
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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