In this episode Martin Kremmer and I talk about why blood sugar is important to so many people, and what factors influence it.
References:
cronometer.com
- a site and an app that allows you to (amongst other things) estimate not just your energy and macronutrient intake, but also your micronutrient intake.
Zeevi et al 2015
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26590418
- Great study showing both individuality in what influences blood sugar responses to meals, and also that some things are predictive for almost everyone.
At roughly 15 minutes I make the claim that most people have fasting glucose levels above 5.2 mmol/L. When editing I actually couldn't find the median fasting glucose levels in relevant populations.
In the study below the mean is 93.4 mg/dl (just below 5.2 mmol/L). So the overall picture of roughly half the population having fasting blood glucose above the cut off for the lowest mortality still seems plausible to me.
Yi et al. 2017
A study on fasting glucose and all cause mortality. Finding lowest mortality at 80 - 94 mg/dl (ca. 4.4 -5.2 mmol/L).
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811570
Fox et al. 2010
A study on glucose variation throughout the day in healthy participants, measured by CGM.
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