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How to Know if You Are Metabolically Healthy, With Kara Collier

A healthy woman standing on a scale to measuring her weight-Metabolically Healthy

Kara Collier is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN), and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) who specializes in glucose control and metabolism.

She graduated from Purdue University and previously worked at Memphis VA Medical Center, as a clinical dietitian at Providence Hospital, and in a management role at Nutritionix.

Time Stamps:

0:09:40 Podcast Begins

0:11:47 What is a Continuous Glucose Monitor and why are they important?

0:14:55 Other metrics to use when using a CGM

0:22:55 Why we should be giving glucose monitors to non-diabetics

0:29:25 The median value in a CGM and why this is important

0:48:00 Examples of physiological normal responses to glucose

1:01:05 Chances are, anyone you encounter on the street is going to have some abnormal metric going on

1:05:40 How much glucose variability is reasonable?

1:14:55 Are all carbohydrates bad?

1:27:20 Glucose tells you about much more than just diabetes.

1:33:10 Knowledge is one thing, but behavior change is another

1:36:40 Where to find more of Kara and get your hands on a CGM

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