Low Carb for Athletes, Learning Metabolism through Diabetes and Diabetes as an Asset - Dr Andrew Koutnik

The Supersapiens Podcast

Andrew is a researcher studying the influence of nutrition and metabolism on health, disease, and performance. He gained his Exercise Science degree from FSU before pursuing his doctorate in Biomedical Sciences with the Metabolic Medicine Lab at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.

Personally, he also uses exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle factors to manage Type-1 Diabetes for over 12 years whilst sharing his journey on social media to help and inspire others.

Andrew is currently involved in ongoing research projects exploring how metabolism influences and is influenced by health, disease, and performance, and how we might leverage lifestyle and medical tools to influences these same categories at Sansum diabetes research institute with an enhanced focus on metabolic disease.

His research papers have been cited over 1000 times, he’s a TEDx speaker and new instagram user.

(01:57) Community shoutouts and announcements
(06:40) Xylon’s training update
(08:25) Training advice for converting from Ironman to running
(09:50) Gut training and GI upset in cycling vs running
(11:36) David’s training update
(13:05) Episode starts
(15:10) How did Andrew get into studying exercise physiology?
(21:26) What was the catalyst for Andrew wanting to change his lifestyle as an obese child?
(23:55) Ecological vs neurobiology of weight loss
(25:38) How was Andrew diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?
(32:22) How has Andrew seen diabetes change over his time living with type 1 diabetes?
(37:20) What are some of the biggest challenges Andrew has face with his diabetes?
(42:06) What changes did Andrew make to reduce his insulin needs?
(48:00) Discussion of paper Andrew authored on low carbohydrate intake in athletes
(60:12) What are the implications of the paper for athletes of varying levels of metabolic health?
(65:30) Where does Andrew think research on exogenous ketones is headed in performance and health?
(78:38) What does sport and exercise look like for Andrew?
(82:38) Context is key in understanding glucose
(84:30) What is Supersapiens trying to accomplish with Supersapiens Diabetes?
(95:00) Outro

Paper on crossover point
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1150265/full