Dr. Elissa Epel

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631 appearances 3 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 23 Jun

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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee · The Science of Deep Rest: How Relaxation Calms Stress & Slows Ageing with Dr Elissa Epel #668 · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

It doesn't matter that I'm skinny and that I think I do the right things.

We are all vulnerable to these laws of stress physiology.

And especially as we age, we're more vulnerable.

We all tend to get a bit more insulin resistant.

So the glucose monitoring, I think, is an invaluable tool for looking inside.

Of course, getting a fasting glucose, as you could describe much better than I can, the knowledge about whether we're pre-diabetic when we wake up after fasting is the most important knowledge, the levels of fasting insulin and glucose.

And so that's step one.

Everyone should know their fasting insulin and glucose.

But even if you're not pre-diabetic, knowing when you are having huge insulin and glucose spikes because of your dietary patterns or timing of eating is also invaluable.

That's kind of an optimized way of thinking about really promoting metabolic sensitivity and enhanced functioning in our older years.

Now, I'm just gonna answer the rest of your question about what to monitor.

Okay, sure.

When we look at a biosensor for stress, we're just measuring physiological stress.

This has some relationship to our emotional stress, but that correlation is usually pretty weak.

So when we look at daily stress, we're looking at arousal from positive things like socializing and activity.

And engaging in challenging activities even more than it's reflecting emotional stress.

So daily stress, I don't take too seriously when I look at a biosensor.

I do like to make sure that I'm not staying in the high arousal zone all day.

You want to see a lot of up and down.

You want to see that green mind state be present and manifest at different times throughout the day.

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