Every individual responds differently to what they eat. We all know eating a healthy diet is important, but what is happening on a chemical level inside our bodies? Josh Clemente started out as an engineer and welder at SpaceX to explore the outer atmosphere, but what he realized was most important was monitoring what was going on inside our own bodies. This episode is a great deep dive into what helps and hinders your metabolism, key tips and tricks for stabilizing your glucose response and understanding what it takes to train metabolic flexibility. As Josh says, “you have to put in focus, effort and repetition to develop metabolic health- it doesn't just happen.” Make it happen Spartans!   LESSONS  Individuals respond differently to foods  Measure, monitor and respond to your glucose  Walk after meals  Train your body into metabolic flexibility   Put in the effort to develop metabolic health  Learn dietary flexibility  It’s not just what you eat, it's how you eat it  Understand the consequences of your decisions  Place your actions in context    This episode of Spartan Up! Is brought to you by GONEROGUESNACKS.COM - use code SPARTAN25 for a discount  LINKS https://levels.link/spartan https://www.levelshealth.com/ https://www.instagram.com/unlocklevels https://twitter.com/unlocklevels ᐧ TIME STAMPS 0:00 research highlight 0:30 Joe De Sena introduces Josh Clemente1:30 GoneRogueSnacks.com intro  3:30 Working at SpaceX  5:00 Starting Levels Health 6:15 Continuous glucose monitoring  7:00 Understanding metabolism  8:00 Glucose disfunction  9:15 Individuals response to food  13:00 Real time data to make educated choices  14:00 Exercise after meals for blood sugar response  15:25 Blood sugar responses  16:45 Stored fat  17:30 Metabolic flexibility  19:30 “Bonking” & intermittent fasting  20:30 “fat-adapted”  21:30 Metabolic fitness  22:00 GoneRogueSnacks.com break  24:30 Dietary flexibility  27:00 Glucose excursions  30:00 It's not just what you eat it's how you eat it 31:30 Sleep affects insulin resistance  33:00 Applying control to your decisions  35:00 Listening to your body  37:00 Developing software around glucose monitoring 38:15 Metabolic Fitness Score  40:30 Electrochemical glucose monitoring  42:30 Joe De Sena reviews lessons learned  44:00 GoneRogueSnacks.com close SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pYBkk1T684YQg7CmoaAZt FOLLOW SPARTAN UP: Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/ Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod   CREDITS: Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Hosts: Joe De Sena  Sefra Alexandra, Johnny Waite & Colonel Nye are out training their metabolism!  Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty   © 2020 Spartan