Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
For a mini-masterclass in blood sugar control, see: staycuriousmetabolism.substack.com/p/7-ways-to-lower-blood-sugar-without?r=40ekz2
For the Stress Creates Sugar Letter: staycuriousmetabolism.substack.com/p/stress-makes-sugar-literally-this?r=40ekz2
Statin Slash GLP-1 Video: youtu.be/6NomrgjK1yQ
In this interview, Dr. Nick Norwitz MD PhD sits down once again with Dr. Andrew Koutnik PhD to unpack several groundbreaking research papers, including how psychological stress can cause your liver to make sugar from scratch, how different carbs and fibers impact bodies differently depending on metabolic health, how potatoes can tell you if you’re insulin sensitive, and more. If you’ve ever wondered how stress, nutrition, and biology collide to shape your health, this conversation might change the way you think about your body—and your mind.
Chapters:
00:00 — The new stress-sugar discovery
01:10 — How your brain signals your liver to make glucose
04:30 — The real mechanism behind “stress-induced sugar spikes”
07:00 — Andrew’s story: TED Talk stress sent glucose up 100 mg/dL
10:20 — How sprinting saved him from a glucose crash
12:00 — What this means for diabetics and the general population
14:30 — Why meditation changes your biology (not just mindset)
16:00 — How obesity amplifies stress’s metabolic effects
17:00 — The ‘semi-myth’ of fiber protection in insulin resistance
21:30 — Personalized nutrition and CGM insights
24:00 — Potatoes vs Grapes test for insulin resistance
27:00 — GLP-1 dysfunction, statins, and “new species of diabetes”
38:00 — The future of metabolic precision medicine
#Cortisol #Glucose #BrainHealth #LiverHealth #Type1Diabetes #Type2Diabetes #Hormones #NutritionScience #Mitochondria #HealthOptimization #Neuroscience #Endocrinology #MetabolicFlexibility #LowCarb #KetogenicDiet #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicStress #Biohacking #HealthResearch #ScienceCommunication #Educational #Informative #StayCurious
For a mini-masterclass in blood sugar control, see: staycuriousmetabolism.substack.com/p/7-ways-to-lower-blood-sugar-without?r=40ekz2
For the Stress Creates Sugar Letter: staycuriousmetabolism.substack.com/p/stress-makes-sugar-literally-this?r=40ekz2
Statin Slash GLP-1 Video: youtu.be/6NomrgjK1yQ
In this interview, Dr. Nick Norwitz MD PhD sits down once again with Dr. Andrew Koutnik PhD to unpack several groundbreaking research papers, including how psychological stress can cause your liver to make sugar from scratch, how different carbs and fibers impact bodies differently depending on metabolic health, how potatoes can tell you if you’re insulin sensitive, and more. If you’ve ever wondered how stress, nutrition, and biology collide to shape your health, this conversation might change the way you think about your body—and your mind.
Chapters:
00:00 — The new stress-sugar discovery
01:10 — How your brain signals your liver to make glucose
04:30 — The real mechanism behind “stress-induced sugar spikes”
07:00 — Andrew’s story: TED Talk stress sent glucose up 100 mg/dL
10:20 — How sprinting saved him from a glucose crash
12:00 — What this means for diabetics and the general population
14:30 — Why meditation changes your biology (not just mindset)
16:00 — How obesity amplifies stress’s metabolic effects
17:00 — The ‘semi-myth’ of fiber protection in insulin resistance
21:30 — Personalized nutrition and CGM insights
24:00 — Potatoes vs Grapes test for insulin resistance
27:00 — GLP-1 dysfunction, statins, and “new species of diabetes”
38:00 — The future of metabolic precision medicine
#Cortisol #Glucose #BrainHealth #LiverHealth #Type1Diabetes #Type2Diabetes #Hormones #NutritionScience #Mitochondria #HealthOptimization #Neuroscience #Endocrinology #MetabolicFlexibility #LowCarb #KetogenicDiet #FunctionalMedicine #ChronicStress #Biohacking #HealthResearch #ScienceCommunication #Educational #Informative #StayCurious
