The Worst And Best Foods For Your Blood Sugar with Dr. Casey Means

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and
InsideTracker. What if you had a tool that helped you not only make
better health decisions but also gave you real-time feedback on how
your body uniquely reacts to any kind of food? Thanks to continuous
glucose monitors this is something we’ll all be able to take
advantage of in the near future. Levels is one company that’s been
spearheading the field of wearable technology, providing an
incredible amount of information on blood sugar responses and
metabolic individuality. I talk to Dr. Casey Means about what we
can learn from the 51 million data points Levels has already
gathered on blood glucose reactions.  Dr. Casey Means is a
Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of
metabolic health company Levels, an Associate Editor of the
International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and a
Guest Lecturer at Stanford University. Dr. Means’ perspective has
been recently featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
Men's Health, Forbes, Business Insider, Techcrunch, Entrepreneur
Magazine, Metabolism, Endocrine Today, and more.  This episode
is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and InsideTracker.
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listeners 25% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman. Here are more of
the details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber
version):  The leading driver of mortality in the Western
world (5:52 / 3:46)  The type of foods that are driving cardio
and metabolic disease (8:38 / 5:03)   Learnings from 51
million continuous glucose monitor readings (12:28 / 8:53) Foods
commonly believed to be healthy that actually spike blood sugar
(20:39 / 17:04) How various food combinations affect blood sugar
(21:16 / 17:44)  Walking after eating can lower glucose levels
(23:32 / 20:00)  Foods we should never eat and surprising
foods that spike glucose levels (27:27 / 22:07) Foods that don’t
spike blood sugar but should still be avoided (44:22/ 38:52) 
How food combinations, sequencing, and when we eat influence
glucose levels (51:33 / 46:03)  What are normal and optimal
blood sugar levels? (1:06:34 / 1:01:01)  Learn more about Dr.
Means’ work at https://www.levelshealth.com/. Levels is currently
running a closed beta program. To skip the line and participate in
their early access program today, visit levels.link/HYMAN.