288. Why Your Fasting Glucose and A1c are Higher on a Carnivore Diet and What to Do

Nutrition with Judy | Carnivore Diet

English - July 01, 2024 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 341 ratings
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Why do blood sugar, fasting glucose, and A1c (HbA1c) increase on a Carnivore, meat-based diet? (HbA1c is a blood test that measures your average blood sugar level over the past 2-3 months.)

I share what and how to check if this is really happening, why it might be happening, and whether it's a concern or not.

I discuss the following:

Why blood sugar might be higher on a carnivore dietSignificance of A1C and blood glucose measurementsImportance of monitoring insulin and other markersRecommendations for managing blood sugar levels on a carnivore dietUse of continuous glucose monitors for tracking blood sugarPersonal blood sugar and health metrics on a carnivore dietStudies on carnivores and blood sugar levelsRelevance of dolphin studies to human blood sugar levels

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EPISODE RESOURCES

Complete Wellness Bloodwork Panel (includes all markers, including NMR Panel, C-Peptide, Fasting insulin and LP-IR)Complete Thyroid Bloodwork Panel Carnivore Diet and the Modern Sugar Crisis

Carnivores and High Blood Sugar Studies:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2013.00188/full https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2014.00227/full https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132117

Insulin Resistance:

https://diabetesjournals.org/clinical/article/37/3/250/32916/Importance-of-Postprandial-Glucose-in-Relation-to https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-2-5

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