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Once you do it and blood sugar and lipid levels are better, does that somehow reset the metabolic parameters for individuals such that they can safely resume normal eating?

Chris Kresser: In some cases yes and in other cases no.

I really don’t get how that works to normalize things once the diet is completed.

Chris Kresser: Well, you can refer to studies like I’m sure you saw a few years ago a study on...

Elevated fasting blood sugar and pregnancy often occurs fairly early on in gestational diabetes, likely related to human placental oxygen enhancing insulin resistance. We often have to resort to insulin at bedtime to control the morning insulin. Is there anything specific you believe would work in pregnancy to avoid the use of insulin when diet fails?

Chris Kresser: That’s a really good question. Nothing comes to mind right off the top of my head because a...

In cases of hyperglycemia, how do you make an assessment that the second insulin response is impaired or if there is beta cell damage?

Chris Kresser: You can’t really do that from the basic markers that we have on a case review panel. You...

You mentioned several genetic polymorphisms that have been identified that can predispose certain people to having high blood sugar. Do you remember what these are?

Chris Kresser: There are numerous ones that I’ve come across in various papers and I’ve never actually bothered to collect...

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