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 got my COVID booster last weekend and noticed an interesting spike in heart rate while weathering the side effects.
Experiments this week focused on finishing up the low-carb chocolate tests and starting the next stage of the vinegar study (determining how dose, dilution, timing, and macros influence the effect). For the chocolates, I’ve only got a few samples left, so I should be able to finish out the study this week. For vinegar, thanks to /u/genetastic, we’ve got the analysis of the initial tests done and I just need to write it up. Might get it out during the week, but definitely by next weekend. With the better analysis by /u/genetastic, we’re seeing a statistically significant effect, so should be interesting. More collaborators would improve the study considerably, so if you’re interested, let me know.
Active & Planned Experiments
- Blood Glucose Impact of Low-Carb Foods
- Goal: Determine blood glucose impact of low-carb foods and ingredients
- Blood Glucose Impact of Supplements
- Goal: Determine blood glucose impact and mechanism of promising supplements
- Approach: tbd
- Status:
- This week: literature review, determining protocol
- Reported:
- Up next:
- Initial Replication (10/9)
- 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
- Sleep was still down this week due to a business trip.
- Should come back up next week, but I’ll keep an eye out.
- Blood Glucose
- High fasting and avg. BG this week, need to reign things back in…
- Other Blood
- Hemoglobin is back up, so I’m going to continue to ignore this for now.
- Cholesterol increase has did not turn around, despite cutting low-carb tortillas and buns out of meals. This makes me suspect it’s connected to my weight stabilizing instead. Will try a lower-calorie week and see if that helps.
- Other than the spike form my COVID shot, blood pressure and pulse seem to have come back down and are possibly continuing the downward trend. I’ve now got an Omron Evolve, which is a lot more convenient, so I’m taking daily measurements.
- Body
- Weight is stabilized, per discussion above, I’m going to try further cutting back calories to restart weight loss.
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: weekly
- 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
