Marty Kendall is an engineer who seeks to optimise nutrition using a data-driven approach. His interest in nutrition began eighteen years ago to help his wife Monica better control her Type 1 Diabetes.
Since then, Marty has developed a systematised approach to nutrition tailored for a wide range of goals, contexts and preferences and has shared his research at OptimisingNutrition.com. He has developed Nutrient Optimiser and Data-Driven Fasting to guide thousands of people on their journey towards nutritional optimisation.
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18 responses to “Marty Kendall – ‘How to Use Your Glucose Meter as a Fuel Gauge’”
What meter conversion do you have?
I was in your program and tracked my BG and found MY personal threshold and used that number to dictate when I ate and IT WORKED!! I lost weight and broke thru a LONG plateau Had a DEXA 90 days after I started and lost a lot of body fat – not just water which is all that was happening on keto- low electrolytes because I eliminated the wrong foods on Keto (Atkins Induction) On your program I ate MY personal ‘Superfoods’ – cod being my favorite – certain veg that I never tried before – even oat BRAN etc I finally weigh UNDER 130 pounds but have gained lean mass too (because I prioritized protein per Ted Naiman) Thanks, Marty!!!
This strategy is really only useful for those who are unwilling to reduce or eliminate their consumption of carbohydrates. Since glucose is not the human body’s preferred energy source, carbs shouldn’t be poured down the throat. Fasting is optional for most people. Unless somebody is taking exogenous insulin, there is no need to ever measure blood glucose because it will be managed naturally (assuming proper liver and pancreatic function).
People that are highly insulin resistant still need to check their blood glucose even if they eat very low carb. Protein can raise blood glucose levels (not as much as carbs, but very significant for insulin resistant people)
Some common information shown in a new way producing a better understanding for me. Thx.
This is right on the money figured it out myself and the time to eat carbs if you are going to fill up your glycogen stores snd limit insuln is right after moderate heart rate exercise. We need a triglyceride meter like a glucose meter to test our full metabolic function and when to eat if you are eating a high fat diet.
So interesting! Thank you for sharing.
❤❤❤ awesome teaching and very informative. I will be following this great information to balance blood glucose levels and to have a healthier lifestyle.
My issue is Marty’s system is the premise that BGL = degree of hunger = you will binge/overeat. He repeatedly uses this as a fact. This doesn’t hold true for me or any of the women in my support group. We’ve found that there’s little correlation between BGL and hunger, and how much we then eat depends on what we eat rather than how much.
Exactly.
Right, what if even if really hungry one instead has discipline and has several carbonated waters with sensible portions of low carb food.
Very cool. I’m going to try it!
You say:
“Simply swapping carbs for fat won’t result in an improvement in your metabolic health unless it also leads to a decrease in body weight.”
They say:
Dietary carbohydrate restriction improves metabolic syndrome independent of weight loss
Parker N. Hyde,1 Teryn N. Sapper,1 Christopher D. Crabtree,1 Richard A. LaFountain,1 Madison L. Bowling,1 Alex Buga,1 Brandon Fell,1 Fionn T. McSwiney,2 Ryan M. Dickerson,1 Vincent J. Miller,1 Debbie Scandling,3 Orlando P. Simonetti,3 Stephen D. Phinney,4 William J. Kraemer,1 Sarah A. King,5 Ronald M. Krauss,5 and Jeff S. Volek1
Marty’s data-driven approach aims to give us all usable tools to help us figure out how to optimize our diet to our unique metabolic circumstances.
He’s way ahead of the rest of the pack – thanks, Marty! 🏆
sounds like a red meat carnivore strategy
what about if you dont want to lose weight but only reduce your waking glucose
App? How to find it?
What is the name of the applicationS?
I don’t find it.