Customize Your Carb Intake for Optimal Health

[00:04:25]   An interesting opening discussion on thyroid function ensues.

[00:12:15]   Why do we ignore non-impact carbohydrate?

• Non-impact carbohydrates are a misnomer.
• Sugar alcohols and sweetening agents still have a glycemic impact, although less than regular sugars.
• Individual responses vary and it should be monitored.

[00:13:04]   Are CGMs (continuous glucose monitors) a useful tool for non-insulin resistant people to figure out their own metabolism?

• Can be an especially useful tool, but you really have to understand how to interpret the number you see.

[00:19:51]   What is your opinion on time restricted eating?

• Time restricted eating will assist in tempering snacking all day.
• Mix up the routine though, as long as there is a period of time you are not eating.
• Spend some time with blood sugar and insulin load on normal and in a fat burning state.

[00:23:11]   Should glucagon be included into the insulin and blood sugar equation?

• For most people, the glucose and insulin are enough.

[00:34:26]   Does sugar feed cancers?

• I do not think we can say that sugar causes cancer, but sugar , amongst others are particularly good for fueling cancer and insulin is giving the signal for it to do so.
• There is no harm in restricting sugar, and it might help in the fight against cancer.

[00:39:25]   Are we going too far by saying sugar is addictive?

• Some physicians who would say that it is addictive and that it does alter the brain structure.
• It depends on how you use the word addiction.
• I think of addiction as continued use, despite harm.

[00:41:13]   Carl shares his view on the opinion that sugar is addictive.

[00:43:41]   Is it better to eat low carb for cognitive impairment or preventing it?

• To preserve healthy cognitive function, you want to eat and live in a way that maintains healthy blood sugar and insulin levels.
• The amount of carbohydrate that anyone can eat to achieve it, varies from person to person.
• For existing cognitive issues, the approach would be more extreme.
• Insulin sensitivity is reversible.

[00:45:58]   Do you think that fructose is bad?

• Fruit is not the problem; it is the dose of fructose we consume through high fructose corn syrups etc.

[00:50:28]   Agave is extremely high in fructose; the discussion continues on fructose and other sweeteners and avoidance of sugar.

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[01:00:10]   People give up on diets, because they have unrealistic expectations and go on diets that are not sustainable.

[01:00:32]   How worried should we be about goitrogenic foods when it comes to the thyroid?

• The dose makes the poison.
• Cooked cruciferous vegetables or any goitrogenic foods are not going to induce hypothyroidism in anybody, when consumed in a balanced diet.

[01:01:46]   What do you think about polyunsaturated fatty acids?

• I am not saying that they are healthy foods, but I know that people can have massive improvements in health without deliberately avoiding vegetable oils.
• However, they might be reducing consumption just by way of cutting the carbs.

[01:04:34]   A compelling discussion on the Warburg Effect follows.

[01:06:27]   Carl tells a story about anti-aging advice.

[01:07:42]   Carl answers a question on what type of exercises weak and people in pain can do.

[01:09:29]   Amy adds to the discussion that:

• therapeutic ketogenic diets are well-known for increasing energy levels,
• joint pain tends to go away even before you lose any weight,
• it would be good to get bloodwork done to determine if you are deficient in anything,

[01:10:06]   What do you think about exogenous ketone use?

• Have a role to play in particularly things like neurodegenerative diseases.
• Not a tool for weight loss or reversing metabolic syndrome.

[01:12:10]   Both Carl and Amy reiterate that diets, supplementation, exercise, and medicine are extremely individualized. Also get your information from reputable sources.

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