{"podcast":{"title":"Delay and Pray","slug":"delay-and-pray-5848647","podcast_index_feed_id":5848647,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/delay-and-pray/","website_url":"https://thecatholicfastingcoach.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/5df063d8-0095-4b9d-baf1-f6ce0d188243/u3C7C9Ng-AsEiaE40oW8RUhn.jpg","author":"Beth The Catholic Fasting Coach","episode_count":198,"summary":"Delay and Pray® is a weekly podcast about Spiritual Fasting especially true when it comes to losing weight permanently. Beth Bubik is the The Catholic Fasting Coach and she is an expert on the subject of Spiritual Fasting: Why to do it. How to do it. And, when to do it. It's all about delaying food for a spiritual purpose--especially sugar, flour, and alcohol. She coaches Catholics how to spiritually and physically fast to utilize their weight and food struggles as a gift to explode their own prayer lives while helping the souls of others. Every week, Beth will teach you how to literally live out St. John's scripture in every way: \"He must increase, but I must decrease.\" (John 3:30) Lose the weight and gain faith! Everyone is called to Spiritually Fast. Let's get going! Find Beth's Programs and Content on her website: www.thecatholicfastingcoach.com Keep up with the latest posts and information on a daily basis by joining her on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @thecatholicfastingcoach","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T16:17:42.348841+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647"},"episode":{"title":"The Battle for Your Appetite Part 2","slug":"the-battle-for-your-appetite-part-2","published_at":"2026-09-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647/the-battle-for-your-appetite-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647","url":"https://thecatholicfastingcoach.com/The-Battle-for-Your-Appetite-Part2","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6ecde02b-e598-49b3-9982-57421d76bca2.mp3","summary":"What if sugar is doing more than making you crave another cookie—what if it is making it harder to hear your God-given appetite at all? In Part 2 of How Sugar Steals Our God-Given Appetite , we explore the fascinating idea that fructose may activate an ancient survival or “foraging” response designed to help us seek food and store energy when food was scarce. The problem is that today the food never disappears, and sugar, flour, alcohol, and ultra-processed foods are available everywhere. We look at Dr. Richard Johnson and Dr. Robert Lustig's discussion of fructose, insulin and leptin resistance, cellular energy, food seeking, and the emerging research connecting metabolic dysfunction with brain health and Alzheimer’s disease. Most importantly, we bring it back to Delay and Pray® and how spiritual fasting can help us create space between desire and action, retrain our appetites, strengthen the will, and learn once again to choose Christ before sugar . Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links: $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience $10 Delay and Pray® Book Bundle The Catholic Fasting Coach Instagram Facebook LinkedIn","meta_description":"What if sugar is doing more than making you crave another cookie—what if it is making it harder to hear your God-given appetite at all? In Part 2 of How S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2679,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/delay-and-pray-5848647/episodes/the-battle-for-your-appetite-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delay-and-pray-5848647/the-battle-for-your-appetite-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}