My name is Ben Greenfield and on this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Podcast.

So we're all in this sort of like one 10 to 120 as your peak post meal, glucose.

I like to stay about between 70 and 90 in between meals like resting during the day

and not really go above 120 after meals and I like to go up and come down within two hours.

And that will pretty much make me feel my best.

Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking,

and a whole lot more.

Welcome to the show.

Alright, so I just got back from a trip.

My levels, blood glucose monitor, continuous blood glucose monitors waiting for me.

I slapped it on.

It's on the back of my arm right now.

I've been using this thing for two years.

Total game changer.

I'll put it on for about two weeks and then take a break for a month or two.

Some people wear it all year round, but it gives you real time feedback on your diet

or your lifestyle or your exercise, anything by using what's called the continuous glucose

monitor.

Now, poor glucose control is associated with a number of chronic conditions, not just diabetes,

but also Alzheimer's and heart disease and stroke.

It even affects your day to day energy levels, your ability to control weight, your sexual

function, so I started tracking my own glucose to learn more about not only what I shouldn't

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