Episode 178: Rebroadcast - Insulin and Glucose Myths & more with Dr Tommy Wood
This episode of the Flex Diet Podcast is a rebroadcast of a live interview with Dr. Tommy Wood. Coming to you from the jungle of Costa Rica, Dr. Wood and I discuss insulin and its role in the body while sorting fact from fiction. This podcast is brought to you by the Flex Diet Certification. Go to flexdiet.com for 8 interventions on nutrition and recovery.
Flex Diet Podcast · Suzie Glassman, Dr Mike T Nelson, Jodie “Fabulous” Nelson, Dr Tommy Wood
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Show Notes
Listen in to hear:
- [6:21] Dr Wood's carnivore diet experiment
- [9:38] The commonly accepted theory of glucose and insulin
- [12:02] Insulin and the liver
- [15:28] Blood sugar
- [18:43] Healthy fat tissue as a metabolic buffer
- [20:56] Fasted cardio, carbs, and the insulin switch
- [29:01} Helpful blood tests
Find Dr. Wood
About Dr. Wood
Dr. Tommy Wood is a UK-trained MD with a PhD in physiology and neuroscience. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge before attending medical school at the University of Oxford.
After working as a junior doctor in central London, he moved to Norway for his PhD work and then to the University of Washington as a postdoc, where he’s now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics.
Tommy’s work and research interests include the physiological and metabolic responses to brain injury and how that impacts brain health across the lifespan, as well as developing easily-accessible methods with which to track health, performance, and longevity in both elite athletes and the general population.