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What do you recommend for someone who tests their blood sugar with a glucometer, and something like sweet potatoes in a meal raises their blood sugar pretty high? Should they try sprouted beans or something else that has a high fiber content instead?

Laura Schoenfeld: Certain carbs, for whatever reason, affect people differently. I’ve had clients that can eat most carbs except for potatoes,...

Well-researched approach abridging conventional medicine, functional medicine has really helped increase confidence. How accurate of a marker is insulin? How are you using insulin in clinical practice? When you run the advanced metabolic workup with insulin C-peptide, etc., as markers, do you have guidelines on how to determine beta cell destruction?

Chris Kresser: Yeah, I mean insulin, like other markers, is not perfect, but it does, it can be used in...

What are your thoughts about keeping glucose at a stable level of 83 in diabetic patients, which is what’s recommended by Doctor Bernstein of the Diabetes Solution?

Chris Kresser: You know, I haven’t seen a lot of evidence to support that actually. In the Accord study, a-c-c-o-r-d,...

I saw a patient who wanted help with following a ketogenic diet. He has type 2 diabetes. He brought me a copy of his recent blood results, which he requested his GP to do. He has low platelets, low neutrophils and lymphocytes, and high B6 and MCHC. I have two questions. How long does it take to see raised blood ketones, and do you sometimes see ketones remaining normal despite eating minimal carbohydrate and not too much protein? Can you please comment on the raised B6? He doesn’t take any supplements.

Chris Kresser: Yeah, there’s different thresholds for people in terms of how they enter ketosis or what the carbohydrate threshold...

In week 32, Chris discussed glucomannan powder for blood sugar control. I tried it mixed in liquid and it is so viscous that I could not drink it. Do you have any suggestions for making it more tolerable?

Kelsey Kinney: All right, very good question. That stuff sucks up a lot of water. So I’m not sure how...