Episode 277: Andrew Koutnik, PhD

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Low Carb MD
Podcast. Andrew Koutnik, PhD is a researcher studying the
influence of nutrition and metabolism on health, disease, and
performance. He originally began his research path at Florida
State University in the Exercise Science studying the influence
of nutrition, exercise, supplementation, and environmental
extremes on health-based outcomes in normal and clinical
populations. From Florida State University, he transitioned into
Biomedical Research where he received his doctorate in Biomedical
Sciences with the Metabolic Medicine Lab at University of South
Florida Morsani College of Medicine with a focus on studying
metabolism and metabolic therapies for health, disease, and
performance outcomes. Personally, Andrew Koutnik has also used
exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle factors to manage Type-1
Diabetes for over 12 years.


In this conversation, Brian, Tro, and Andrew talk about wether or
not athletes need carbohydrates in their diet, the history of
research on this subject, fat oxidation levels and peak fat
oxidation during dietary transition, how high intensity interval
training over a long period of time in a low-carb, fasted state
effects fuel partitioning, the diet specific effect on fuel use
during exercise at varying levels of intensity, disease factors
impacted by exercise, blood sugar spikes from high intensity
weight lifting versus sprinting, and which foods most
consistently spike sugars.


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listening!


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