201 | Understanding how Glucose Effects our Metabolic Health with Kara Collier

Do you monitor your blood glucose level? We have Kara, registered dietician, and co-founder of NutriSense, on to discuss how blood glucose levels are a core marker of metabolic health. She dives into the health consequences of fluctuating blood glucose levels, and what levels to look fasted compared to post-meal. Furthermore, she expands on how blood glucose monitors are more beneficial than blood glucose laboratory values and how they can provide a more holistic perspective on metabolic health. Taking into account the affordability of blood glucose monitors, she speaks tot he four pillars of glucose control - nutrition, sleep, stress, and movement- and how glucose maintenance can be affected. Finally, she explores the topic of menstruation and how women can optimize their blood glucose health throughout the month. Learn more about the importance of blood glucose levels and how NutriSense is changing the game for ownership over health and personalized medicine! Can your toes spread? Ideally, your toes should be able to move and splay with freedom as your fingers do. Naboso has the Toe Splay tool that will change your feet game! Grab your 20% discount using code 'OPTIMAL' at checkout (affiliate code). FREE KNEE MASTERCLASS: Downloadable PDF e-books, Understand Knee Pain & Diagnoses & Learn What Truly Helps to Relieve Knee Pain! What You Will Learn in this Interview with Kara Collier: 4:52 -What is CGM & why do registered dieticians care about it? 10:28 - Tangible health effects of unregulated blood glucose 15:36 - Optimal Glucose levels 18:05 - Reliability of blood glucose tests 22:11 - Can’t afford a CGM? Here are a few tips… 27:40 - Why eating closer to bed affects your glucose levels 29:44 - How does movement and exercise impact blood glucose levels? 34:02 - How is blood glucose affected by menstruation? 36:40 - How does stress affect blood glucose? 41:15 - Where to explore NutriSense Items mentioned: Nutrisense Website Nutrisense Instagram To learn more about Kara and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode201/ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message