India, April 2 -- Fasting is a huge part of many cultures, including India. Meanwhile, women often follow popular diet trends to get fit and healthy and starve their bodies of essential nutrients to get in that 'perfect shape'. But how does fasting affect women?

In a YouTube video shared by the channel Huberman Lab Clips on March 29, Andrew Huberman, a neurobiology and ophthalmology professor with an Instagram following of 7 million, sat down with Dr Stacy Sims, PhD, to delve deeper into the 'truths about fasting for women'. Dr Stacy is an exercise physiologist, nutrition scientist, and expert in female-specific nutrition.

Per Dr Stacy, women have more oxidative fibres in their bodies. "So, we hear all the things about fasting improving...