I’m always looking for collaborators for future experiments. If you’re interested in collaborating on scientifically rigorous self-experiments with low-carb foods, supplements, or other health interventions, please let me know in the comments or via the contact form on the right.
I posted initial results from testing of flour replacements this week. Of the 7 flours I’ve tested so far, all have been pretty good, with peak ∆BG of 16-29% of wheat flour by weight and 9-23% by volume (see post for details).
The post got a huge response, the most site visits and first-day comments on Reddit of any post so far. I’ve definitely hit on something people are interested in. From the comments, I also got tons of new flour replacements to try, almost double what I had found on my own.
Experiments this week focused on flour replacements and vinegar experiments. Next week will focus on continuing both of these, as well as figuring out protocols for some non-food studies I’d like to get going around breathing, blood pressure, and palm-cooling.
– QD
Active & Planned Experiments
- Blood Glucose Impact of Low-Carb Foods & Ingredients
- Goal: Determine blood glucose impact of low-carb foods and ingredients
- Approach: Protocol
- Status:
- Reported:
- Up next:
- Vegetables
- Meats
- Low-carb fruits
- Miscellaneous low-carb prepared foods
- Dietary fibers
- Blood Glucose Impact of Supplements
- Goal: Determine blood glucose impact and mechanism of promising supplements
- Approach: Protocol
- Status:
- This week: Initial replication
- Reported:
- Up next:
- Testing practical protocols
- Methods of Sleeping Longer
Let me know in the comments if there’s any other experiments you’d like to see.
– QD
Observations & Data
- Sleep
- Two nights of bad insomnia led to low sleep this week.
- Pulse continued to drop, hopefully due to the added cardio exercise. Will keep monitoring.
- Blood Glucose
- Blood glucose ran a bit high on the days after insomnia. Will hopefully come back down next week
- Other Blood
- Off week for hemoglobin and cholesterol
- Blood pressure was high this week, driven by the days after insomnia. After I get a bit more data, I’ll be very interested to see if this trend is real.
- Body
- Weight and waist are stable.
Sleep
Blood Glucose
Other Blood
Body
Methods
- Sleep
- Metrics: total time, heart rate variability, pulse (sleeping vs. waking)
- Methods: Apple watch + Autosleep app
- Frequency: daily
- Blood Glucose
- Metrics: fasting BG, Avg. BG, coefficient of variation, time 70-140 mg/dL, time <60 mg/dL
- Methods: Dexcom G6 CGM
- Frequency: continuous
- Other Blood
- Metrics: weight, waist circumference, BMI, waist/height
- Methods: scale + Renpho tape measure
- Frequency: daily
- Body
- Metrics: hemoglobin, cholesterol, blood pressure, pulse
- Methods: Hemocue 801, Cardiocheck PA, Omron Evolve
- Frequency: daily for blood pressure & pulse, every 2 weeks for hemoglobin & cholesterol
