Jami Dulaney Md Plant Based Wellness

  Welcome! And thank you for listening. Today I sit down with Dr. Andrew Koutnik, an award-winning scientist committed to producing and translating cutting-edge research into real world solutions for health, disease management, and performance optimization. Specializing in type 1 diabetes and metabolic health, Andrew has worked with renowned institutions such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NASA, and the Department of Defense to develop actionable, evidence-based strategies for overcoming complex health challenges. In this episode we dig into the four-week metabolic adaptation window and why most research misses it, how elevated insulin quietly tanks your energy and recovery even if you think you are eating healthy, what actually happens to muscle glycogen on a ketogenic diet over time, and why the microbiome picture at 6 months looks completely different than it does at week one. We also get into exogenous ketones, continuous glucose monitoring, and why there is no single right diet, just options