Today Carlee Hayes joins us to talk about the wonderful cutting-edge technology of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)—including a look at my private medical information as Carlee evaluates my journey with CGM from a few years ago, as well as the most recent one that occurred a few months ago.
Carlee is the senior nutrition manager for Nutrisense, and as you will hear, CGM goes far beyond the occasional snapshot that we get when we check our fasting blood glucose and the doctor tells you you’re ok (or pre-diabetic). This is a 24/7 technology that allows you to see, throughout the day, all the different variables that affect not only your glucose levels at any time, but also your ability to regulate glucose.
As you listen to this episode, you will see why I believe this is such an important thing to do for yourself—it’s a total education in the impact of your dietary habits, as well as your exercise and sleep habits and how they affect your ability to regulate glucose and manage insulin, making it an ideal tool for behavior modification, which of course, has a hugely positive impact on your health, happiness, and quality of life. 
 
TIMESTAMPS:
Your bucket list should include glucose monitoring because you learn so much about the variables in your life that affect your ability to achieve metabolic health. [00:47]
Analyze in real-time how your glucose levels respond to food, exercise, stress, and sleep. [02:14]
The reading that you get from this patch on your arm goes into an app on your phone 24/7. [06:09]
What is really good about this program is that the user has direct contact with an advisor at any time. [11:07]
What are we looking for besides just fasting glucose?  One thing we look for is variability. [13:28]
When we are talking about individual meal responses, the app calculates a score based on that meal. If we have a spike in glucose, do we want a steady slope back down to baseline? [23:05]
Reactive hypoglycemia symptoms are feeling hangry, irritable, and shaky. [27:57]
How the choice of foods in your meal affects the impact on blood glucose. [30:20]
What are we actually burning based on what we are eating? [36:07]
When you eat too much food and don’t burn enough calories, we have energy toxicity. [39:19]
Our insulin sensitivity is closely aligned with our body’s Circadian rhythm. It might be just the timing we have to tweak. [42:46]
Is a lower reading of fasting blood glucose better? [47:57]
Brad engaged in the Nutrisense program he was able to find a way to have a little bit more  flexibility in his diet, but it didn't impact his glucose in a negative way. [54:14]
Do we have a certain limit on how much protein we can assimilate at one time? [58:45]
Identify the foods that you want to start eliminating and identify your goals.  It does not have to be overwhelming to make some changes. [01:02:09]
Sleep is just as important as your diet. [01:03:53]
 
LINKS:

Brad Kearns.com
Brad’s Shopping page
PrimalEndrance.fit
Nutrisense
ATP (Adenosine triphosphate
Atomic Habits
Carlee Hayes

 
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