Kara Collier is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician with a background in clinical nutrition, nutrition technology, and entrepreneurship. After becoming frustrated with the traditional healthcare system, she helped start the company NutriSense where she is now the Director of Nutrition. Kara is the leading authority on the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, particularly in non-diabetics for the purposes of health optimization, disease prevention, and reversing metabolic dysfunction. Kara oversees the health team and product development and has personally interpreted thousands of complex glucose datasets.

In this episode of Wellness Realness:

* 13:40 - What is insulin resistance and the factors contributing to it
* 20:15 - Physiological insulin resistance and a high fat diet
* 26:20 - Signs and symptoms of insulin resistance
* 33:25 - How nutrition, stress, and sleep affect fasting blood glucose
* 41:05 - Exercise for insulin sensitivity
* 49:30 - Tips for intermittent fasting and extended fasting
* 59:50 - Numbers to monitor when using a CGM
* 1:05:18 - How low carb diets can affect blood glucose levels

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