Does Food Order Help Control Blood Sugar. and Insulin? | Educational Video | Biolayne

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[@JenniferMyers]

People are really getting lost in the weeds. Just eat a variety of real, whole foods including fruits and vegetables and healthy fats & animal protein, get some vitamin D and omega fatty acids, move your body, manage your sleep and stress, maintain your social relationships and do anonymous/silent/thankless tasks that benefit others. With these basic habits you’ll cultivate a healthy, balanced life of relative contentment.

[@tomijojo]

💯

[@Stuart.Branson.]

Nope. No matter what crap your dumb brain decides to put in your mouth, you ARE a carnivore and always will be.

[@rsanghi24]

I would change the animal protein part to get all amino acids, and just eat more quantity of those amimo acids if they are coming from plant sources. I eat meat myself, but that sentence makes it sound like there's something wrong with plant protein, which there isn't. It's just less bio available, so you just need to eat more.

[@rabbychan]

Selfless tasks are not possible, think about the TRUE initial motivation that makes you do those things... Yeah, it's about you first, it always is.

[@K1FF33]

@@rabbychan she wrote "thankless", not "selfless" - and the benefits for others can still be center of your attention (and intention) as well ( plus an outcome of your actions Not everything needs to be a zero-sum game... lots of things can benefit you and the people around you at the same time... how good or miserable you feel about yourself for your actions...doesn't make the outcome more or less valuable for others)

[@bellagdur9786]

It is always like this, a person shows up with a book, influencers invite them one after the other, and then it becomes the "norm".

[@WiseMindNutrition]

That last part - the best marketing tool is to make a problem and then sell the solution for that problem! For most people order of food is completely trivial compared to what the actual foods are on their plates. Nice breakdown here!

[@jinniwind]

Nice summary right here! This is one of the most important advice that beginners who just started venturing out to fitness and nutrition need to remember.

[@waynegolding14]

"Stepping over dollars to pick up pennies." I like that one. FOR ALGOR!

[@DEFPIT]

This channel should have 10 Mil subs already

[@SPCTherapy]

It won't. Simply because he speaks the truth.

[@pedrobarros2000]

Yeah man, but fasting...or keto ..or ( insert here a bs diet or your choice) 😂😂😂

[@JDell913]

Criminal that he does not have a few mil subs. Might have to run a HUMAN RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL to see why some people don’t subscribe and ring that bell

[@tsebosei1285]

But people like drama and the short cut to their problems and don't like to take ownership. In esense human nature does not like to be told what they need to hear, they like to be told what they want to hear and it manifest itself in the number of subs

[@tito5428]

Patience. Walk then run.

[@chrisbell8418]

A ten minute walk after every meal can be twice as effective as metformin and can significantly reduce blood glucose and increase insulin sensitivity. 3 -5 10 minute walks around the block can be life changing because it’s so easy to comply and compliance is the science. Stan Efferding and Mike Mutzel have extensive vids on it. 😊

[@ParanormalPulse411]

Stan the red faced man with extremely high blood pressure......yup I am taking my advice from him.

[@CoachRedmon]

I’m a former type 2 diabetic and I just did a 10 day trial with a CGM. One thing I can say with certainty is that eating my proteins and fats first had a huge impact on minimizing my glucose spike. However, my glucose took much longer to return to baseline. It seemed obvious that eating the proteins and fats simply slowed the digestion of the carbs. But if minimizing insulin spikes is your goal, eating carbs last will definitely help there.

[@VeinyDickTracy]

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[@MT-sq3jo]

Eating protein will also spike your insulin!

[@RB_0.77]

Great stuff as usual LN! Much appreciated.

[@luigirocca8827]

Love this channel…thanks for sharing your knowledge, Layne!

[@scottyg5403]

Another excellent educational video! Thank you! 🙏

[@delamolina6439]

I lost 30 pounds following her eating hacks, mostly was just adding more vegetables to your diet which is part of every healthy lifestyle. The order of the foods definitely makes no sense but I think it helps big-time if you want to change your bad habits.

[@donking3360]

Great analysis again, Layne.

[@terrydevaney8601]

Dude you rock 🤘.. Always the best health information online ❤

[@marcuskuip]

Thank you so much for researching and debunking this!

[@lisas781]

Thanks for this! I'm going to binge watch your channel now.

[@mr8452]

Food order may not affect long-term outcomes but can still be useful for optimizing short-term blood sugar levels. This can help mental performance and controlling hunger. Rhonda Patrick has a video on this with Chris Williamson.

[@Ajejeb3]

Did you actually listen to the video?

[@mr8452]

@@Ajejeb3 Do you have an issue with what I said? If so, you can elaborate on that instead of a condescending reply.

[@VeinyDickTracy]

He addressed what you commented about for the short term. That’s why the guy asked if you watched the video.

[@robbiemoir929]

​@@mr8452since you can't work it out for yourself, he is simply saying the order which you eat your food makes virtually no difference to post glucose measurements, as explained in the video.

[@mr8452]

@@robbiemoir929 Wrong. Food order does affect short-term glucose measurements. Layne is saying it doesn’t affect long-term metrics like HBA1C.

[@Caferramarta]

Yup. I do believe starting a meal with veggies is a good tool to slow down , enjoy what’s comes next more , get satiated and eat less in a rush (cause who eats veggies like a tornado?) and that keeping this habit helps staying healthy in the long run (fiber intake, less overall calories and such…) but like with everything else shouldn’t be a rule you HAVE to apply at every single meal because scared of glucose spikes. Anyway, good video as per usual. Keep it up!

[@lukeeverett6768]

As always! Thanks for the NO BS content.

[@howbradknew]

Good to have sane, reasoned, data-based, and science-grounded knowledge and interpretation!

[@victorcs_]

Good video! Thanks again.

[@martinadelvai4115]

At the start of a meal when you're hungry food tastes better. I use that to get my veggies in first while protein and carbs are still on the stove. Helps to allready fill the stomach a bit. I eat the carbs with the protein. If I'm no longer hungy I can safe the rest for later but at least I got some fiber and micronutrients in already.

[@adama5000]

Absolutely amazing at simplifying complex science topics! Your talent for making difficult concepts understandable is truly impressive! Keep up the fantastic work, sir!

[@Stamatakis33]

Great educational video!

[@andrewhertzberg6889]

Good one. Thank you. I might have just learned something.

[@cheliospanama9786]

Great Video! Thank you 🔥👏💪🫶

[@locomike102]

Anecdotally, my wife just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was prescribed a CGM and we did seem to notice that eating the carbs first DID seem to increase the post feeding spike in glucose more than if she ate the protein and vegetables first. Of course, the sample size is one person and the meals were not at all controlled or even very consistent, but that this video showed up a few weeks after we started looking at this is pretty neat. I was also of the opinion that, which this is an interesting data point, duration of elevation is probably way more important than peak levels, and I think we can get lost in the data and track things that may not be the most beneficial indicator, long term. Love your content Layne, and good luck at Nationals!

[@VernCrisler]

Yep, vertical spikes-- not important; horizontal accumulation over time -- very important. Those glucose monitors only measure vertical spikes and they are often wrong about that. The only measure that's important is A1c which should be done every 3 to 6 months at the doctor's office. Your wife should ask her doctor about getting on Mounjaro, which lowers A1c.

[@andrewzach1921]

Commenting for the algorithm,thanks for the video Layne.

[@2ndpersonality55]

This is a Great channel. People should spread and share and make real authentic information more digestible like this channel.

[@kestag2110]

Thanks for clarifying.

[@jake-watkins]

It's not really the order you eat the food in. It's that you can't let your wet foods touch the dry foods and the green food needs to across from the yellow food. If you do that your insulin won't spike. 8*)

[@laaneychoonz1330]

Dr. Layne Norton for the win!

[@timgerber5563]

Thanks for covering this! I see way too many people going on about blood glucose monitors and insulin spikes at the moment and making a bigger deal out of it than it should be. Gets used like crazy as well by people who can’t differentiate between acute and chronic cortisol elevation…

[@gentatanaka4069]

Good content, important information.

[@MrMindyMind]

I really wish more people would be exposed to your content man. Thank you Layne!

[@ch.k4580]

Hi Dr. Norton, what a great educational video! Just love it! I am really not a fan of the glucosegodess I have to say and you are totally right, that she is creating a problem that is actually not there to just sell her product. I just cannot understand this kind of misinformation campaign. Thanks for taking your time to actually fact check her and call her out! Love your videos! Many greetings from a scientist!

[@hillkiran]

Hey do you have an opinion on BioProtein? or Keytone IQ? I get a lot of adds for those two products, and they look good, but IDK

[@Nowayasaway29]

Thank you! She's everywhere , and most of what she says is nonesense.. i'm so glad you exist !

[@CorgiMay]

I find it funny that she calls herself a "goddess". That's some next level arrogance.

[@ghost9-9ghost]

​@@CorgiMay well...to be fair, most "influencers" on social media are starting from a place of narcissism and ego......despite that most of their content is al garbage.....so...IM SURE she considers herself a goddess... Frankly, all the "carnivore" youtubers are even more pretentious and arrogant than the vegans..

[@justaname999]

yes! As someone who works in cognitive science and often struggles with people's preconceived notions, I cannot value the distinctions you make enough!! Something being clinically significant is often such a complex issue, both on the molecular and cell-level but also on the body-external level, while it's extremely easy to produce/claim statistical significance and just roll with it to sell people stuff...

[@maqboolahmed7737]

The most underrated channel,,,, Always find this channel and this man a true guidance towards health

[@mpoharper]

I totally agree!

[@wtssmaller]

The science might say or not say what Lane says but for me personally its different. Firstly, many foods that spike blood sugar (high GI foods) are unnatural and processed foods that are very unhealthy (though there are exceptions). Because of that it makes sense that spiking your blood sugar is at least related to ill health. If i spike my insulin bv eating high GI foods (even potatos) it increases my appetite dramatically and makes me hungry for more carbs the rest of the day. Its not about the postprandial glucose for me because im healthy and it stays below 130 mg/dL anyways. But the GI and food order of a meal early in the day (that i always eat full after preparing) still determines whether i end the day at 3000 or 4000 calories so it must be about the hormonal response of my body to a meal. There is also some interesting research on insulin and weight gain. For example many studies show that eating carbs in the morning is linked to higher bodyweight and appetite compared to a fat-protein breakfast. Insulin injection generally results in weight gain. If you think about the evolutionary perspective, humans were never supposed to spike their insulin with micronutrient-lacking slave food as much as we do now. If you feed white flour and other shitty food to animals like apes, cats, etc. they also get fat. But they rarely get fat from eating their natural diet.

[@AngelRodriguez-my7ht]

Can you please go over the stuff Dr. Rhonda Patrick says about bananas and the polyphenol oxididase and if that actually effects berries in your smoothies or just in general eating berries with bananas

[@murranz]

Good Thanks

[@ahhhlindsanityyy]

Love this chammel

[@mrhyde2250]

Would love a video on the controversies regarding the use of metformin in hypertrophy. The literature from the past few years seems to say that it may block hypertrophy.

[@PietyFailed]

Subbed. Thankyou. Have you been able to review the work Zoe are doing around blood sugar regulation? If not, it'd be really good to know if this falls into the same category as glucose goddess in your view

[@tdswedish]

How do we interpret then suggestions from people like Peter Attia that advocate for using CGMs and keeping blood sugar response below 140 mg/dL to reduce risk of metabolic disease?

[@deepderp9957]

I bought her book and now I feel dumb.

[@zengseng1234]

Sorry. If it makes you feel better, I checked it out at the library, and I still feel dumb.

[@Studiovette]

I hope you didn't buy her supplement 😂

[@deepderp9957]

I bought the kindle version so I didn’t even have to go far. You put in more effort so I’m at least 38% dumber.

[@alanh7247]

🤣🤣🤣 well... at least now you know...

[@DaiChurch]

I bought her dumb and now I feel books.

[@pink9976]

What about GDA supplement Glucose disposal agent? Good or not?

[@danyalraza4388]

Layne, how about the effect on cholesterol absorption from consuming more soluble fiber before eating higher-saturated fat foods?

[@aliciaanderson3622]

What are your thoughts on fiber enriched foods? Do you think they are better to consume than typical carb rich foods?

[@renelotzwick5679]

Chammel, that one cracked me up 😂 thumbs up forvthat Great vid, thanks a lot

[@1ExplosionsHurt]

Yes

[@AscendedAngel]

There was a fad that happened in the 60's based off of a book written by a doctor. It was called Food Combining. The idea was that eating foods in a certain order controls the PH levels in the stomach thereby effectively breaking down food as enters the stomach. The denser foods had to be eaten 1st because it requires a higher acid level to break it down. I came across this book on a street vendors table. I tried it. Some of it is very valid. I still follow some of it for the same reasons laid out by Dr. Norton.

[@VeinyDickTracy]

Are you still overweight?

[@iago9711]

I legitimately thought from the title and smartphone that this video was going to be about waiting for a skip the dishes order helping control your glucose. I'm not even trying to be funny, that was my brains raw genius interpretive ability

[@MiguePizar]

I only eat first veggies, protein and carbs in that order, because I can get full faster before indulging on too many carbs, but the glucose effect for me is the same no matter what order. Thanks

[@thedaywalkervlog9860]

I'm currently doing the "glucose goddess method" and yes it works, like many other diets. I can say that I EASILY eat more vegetables now. Maybe that's why. I feel less tired after meals, and more satiated for sure. I can't say I for sure believe the science in it, but if it helps you eat more healthy foods first before you eat processed stuff, then why not? Ijs. Do what works for you. All these lifestyles changes work if you can stick to them. This is the easiest one FOR ME to stick to.

[@AmirKhan-lp1tl]

So basically you are feeling more satiated and in a caloric deficit which is why you are having success.

[@AmirKhan-lp1tl]

​@@thedaywalkervlog9860you didn't need to break it down simpler. You found a way to be in a caloric deficit and that's great. The glucose goddess hasn't discovered anything revolutionary.

[@AmirKhan-lp1tl]

​@thedaywalkervlog9860 why would I mind. You do you. Not sure why you getting triggered

[@thedaywalkervlog9860]

@@AmirKhan-lp1tl not triggered all. Just matching energy 😁

[@lylemcdermott2566]

​@@AmirKhan-lp1tl tomorrow some random dude will write a book and sell some bs diet to you and YOU WILL EAT IT UP.

[@HakuCell]

this video raised a good point: is it better to have a lower but longer glucose spike, as opposed to a higher but shorter glucose spike?

[@hawarahawara-ln3hs]

Its better to have a lower but longer glucose spike. Extreme glucose spikes are strongly related to acute symptoms like cravings & tiredness but having them over a long period of time WILL raise your HbA1c significantly MORE than having more stable (but longer) spikes. In my other comment i refernced 3 specific studies, maybe youll find it.

[@surendarvijay2520]

Eat within a shorter time window, and eat glucose with fiber to get the best of both worlds.

[@saviom8166]

Dr Norton, would you please comment on the protein consumption guidelines, including for athletes, by Indian Council for Medical Research in their 2024 diet guidelines?

[@lorenzozapaton4031]

Thanks, sometimes I have to not obsess with this. Keep it simple (with the aid of a medic and nutritionist) and forget about everything else.

[@deanroy9420]

Dude, Goddess is saving all of us to live forever 😂😂😂 Apart from possibly acting in French movie, my instinct always felt she was useless with her points. Thank you a zillion for sharing your video today, because you have saved my life as I going to increase my sugar intake every time I see her videos 😂😂😂

[@2twentysix]

Next! Waiting for the next big nutrition guru to arrive on planet KZbin

[@srleplay]

I don't know about glucose but I do that stuff most of the time, eat meat and salad first, because I have to and than eat the carbs because they are tasty, sort of a dessert even when I have real dessert on top of it after. I don't do rest intervals though, that sounds very stupid

[@Romero610]

Dr Layne Norton is the man ! I love this channel.

[@Hapotecario]

For peace and prosperity!

[@Hapotecario]

Glucose goddess or not. I acknowledged recently that if I eat a salad first, before eating something with a lot of carbs like a bean stew or potatoes or something. That my body manages those calories better and I don't feel sleepy after the meal. Maybe, eating the salad provides fiber which slows digestion enough that the body manages better the digestion of the calory dense food that's present in the carbs. It does feel better to me. It's a good little tool but like Layne says, if you are doing all the important things already, exercising, eating less calories and a balanced diet, it's probably not something that relevant.

[@alanwuest6220]

Agree with everything you said, especially for those consuming high protein diets and individual high protein meals. Gylcemic response is dependent mostly on the whole meal, independent of order of foods consumed. However, the average American diet isn't high protein. Especially,.many breakfasts are high carb, high fat, low protein. This contributes to a glucose spike and subsequent crash which makes people feel terrible and wanting to eat to 'medicate' how they feel. The cycle of spiking insulin and blood sugar messes negatively with hunger hormones making people prone to eating more. The cycle continues with overfeeding and eventually being obese, insulin insensitive, etc

[@VernCrisler]

What is an "average American diet"?

[@TheIndianscout]

High carb

[@VernCrisler]

@@TheIndianscout Not high fat?

[@TheIndianscout]

@@VernCrisler Americans were taught since the 70's that high fat was bad and carbs were good.

[@rabbychan]

Too many calories*

[@blarghmcblarghson1903]

I'm not defending "Glucose Goddess" here, but I'm curious if short term glucose levels aren't that big a concern, then what's with all of the official recommendations of what glucose levels should be 1~2 hours after meals? Is it just another instance of academia oversimplifying recommendations because statistically it's associated with healthy HbA1c levels, or are there health risks associated with having big, short-term spikes outside of the health risks associated with elevated HbA1c? I ask because I'm a Type 2 Diabetic, the specialist I go to for my follow-ups keeps track of _both_ my postprandial and HbA1c levels, but never really explained why beyond keeping track of just one or the other "is not very accurate".

[@2boostedsilverado]

Get a CGM and find for yourselves. Insulin spikes are controlled that way, in most ppl. The long-term benefit is simple, insulin resistance deterrent. If you spike often vs. once in a while, of course, there's a difference

[@Jotainkivaa123]

I'm eating veggies first, because they don't taste as good after being already somewhat full. So, I'll probably eat more veggies, i.e. less calories, and I feel it keeps me satiated for longer, so I also eat less calories. And feeling less hungy while eating less calories is also a plus. It's probably a tiny effect, but it's easily implemented habit and stacks on every meal.

[@gavinbrinck]

Do we have data on plant based protein & mTor ??

[@user-ff9km9yd9h]

Right. Comment!

[@lorenzoucce3903]

do you know if a spike around 180 or above 180 occasionally is a problem?

[@Kcarty]

It absolutely doesn’t matter. If you’re a type 2 diabetic, carb count matters

[@brucejensen3081]

Was the lost weight all lean muscle mass, due to protein being used for energy instead of what it's good for.

[@chetlyp]

I don't think I've seen any of this glucose goddess' videos claiming the glucose spikes effect glucose sensitivity or anything like that. Rather just avoids the sharp spikes which may help to avoid the ensuing crash. Unless I haven't seen the right video.

[@VernCrisler]

For the vast majority there is no "crash" after a spike. That's just low carb mythology. If you "crash" after a blood sugar spike you actually have hypoglycemia, which is a chronic condition. Glucose always spikes after a meal. The "hunger noise" someone might feel later isn't caused by a glucose crash but by the ghrelin hormone. Some researchers are trying to discover ways in which to regulate ghrelin in order to regulate hunger and therefore control obesity or diabetes.

[@chetlyp]

@@VernCrisler so I was more implying eating more simple sugars resulting in quick uptake and utilization by cells after insulin release vs complex carbs. There's quick in and out leaving you with low energy vs the slower digestion and release of more complex carbs.

[@napnap609]

So if a short term post meal spike is not of much concern, then how does one get chronic constant elevated blood glucose levels? Is it by never spacing out meals and always eating hi carb meals like every hour, or do they get, or can they get, chronic sustained hi levels of blood glucose from some other way or issue with their body or genes?

[@michaelhimes8778]

This is a great explanation. I think Layne is not right on this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qniwo5qZisp6m68si=y0kGsVVS1NujSAs7

[@qe9933]

Eating carbs at the end will ensure you generally won't overeat

[@24killsequalMOAB]

Area under the curve

[@thew4892]

Hi Layne, maybe you should educate the bodybuilding community on the increased risk of getting hit by a bus

[@earthmamma85]

I’m gonna mix that shit together… lol.

[@hellobbd]

I like this video

[@AB-lb4zv]

FOOOR THEE ALGORITHMMMM ✅

[@calimarcella]

Thw reason why yhus caught on is that people want to avoid developing diabetes...so, given rcts, what do we know about the best ways to prevent diabetes?

[@daysoftheboo]

Can you Please debunk Bart Kay?

[@truthbetold6496]

Voila mon grand father had a ball size tumor remove from is colon at 45, my father died of colon cancer at 69, I am 51 now had 2 colonoscopy I am clean no polyps no cancer, I am not a smoker both father and grand father were smokers. I still train at my age and I eat a lot of red meat... I never drink, and I eat a typical bodybuilding diet. I really hate those influencers that try to scare people with false information and wonder why those contents are not banned.

[@dominikh9526]

HbA1c is glycated not glycosylated. The first occurs spontaneously as a chemical reaction relative to available reaction partners (e.g. blood glucose) while the latter is controlled enzymatically. The "pure" stoichiometric nature of glycation is the basis of the HbA1c as a readout of average blood glucose levels over long periods of time. Enzyme activity is not a confounding factor here.

[@VernCrisler]

Right, A1c is done on an average of 3 months.

[@ThomasAT86]

Great video, thanks for talking some sense. Also, what you said at the end made me think...if you now try to avoid all carbs and any glucose spike, you will have to replace those kcal from carbohydrates with something else, and that will then have some other effect that's associated with a negative health outcome, but that influencer in the video will probably not talk about that because oMg GlUcOsE eViL!!

[@tsebosei1285]

I will continue with taking small walks after each meal

[@springhillfitness6837]

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

[@kl4224]

You should really turn the volume up for your future videos. My volume is at 80 and I can barely hear you, normal video I can set 50 and it's loud

[@JoelRoseTV]

Layne Norton: the schiller killer

[@michaelhimes8778]

Isn’t the danger of high glucose spikes in how hard the pancreas has to work to pump out insulin to regulate that down? And doesn’t all that insulin cause ACUTE inflammation or the epithelial cells of the blood vessels and resistance in the muscle cells absorbing said insulin? A day trader can average the same returns in a few months as an index fund, but the first is way more volition and risky.

[@doddsalfa]

Nope

[@morpen1234]

By that logic, exercise would be the worst thing you could possibly do. It spines your blood pressure, your heart rate, inflammation and all sorts of stuff that are bad for you. (Chronically)

[@marcdaniels9079]

Did you listen while you were watching the video ? Watch it again and take notes.

[@doddsalfa]

@@marcdaniels9079 diabetes is about the death of the beta cells.When you are diagnosed with diabetes half of your beta cells are dead or inactive

[@VernCrisler]

@@doddsalfa If you have diabetes, you can take the GLP-1 / GIP drugs, which will stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin.

[@adamgregory5477]

Love how she has a magic pill that she’s selling to help too. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@paulevans2246]

👍

[@tomtraynor5384]

5:45: I'll just do that then.

[@ckennard73]

🔥

[@SouthpawHuncho]

The professional cherry picker himself . None of other than the flamboyant Mr. Layne Norton .

[@IROK660]

Explain please

[@sawsaga]

Thank you !!!! It was about time someone properly debunked this new trend going around. She is a pro fear mongering marketer and I can’t stand her anymore.

[@4everhdt]

It seems to reason that flattening the curve of glucose concentration is a smart thing to try and achieve. Excess blood glucose definitely has a harmful effect on tissues. Above a concentration of 160 to 180 your body actually starts to excrete glucose in the urine, presumably as an emergency measure to reduce something harmful. Reactive hypoglycemia is also a proven thing in response to a large glucose spike if nothing else. Also, a flater curve gives you more time to burn the glucose off via movement, exercise, thermogenesis,etc.. this would presumably reduce a spike of insulin which has its own negative health consequences.

[@VernCrisler]

He's talking about vertical spikes in glucose, which are not important. A horizontal concentration of 160 to 180 glucose -- over time -- is in the diabetes range. That has to be controlled through insulin or the GLP-1 / GIP drugs, or through some of the old school meds (metformin, etc.).

[@michaelhimes8778]

@@VernCrisleryes, but having to chronically control glucose spikes via insulin release is literally the runway for insulin resistance and diabetes. I have not heard one metabolism expert say to not worry about vertical glucose spikes. Now if you’re 7% body fat and heavily muscled (like Layne), your muscle tissue will sink that glucose so the pancreas doesn’t have to produce so much insulin. For the rest of the population, they need to wake up to the dangers of high glucose. I don’t quite understand his throwing shade on Glucose Goddess who is helping lots of really unhealthy people learn about metabolism. And CGMs are one of the most powerful tools for behavior change because you SEE immediately what happens when you shoved the donut into your pie hole.

[@user-nz4un6se7y]

@@VernCrisler How do you get to the diabetes range? Do you thing getting constant vertical spikes aren't an important part of this process?

[@VernCrisler]

@@user-nz4un6se7y Everyone gets vertical spikes after a meal. It's a problem when those spikes stay high. Nobody really knows what causes diabetes, although it is often correlated with obesity. Some people are born with it. Thankfully, a new class of drugs -- the GLP-1 / GIP drugs -- has come on the market in the last few years. They are a game changer for diabetes management.

[@2boostedsilverado]

​@VernCrisler whattt? Of course, it is important. Is the way you burn out your pancreas and become insulin resistant. This guy in the video, comparing exercise to glucose spike is ridiculous. Your pancreas and your mitochondria don't adapt for having vertical spikes, one buns out, and the other becomes resistant. Is not the same as the heart and endothelial lining.

[@bunny2chandu]

Algol oil