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Episode 50 with Dr Paul Kolodzik (Kinsei-Do Corner): Diet, blood sugar and taking charge of your health

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Persistent carbs can push blood glucose into fat storage when muscles stop responding to insulin.

Joe opens the episode by welcoming Dr. Paul Kolodzik, an emergency doctor from the United States and the author of The Continuous Glucose Monitoring Revolution. The conversation quickly settles on continuous glucose monitoring. Paul says he has helped thousands of patients use CGMs to understand their blood sugar and change their lives. He ties that to practical results like losing unwanted pounds and helping prevent or reverse metabolic problems such as hypertension, high cholesterol, prediabetes, GERD, sleep apnea, and fatty liver disease. Joe keeps the discussion grounded and asks whether CGMs are something everyone should have or whether they make more sense as a short-term learning tool. Paul walks through carb intake in a way that connects directly to training and weight loss. He says people focused on losing weight probably need to be in the 50-gram range of carbs a day. He also notes that keto is 20 grams or less, and that he works with patients to move toward that gradually. If weight loss is not the main issue and the goal is steadier blood sugar and insulin levels, he says a higher limit can be appropriate, around 75 to 100 grams or even 125 grams of carbs a day. The episode also touches on carb cycling, which means putting some carbs around workouts so the body has what it needs for performance. Joe then raises the idea of using a CGM for a month to learn what a person’s own body does with food. He notes that CGMs do not seem as common in parts of Asia as they do in the United States, which leads into a broader reflection on how health technologies spread. Oura rings come up as a comparison. The closing idea is simple: once people see certain patterns clearly, they usually do not unsee them.

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Practical blood sugar talk that connects CGMs to training, weight loss, and day to day food choices.

Dr. Paul Kolodzik and Joe keep the focus on continuous glucose monitoring as a practical tool, not a gadget. The episode ties blood sugar, weight loss, and the metabolic issues that can sit alongside them into one plainspoken conversation, and it is strongest when it gets…

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If you want a practical take on continuous glucose monitors, this one gets real-world fast.

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