Related Episodes for How Insulin Resistance Can Appear Before High Glucose

“In this clip, Dr. Rhonda Patrick distinguishes several sleep exposures. Mild restriction means losing roughly one to three hours for several nights; severe laboratory restriction can mean four hours in bed; chronic cohort studies compare habitual short and long sleep.”

“When most people think about certain lifestyle factors that affect insulin sensitivity and blood glucose levels, they think about macronutrient composition, or calories, or fasting, or exercise (and lack of), but they don’t often think about sleep.”

“There is so much to say when we talk about the NRF2 pathway and isothiocyanates like sulforaphane that we had to pack it into 47 minutes and break it into a few key sections. Key sections: For a more in-depth breakdown click the timeline link at the top of this page!”

“A systematic review and meta-analysis found no evidence that one time of day produces universally better improvements in health or performance, although gains can be larger when the time of training matches the time of testing.”

“Time-restricted eating can help some people reduce eating opportunities, but controlled trials have not found a consistent visceral-fat advantage over matched dietary counseling or calorie restriction.”

“Sleep is critical to human survival. Sleep deprivation has marked effects on glucose metabolism. Even a single night of partial sleep deprivation can induce insulin resistance and raise blood glucose levels. In this clip, Dr. Rhonda Patrick describes her personal experience with sleep deprivation and her subsequent altered metabolism.”

“00:38:33 - The fasting-mimicking diet as a boon for the psychology of weight loss where, due to its cyclical nature, adherents can enjoy potential benefits like the reduction of harmful fat known as visceral fat while sparing subcutaneous fat and lean mass, without completely overhauling all other areas of their life the rest of the time.”

“In a short controlled protocol in healthy young men, five nights of restricted sleep impaired glucose tolerance and muscle mitochondrial function, while participants who added high-intensity interval exercise did not show the same changes.”

“In a small crossover trial involving people with insulin resistance, six one-minute intense intervals performed before the three main meals improved daily glucose control compared with one continuous 30-minute session.”

“Dr. Brooks's exact practice of waking 96 minutes before dawn comes from the Vedic concept of Brahma Muhurta rather than a tested clinical protocol. Creatine may provide modest cognitive benefits in some settings, although results in healthy adults are mixed.”