Will Cole - Intuitive fasting : the flexible four-week intermittent fasting plan to recharge your metabolism and renew your health

Acknowledgments

Amber, Solomon, and Shiloh: I love you so freaking much. Thank you for being my center and my safe place.

My team: Andrea, Yvette, Emily, Janice, Megan, Brinna, Hollie, and Maddy: You are part of my family and my closest friends. Thank you for your consistent devotion, diligence, and compassion for our patients and for one another.

My patients around the world: Thank you for letting me be a part of your sacred journey into wellness. I do not take that responsibility lightly. Serving you is truly an honor.

Heather, Diana, Michele, and everyone at Rodale and Waterbury: You are the best team I could have dreamed of. Thank you for always listening to my vision and doing everything to help it come to life.

Gretchen: Thank you for your friendship and putting your heart into this book with me.

Gwyneth, Elise, Kiki, and my goop family: I am immensely grateful for you. Thank you for your years of friendship and for championing me.

Dr. Alejandro Junger, Melissa Urban, Dr. Terry Wahls, and Dr. Josh Axe: Thank you for being my mentors, heroes, and good friends in this space of wellness.

Finally, thank you to everyone in the functional medicine and wellness world: Continue being a light.

About the Author

DR. WILL COLE, IFMCP, DNM, DC, is a leading functional medicine expert who consults with people around the world via webcam at www.drwillcole.com and locally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Named one of the top fifty functional-medicine and integrative doctors in the nation, Dr. Cole specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing a functional medicine approach for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorder, and brain problems. He is the bestselling author of Ketotarian and The Inflammation Spectrum. Dr. Cole also hosts the popular podcasts goopfellas and The Art of Being Well. You can find him on Instagram at Instagram.com/drwillcole or on Facebook at facebook.com/doctorwillcole.

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de Cabo R, Mattson MP. Effects of intermittent fasting on health, aging, and disease [published correction appears in N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 16;382(3):298] [published correction appears in N Engl J Med. 2020 Mar 5;382(10):978]. N Engl J Med. 2019;381(26):254151. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1905136.