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
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If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
Episode 020 - Before You Fast, Detox, or Biohack—Do This First
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
28 minutes
2 months ago
Episode 020 - Before You Fast, Detox, or Biohack—Do This First
Going harder isn’t the answer—going in the right order is. In this episode, Brandon explains why fasting, detox protocols, and popular biohacks backfire when stacked on an unstable system, and how to use The Metabolic Compass to build readiness first so those tools finally work. You’ll learn: • The cost of starting in the wrong place (why stress before safety stalls progress) • The real purpose of biohacking (signal-first, not stack-first) • Why Nurture comes first (gut–liver axis, inflammati...
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
