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Key Time Stamps:

04:50 Vegetables are needed for the health of your microbiome and gut mucosa.
07:50 Carotenoids in grass fed beef are beneficial for your brain.
08:55 Women who did not eat 3 to 4 servings of red meat per week were twice as likely to suffer from depression or a major mood disorder, research showed.
10:02 Red meat contains vitamin B12, zinc, creatine, and the most bioavailable source of iron.
11:04 Sixty percent of the calories that Americans consume come from 3 plants: wheat, corn and rice.
12:32 When we first awaken, our hormones are set up to burn fat. Cortisol, your body’s chief catabolic hormone, is at its peak about 45 minutes are your awaken.
14:11 People who eat dark leafy greens every day, have brains that on scans look 11 years younger.
14:30 Some of the most valuable nutrients in dark leafy greens are only absorbed in the presence of fat.
15:44 Don’t eat sugar with meat.
18:46 Fasting increases alertness by increasing serum levels of neurotransmitter orexin- A.
19:46 Green tea contains theanine and caffeine, which work synergistically as a neurotropic, boosting working memory.
21:23 Decision-making is more prone toward beneficial outcomes when done in a fasted state.
22:41 Sixty-five percent of the American planted land mass is dedicated to growing wheat, corn and soy.
27:09 Our visceral fat has 4 times the amount of cortisol receptors as subcutaneous fat.
28:45 Sleep turns your brain into a dishwasher via the glymphatic system.
32:45 Amyloid may be antimicrobial, a protective protein.
35:31 Alzheimer’s begins in the brain 30 to 40 years before the first symptom.
36:35 Carbohydrates are not the smoking gun in Alzheimer’s disease.
40:08 The LDL-P, particulate size measurement, is a more reliable biomarker for assessing cardiovascular risk.
45:15 Cholesterol lowering medications lower your body’s cholesterol production has been related to cognitive problems that can, in extreme cases, look like dementia.
46:23 Inflammation is closely related to heart disease risk. Heart disease risk relates to the brain.
46:49 Cholesterol isn’t the bad guy. Keep it and the lipoprotein carriers healthy.
49:45 IRS-1 (insulin receptor substrate 1) inactive form is found in higher amounts in people who appear to be at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. IRS-1 is related to insulin resistance in the brain.
51:25 Lifestyle interventions can, not only delay cognitive decline, but improve processing speed by 150% and improve executive function by 83%, according to The Finger Trial of older at-risk participants..
56:33 Saturated fat reduces the amount of LDL receptors on the liver, impeding LDL recycling, important for large bus cholesterol.
01:01:36 Oils and fats are not nutrient dense and do not promote satiety as well as protein.
01:08:36 Diminished glucose metabolism is a feature of a brain with Alzheimer’s disease.
01:12:11 Alzheimer’s patients develop a sweet tooth.
01:18:56 Experience thermal stress.
01:22:15 Max’s Morning Routine: 01:23:58 Max’s Desert Island Nutrient:
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diabetes expert and type 1 diabetic Dr. Jody Stanislaw shares lessons learned from continually checking her blood sugar for over 30 years.

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05:06 To stay insulin sensitive, we should work out no less than every other day. A hard workout/exercise can make you more insulin sensitive for up to 48 hours.
06:56 The average person with type 1 diabetes is on high dose insulin and eating as many carbs as they want.
07:16 Dr. Stanislaw uses Dexcom blood sugar monitor, which she feels is the most accurate sensor.
11:05 Rather than a subcutaneous insulin shot, Dr. Stanislaw injects intramuscularly.
13:09 Insulin is the pickup truck for glucose.
14:15 There are insulin receptors on muscle cells, liver cells and fat. The brain, like many other cells, does not need insulin in order to take on glucose.
14:42 Without insulin, blood glucose levels would become dangerously high.
15:31 Injected insulin is a slow response.
17:15 The more protein and fat you have with your meal, the slower your digestion. If your injected insulin hits and your food hasn't digested, you blood sugar tanks and you could pass out and die.
18:23 Dr. Stanislaw's general recommendation for her type 1 diabetes patients: Low carb and whole food. It takes you off the blood sugar rollercoaster.
18:36 No insulin means that blood sugar levels spike, causing massive damage throughout the body:
19:07 Diabetic ketoacidosis (not ketosis) can kill you.
20:59 You always need a certain level of insulin in your body. You can pass out and die if you have no insulin and you can pass out and die if you have too much insulin.
22:52 Exercise and insulin requirements: Exercise makes you more insulin sensitive. A fit person who exercises will need less insulin.
23:40 The glucose cell receptors are called GLUT4 (glucose transporter 4). Insulin carries glucose. It connects to a GLUT4 receptor on cell, which opens the cell and allows glucose in. When you exercise, the concentration of GLUT4 receptors is upregulated for 24 to 48 hours after, making you super insulin sensitive. During exercise, some of the GLUT4s don't need insulin and will take in glucose without insulin.
24:43 If you have more muscle mass in general, you have more GLUT4 all the time. Weight lifting increases insulin sensitivity. It is more effective at this than cardio. Muscles are glucose hungry.
25:45 Dr. Stanislaw makes sure that her insulin levels are low before she starts to exercise. You don't need to eat every time you exercise. Exercise makes the insulin more powerful and acts as though you just gave yourself a shot of insulin.
28:34 HIIT spikes adrenaline. Cortisol tells your liver, a major glycogen store, to break glycogen into glucose. Your bloodstream is then flooded with glucose.
33:01 To stay insulin sensitive, we should work out no less than every other day.
32:59 Fewer than 25 percent of America's 3 million type 1 diabetics have decent blood sugar levels. Seventy-five percent of Americans with type 1 diabetes is on high dose insulin and eating as many carbs as they want.
34:18 If you get sick, even before you start showing symptoms, your insulin sensitivity crashes.
36:27 Poor sleep causes inflammation and stress.
38:45 Yoga and meditation affects insulin. You must love yourself into healing.
40:12 The four pillars are the foundation for your wellbeing: mindset (emotional health, spirituality, connection, and love for yourself), sleep, exercise and food.

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