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11 creators

Early detection of metabolic dysregulation by monitoring glucose spikes in response to specific foods

"You could catch that by doing a CGM, right? So that's one way you could do it — a continuous glucose monitor. You could then see if you have particularly glucose spikes to certain foods. And if your glucose is shooting up to 200 with certain meals, you know..."

Chris Thompson

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Learning about personal metabolic response to different foods; especially useful for people with metabolic issues or poor metabolic health

"I have used it in the past just to see, as an example, to learn about it. I think for people who are learning about their health, who have metabolic issues, who are overweight — ninety-three percent of Americans are in poor metabolic health — they probably ..."

Mark Hyman, MD

Understanding personal food reactions, monitoring blood glucose in real time, motivating healthier eating behavior

"Love them. They're really good. I think we should all be empowered by our own data. The CGMs have been very useful. Personally, I can see how I react to foods — grapes send me through the roof, white rice through the roof. I'm wearing one right now. I wear ..."

David Sinclair

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Metformin

Product

4 creators

Glucose lowering for longevity, taken 1 gram daily

"Metformin requires a prescription. That's a type two diabetes drug. Relatively safe as a medicine. We take a gram a day of that."

David Sinclair

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"If I take metformin or the natural equivalent which is berberine... Taking it every other day, I think is better."

David Sinclair

"The doctor in Bloomington just put me on metformin. If it was up to me, I'd put the entire United States on metformin and a statin because the fucking food we eat is terrible."

John Mellencamp

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Berberine

Product

3 creators

Blood glucose regulation as natural alternative to metformin

"I change from metformin to this other more natural or totally natural form called berberine. Berberine has been shown clinically to reduce blood glucose very similar to what metformin does."

David Sinclair

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"If you don't want to take the drug, you can take berberine. That also activates this AMPK pathway."

David Sinclair

Taken before large meals

"I tried it and what's remarkable about berberine is that you can eat enormous quantities of food and not feel as if you've eaten enormous quantities of food. I'm not necessarily recommending people do this."

Andrew Huberman

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Post-Meal Walking

Technique

1 creator

Blood glucose regulation and metabolic health improvement after meals

"If you're buffering blood glucose peaks with 5 to 10 minutes of walking after a meal, you will have fewer energy crashes. In theory, over time, your metabolic health can be better or at least not get worse. Walking is incredible because those low-level repe..."

Andrew Huberman

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