Podcast Video: Transform Your Health by Improving Metabolism, Hormone & Blood Sugar Regulation - Dr. Casey Means on Huberman Lab
In this episode, my guest is Dr. Casey Means, MD, a physician trained at Stanford University School of Medicine, an expert on metabolic health and the author of the book, "Good Energy." We discuss how to leverage nutrition, exercise and environmental factors to enhance your metabolic health by improving mitochondrial function, hormone and blood sugar regulation.
We also explore how fasting, deliberate cold exposure and spending time in nature can impact metabolic health, how to control food cravings and how to assess your metabolic health using blood testing, continuous glucose monitors and other tools.
Metabolic dysfunction is a leading cause of chronic disease, obesity and reduced lifespan around the world. Conversely, improving your mitochondrial and metabolic health can positively affect your health span and longevity.
Listeners of this episode will learn low- and zero-cost tools to improve their metabolic health, physical and mental well-being, body composition and target the root cause of various common diseases.
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What they discussed:
Metabolism, Metabolic Dysfunction, Medicinal Blindspot
Trifecta of Bad Energy
Western Living, United States, Specialization & Medicine
Insulin Resistance, Tool: Mitochondrial Capacity & Exercise
Sponsor: AG1
Tools: Walking & Glucose; Frequent Movement
Tools: Exercises to Improve Mitochondrial Capacity; Desk Treadmill
Soleus Push-Ups & Fidgeting, Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT)
Sponsor: InsideTracker
Tool: Blood Test Biomarkers, Vital Signs & Mitochondrial Function
Navigate Medical System & Blood Tests, Consumer Lab Testing
Tool: Environmental Factors; Food, Life as a Process
Tool: Ultra-Processed vs. Real Food, Obesity, Soil & Micronutrients
Ultra-Processed Foods: Brain & Cellular Confusion
Tools: Control Cravings, GLP-1 Production, Microbiome Support
Ozempic, GLP-1 Analogs; Root Cause & Medicine
Tool: Deliberate Cold & Heat Exposure, Brown Fat
Tool: Intermittent Fasting & Metabolic Flexibility; Insulin Sensitivity
Tool: Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) & Awareness, Glucose Spikes
Tool: CGMs, Glycemic Variability, Dawn Effect, Individuality
Sleep; Continuous Monitoring & Biomarkers
Mindset & Safety, Stress & Cell Danger Response
Tool: Being in Nature, Sunlight, Fear
