I’m very interested in helping you solve your problem, but I am doubtful that it can be precisely solved with the data you have. Based on what I’ve read in the book Glucose Revolution (I am still critically evaluating its claims but so far appears to be solid), it seems that the body’s insulin response to a given food varies with pre-/post-intake exercise, whether a fibrous food was eaten beforehand, which types of other food were in the same meal, baseline levels of stress/sleep/insulin, and a host of other factors. Moreover, blood glucose spikes seem to lead to lots of poor mental and physical health outcomes (again, I’m still evaluating these claims).
Have you ever worn a continuous glucose monitor (CGM)? I suspect that some of your quandary may be solved by looking at high-frequency blood glucose readings. You may also be interested in ZOE which is a healthcare startup mentioned at the end of the book. ZOE advertises that it will monitor what seem to be the major measurable factors that affect insulin response: blood glucose, blood fat, and microbiome. And it claims to give personalized insights. The subscription price is much cheaper than the bounty you’re offering.
I’m not trying to promote Glucose Revolution or ZOE; just pointing out that blood sugar (as well as order-of-eating and other details) seems to be a key missing piece of your data. I applaud your desire to get the W on factory settings!
Feel free to reach out to me if you’d like to discuss offline; this is my same handle on twitter, Substack, GitHub, Gmail, etc. I will hope to write a Substack post soon looking deeper into the scientific backing of the book. I’m much more wary of these pop science books after Alexey Guzey destroyed Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep.
I’m very interested in helping you solve your problem, but I am doubtful that it can be precisely solved with the data you have. Based on what I’ve read in the book Glucose Revolution (I am still critically evaluating its claims but so far appears to be solid), it seems that the body’s insulin response to a given food varies with pre-/post-intake exercise, whether a fibrous food was eaten beforehand, which types of other food were in the same meal, baseline levels of stress/sleep/insulin, and a host of other factors. Moreover, blood glucose spikes seem to lead to lots of poor mental and physical health outcomes (again, I’m still evaluating these claims).
Have you ever worn a continuous glucose monitor (CGM)? I suspect that some of your quandary may be solved by looking at high-frequency blood glucose readings. You may also be interested in ZOE which is a healthcare startup mentioned at the end of the book. ZOE advertises that it will monitor what seem to be the major measurable factors that affect insulin response: blood glucose, blood fat, and microbiome. And it claims to give personalized insights. The subscription price is much cheaper than the bounty you’re offering.
I’m not trying to promote Glucose Revolution or ZOE; just pointing out that blood sugar (as well as order-of-eating and other details) seems to be a key missing piece of your data. I applaud your desire to get the W on factory settings!
Feel free to reach out to me if you’d like to discuss offline; this is my same handle on twitter, Substack, GitHub, Gmail, etc. I will hope to write a Substack post soon looking deeper into the scientific backing of the book. I’m much more wary of these pop science books after Alexey Guzey destroyed Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep.