The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#130 - Kara Collier: Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) Q&A, Average Blood Sugar Levels, Interpreting Glucose Spikes, Food Combination Experimentation, Cold Therapy, Sauna & Exercise, HBA1C & Diabetes, Glycemic Variability, And More!


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9:35 - What Is The Most Common Question About CGMs?

10:30 - What Is A Continuous Glucose Monitor?

13:35 - Why Wear A CGM?

19:40 - HBA1C

20:45 - How Long Should You Wear A CGM To Find Useful Data?

22:25 - How Much Do We Really Know About Glucose And Longevity?

28:35 - Diagnostic Criteria Diabetes

32:25 - Is It Ok To Spike Over 200 Occasionally?

35:40 - Changes In Glucose

40:00 - Standard Deviation

40:55 - Blood Glucose And Cryotherapy

44:00 - Sauna & Exercise

53:40 - Being In A Para-Sympathetic State While Eating

54:30 - Experimentation

57:55 - Food Combinations

59:40 - Why Does Alcohol Lower Blood Sugar?

1:02:05 - Stevia

1:03:15 - Low Carb Eating And Endogenous Glucose Production - Adaptive Glucose Sparing

1:06:50 - Is It Harmful?

1:09:50 - Restoring Insulin Sensitivity After Being Ketogenic

1:10:30 - CGM For Gestational Diabetes Or Annual Tests

1:11:20 - Where Can You Place Them?

1:13:35 - Is There A Threshold Of Fat For CGM Placement?

1:15:00 - Accuracy

1:20:05 - Consistency In Readings

1:22:25 - Does It Hurt? Is There Another Option?

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