LEVELS – A Whole New Level (Levels)

Insulin resistance is when cells stop responding to insulin’s signal to uptake glucose. It’s a hallmark of prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and other forms of metabolic dysfunction, and it manifests as several chronic disease, ranging from Alzheimer’s to polycystic ovarian syndrome. Dr. Rob Lustig and Dr. Dominic D’Agostino discuss the importance of monitoring insulin levels, why a high or increasing insulin level is a problem, and how insulin resistance hinders weight management.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Rob Lustig, MD, & Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, discuss:

(03:57) — What is insulin?

(06:55) — What is insulin resistance?

(18:00) — There are three types of insulin resistance

(38:00) — Weight management is not about calories in and calories out

(45:53) — Adding more insulin to the equation of Type 2 diabetes isn’t necessarily the answer

(51:20) — Insulin is a crucial biomarker to measure for metabolic health

(53:58) — Insulin resistance is a hinderance to weight management

(57:07) — The intake of too much leucine can lead to insulin resistance

(1:02:04) — Fiber feeds the gut microbiome and is crucial for metabolic health

(1:13:11) — Is intermittent fasting necessary?

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/dFOaBrujDHo

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Robert Lustig, MD, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlustigmd/

Connect with Robert Lustig, MD, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertLustigMD

Connect with Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dominic.dagostino.kt/

Connect with Dominic D’Agostino, PhD on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicDAgosti2

Using a CGM helped a seasoned registered dietician understand what was going on inside her body, gain blood sugar control, and be metabolically flexible so she could further advise her clients looking for weight loss and energy management. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Head of Growth Ben Grynol and Member Julie Cottrell discussed:

(03:13) - Julie’s background as a registered dietician

(08:53) - Julie’s biggest struggle

(10:06) - Everybody needs protein

(11:20) - Eating windows

(14:39) - Trying the low carb approach

(18:58) - Give your body time to reset and regenerate

(21:56) - Low carb plan

(28:13) - The connection between habits and die

(34:02) - The benefits of fasting

(43:35) - The importance of reading labels

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Related links:

Dietician Julie Cottrell experiments with CGM to help her clients better understand nutrition: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/dietitian-julie-cottrell-experiments-with-cgm-to-help-her-clients-better-understand-nutrition

The truth about why keto works & why you may be doing it wrong | Dr. Steven Gundry & Dr. Casey Means: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/142-the-truth-about-why-keto-works-why-you-may-be/id1563263076?i=1000568730357

Find us on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

We launched an observational research study in order to gather CGM data. Data from our members will help us better understand what blood glucose patterns look like in the general wellness population.

The study differs from others because we’re working to establish a baseline for health rather than a baseline for disease.

With all of this data coming from our Members (with minimal additional effort from them), we’ll be able to collect the data, synthesize it, and publish it. By doing so, we’ll start to better understand blood glucose baselines and build a framework that will show the wellness population how to adjust nutrition and make lifestyle changes in order to optimize health through behavior change.

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In this episode, Levels’ Head of Research and Development Dr. Taylor Sittler, Levels’ Head of Business Maz Brumand, and one of the Levels’ advisors Dom D’Agostino, PhD discuss:

• The Levels research study and how we will collect data from our members
• What this large study and data collection mean for the future of metabolic health
• How we work to be part of health optimization medicine to get ahead of disease

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Head of Research and Development Dr. Taylor Sittler, Levels’ Head of Business Maz Brumand, and one of the Levels’ advisors Dom D’Agostino, PhD discuss:

(02:36) - The Levels research study

(04:04) - A look at the data behind Levels

(05:54) - The importance of baseline and understanding

(07:13) - What is Color?

(09:19) - There is no one-size-fits-all solution

(17:18) - Elevated insulin versus insulin resistance

(19:36) - The functional biomarkers

(23:16) - Health is on a spectrum

(25:23) - How body weight affects glycemic control

Follow our podcast, A Whole New Level, for more conversations about metabolic health. We talk about our mission to solve the metabolic health crisis, our fully remote and async startup culture, and the process of building a health and wellness movement from the ground up.

Transcripts & Show Notes

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Connect with Dom on Instagram: https://instagram.com/dominic.dagostino.kt

Connect with Dom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dominicdagosti2

It can be a challenge to reach the communities you want to impact most. How do you know you’re taking the right steps and making the right connections? The good news is it doesn’t have to happen overnight or with one big initiative; you just have to work consistently with the communities. In this episode, Ben Grynol talked with one of our investors and Co-Founder of RareBreed Ventures, McKeever “Mac” Conwell. They chatted about the idea of reaching communities that are most impacted by poor metabolic health and what we can do collectively as a society to ensure we’re taking the right steps to reach them, as well as the opportunities, challenges, and initiatives for making meaningful change in the community.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

🎙 What Mac Conwell & Ben Grynol discuss:

(15:08) – Looking for opportunity
(18:37) – Inform your community
(23:50) – Change has to come from both ends
(25:11) – Reimagine how people interact with products
(30:06) – Startups break the rules
(37:19) – Bring in creative people
(41:44) – Create open access to jobs
(44:56) – Share resources with community leaders
(49:00) – Widening the net

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wSV23rItORI&feature=youtu.be

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Levels strives to build an interactive community of members where people can help one another and share information about metabolic health. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/178-behind-the-scenes-of-community-building-with-members-to-solve-the-metabolic-health-crisis-cissy-hu-mercy-clemente

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Since metabolic health is downstream of food production, we need regenerative farming, balanced ecosystems, and to lift the veil of Big Food’s marketing schemes in order to optimize the entire system. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Advisor Dr. Rob Lustig and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss:

(06:08) - The growers and the helpers

(07:05) - How DDT changed America

(12:19) - The next big thing

(16:04) - Soil vs. dirt

(28:29) - Farming in the 1960s

(30:17) - Turning America’s Heartland into big ag

(34:06) - Agriculture and healthcare are inseparable

(38:16) - An immoral hazard

(43:13) - The consumer is in the dark

(50:32) - Shop around the edge of the supermarket

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/HiBOobZ_8ss

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertLustigMD

Connect with Rob on Instagram: https://instagram.com/robertlustigmd

Growth at an early-stage startup involves running series of experiments to learn about a hypothesis. Growth is not based a specific playbook, or a prescriptive plan that people can transfer from one company to the next. Rather, growth experiments are based on an amalgamation of insights from differing areas of a business, and even within the world.

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Wiz Abdulla, an investor in Levels, understands growth experiments at their foundation. Often, he has portfolio companies reach out to him for help about ways in which they can start ramping up growth within their companies.

So, what better way to give people insight about Levels' "book of plays" than to have a conversation about the way that we think about growth experiments.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(01:16) - There is no one size fits all growth playbook
(06:32) - The dangers of following a prescriptive playbook
(09:00) - The 3 principles of growth
(13:14) - The 4 pillars of growth at Levels
(20:57) - How to think about growth investments
(24:22) - Acquiring more customers might not be the answer
(26:21) - How can you get creative like Casey Neistat
(32:57) - How the Levels Culture project came about
(38 :49) - Launching the Coke Challenge experiment
(39:49) - Iterating on experiments to unlock new growth
(43:54) - The importance of being data informed vs data driven

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Latitud, a fund and Incubator that focuses on nurturing and building tech founders in Latin America. Sam chatted about his own startup experience and some of the ways we approach building our own company.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(06:10) – Be mindful of your time
(09:44) – Schedule both work and rest
(11:52) – Don’t get distracted
(13:02) – Raise money before you need it
(16:00) – Make people want to work for you
(23:03) – CEOs are the decision-makers
(24:41) – How to avoid burnout
(25:40) – CEOs have to delegate
(31:02) – Hire people who share your vision
(39:01) – Your company is not a family

Transcripts & Show Notes

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Gastrointestinal health, metabolic health, and fertility are all linked. The gut microbiome impacts other microbiomes in the body, which can then impact the ability to conceive. Our gut microbiomes are becoming less diverse through modern farming practices and the consumption of processed foods. Dr. Robin Rose and Ben Grynol discuss how gut microbiome testing can determine underlying factors of gastrointestinal distress and the lifestyle changes that can help address symptoms and even aid fertility.

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🎙 What Robin Rose, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:
(08:05) — Gastrointestinal issues are associated with metabolic health issues
(08:56) — Many people lack gut microbiome diversity
(15:24) — Infertility in some people has links to the gut microbiome
(30:56) — PCOS and gut dysbiosis share a connection that’s still being researched
(32:26) — Restoring gut and metabolic health may help alleviate PCOS symptoms
(34:44) — Metagenomic testing assesses gut health
(39:47) — Gut health often requires balanced macronutrient intake
(49:14) — Regenerative farming practices could help us get more quality nutrients
(54:57) — Eliminating dairy and gluten may ease gastrointestinal symptoms
(56:29) — Sleep quality and quantity also inform gut health

Transcript & Show Notes

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/SpW9znY3fkI

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Connect with us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@levelshealth

Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels, and Sam Corcos, CEO and one of the co-founders of Levels, were acquaintances for a number of years before they co-founded the company.

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After they began working together, they had to evolve their relationship from friends to co-founders. Although this might seem like a seamless transition to make, it took work. As Levels has grown, so too has their friendship and work relationship.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(13:03) - Adjusting to lightning speed
(14:34) - The role of a CEO in an early-stage startup
(21:29) - Processing an emotional conversation
(25:48) - The importance of tough feedback
(28:14) - Adjusting to remote work
(35:54) - A charged 1:1
(38:45) - The inflection point
(41:33) - Sam's adjustment to being CEO
(43:06) - Handling growing pains
(44:43) - Hiring people who are better than you
(48:44) - When conflict brings you closer

Transcripts & Show Notes

We often think that arthritis, musculoskeletal pain, and degenerative joint issues are an inevitable result of aging—but this is far from the truth. Good metabolic health can have significant positive effects on bones, muscles, and joints, and can improve longevity. Conversely, poor metabolic health accelerates the degeneration of joints and tissues for many reasons, like the impact of high uric acid levels, lipid or cholesterol deposits, chronic inflammation, and poor blood flow to tissues. Surgeon Dr. Howard Luks and Levels Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means discuss musculoskeletal health, how it is related to longevity, how it’s linked to metabolic health, and how to decrease your risks for musculoskeletal pain, degenerative joint issues, and surgery.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Howard Luks & Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(05:14) - Dr. Casey Means’ personal experience with an orthopedic injury

(12:09) - The link between joint and metabolic health

(18:19) - Maintaining activity may help improve musculoskeletal health despite osteoarthritic pain

(27:53) - Cartilage cells, tendinopathy, and how metabolic health is linked to our tendon health, like with tennis elbow or shoulder pain

(37:04) - The importance of blood flow and cellular repair

(46:58) - The importance of being your best medical advocate in modern medicine

(50:09) - How Dr. Luks started learning about metabolic health and wrote his book, Longevity Simplified

(1:02:49) - The simple pillars of longevity

(1:24:56) - Why you don't need to be concerned about osteoarthritis

(1:32:00) - Trust your body by boosting its regenerative capabilities
Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Order "Longevity…Simplified" by Dr. Howard Luks: https://www.howardluksmd.com/book/

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/XbjORE6D8UA

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Translating complex health data to valuable insights that inform better food and lifestyle decisions is the heart of what the data science team does at Levels. In this episode, Helena Belloff shares her day-to-day as a data scientist at Levels. Helena talks about how the data science team uses data collection, interpretation, and analysis to further the company’s mission of helping people achieve their health goals through the Levels program. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/182-data-science-drives-personalized-insights-towards-health-goals-helena-belloff-sunny-negless

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Levels Head of Business, Maz Brumand, sat down with speaker and bestselling author of “The Membership Economy,” Robbie Kellman Baxter. They chatted about the idea of membership as well as how it relates to Levels and our business model.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(06:34) - Recognize who you are serving
(08:55) - The trade-off between privacy & personalization
(10:36) - The importance of trust
(18:39) -  Creating community
(26:23) - The power of super users
(32:59) - Subscription and “forever” transactions
(35:36) - Optimizing long term relationships
(41:04) - Subscription fatigue

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Co-Founders, Sam Corcos and Josh Clemente, to chat about the current process for our podcast, "A Whole New Level." They dig into what's working, what isn't and what can change moving forward. 

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(03:41) - Identifying the Levels podcast audience
(04:35) - A valuable recruitment tool
(09:19) - Using content to answer questions
(14:22) - A podcast that caters to different audiences
(16:17) - Follower metrics are secondary
(19:59) - Establishing legitimacy
(34:47) - Deciding what content to feature
(39:31) - Setting an intent for each episode
(50:40) - The role of the podcast introduction

Transcripts & Show Notes

The history of the Big Food and Big Sugar industries still affect our metabolic health today. Learn more in this conversation between Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

🎙 What Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol discuss:

(09:24) - Create the consensus
(17:17) - Exonerate sugar as the cause of heart disease
(22:31) - Use shoddy science
(23:35) - Buy off scientists and critics
(24:50) - Weakening government oversight
(26:53) - Fight back against regulated advertising
(35:20) - Go all in on corn
(40:40) - Sugar should be a condiment
(43:04) - Increase food industry profits
(48:27) - The public needs to demand better

Transcripts & Show Notes 

🔗 LINKS:

Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2-qq2Tzl5nM

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📲 CONNECT:

Connect with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/robertlustigmd

Connect with Robert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertLustigMD

Connect with Robert on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/robert-lustig-8904245

Tom Griffin, Head of Partnerships, is no stranger to running a process. Early in his career, he worked with Andrew Yang at Venture for America. Eventually, he joined Halo Neuroscience, where he focused on Partnerships.

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At Halo, one of the core strategies for creating awareness about their technology was to run a podcast tour – an initiative where the Halo team appeared on a significant number of podcasts in short period of time.

When Tom joined Levels, one of the first initiatives that he undertook was a podcast tour. Luckily, he had the right playbook in his back pocket.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(13:58) – Partnerships aren’t always clear-cut
(17:180 – Tap your network
(26:07) – Be the type of company people want to help
(28:43) – Use your network to connect
(31:25) – Make it easy for your network to help you
(36:43) – Scale up your organic relationships
(37:53) – Be intentional with your time
(39:39) – Focus only on what’s essential
(40:43) – Invest your time strategically
(41:14) – Weigh the trade-offs

Transcripts & Show Notes

Here’s a look into how a plan of easy, low-glycemic meals can improve your blood sugar in just 10 days, which will also help increase energy levels and decrease cravings. Numerous other advantages include increased focus, better sleep, a healthier liver, improved fertility, and many more. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/hK_SXDvNc2U

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/171-increase-energy-levels-decrease-cravings-improve-blood-sugar-stability-with-brigid-titgemeier

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Join the Blood Sugar Reset waitlist: https://beingbrigid.ck.page/november2022bsr-levels-awnl

📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drkelleychew

Connect with Brigid Titgemeier on Instagram: https://instagram.com/beingbrigid

Connect with Brigid on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beingbrigid

Diet and exercise culture tends to prioritize calorie restriction and calorie burning via cardio workouts. While fat loss is beneficial, building and maintaining healthy muscle mass is also crucial for metabolic health and longevity. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon and Dr. Casey Means discuss Lyon’s book “Forever Strong,” why strength-training should be a priority for workout routines, how muscle is the body’s metabolic currency, and why boosting protein intake aids in adding and preserving muscle mass.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Gabrielle Lyon, DO, & Casey Means, MD, discuss:

(03:43) — Dr. Casey Means shares her enthusiasm for Dr. Gabrielle Lyon’s book

(09:03) — Muscle is our metabolic currency

(19:38) — According to Dr. Lyon, gaining muscle is more important than losing fat

(23:56) — Muscle mass is protective against sarcopenia

(31:08) — Dr. Means raises the question about menopause

(31:59) — The benefits of focusing on metabolic health in the menopause transition

(36:39) — Dr. Lyon encourages people to reevaluate the type of exercise they are doing

(39:14) — Dr. Lyon discusses the importance of getting enough protein

(43:15) — Dr. Lyon discusses the timing of protein intake

(51:13) — Dr. Lyon discusses supplementation with creatine

⁠Transcripts & Show notes⁠

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LAF2o2zv7Q4?si=vXoV1hxQVCpfYOpQ

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet that has proven benefits for brain health. Research shows that the keto diet helps ease symptoms of some mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder. But no diet, even keto, is one-size-fits all. Dr. Georgia Ede and Dr. Dominic D’Agostino discuss how diet and brain health are connected, how diet and gut health affect brain health, and how a ketogenic or other low-carbohydrate diets can be tailored to people’s specific needs.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Georgia Ede, MD & Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, discuss:

(06:51) — Dr. Georgia Ede describes her interest in nutritional science for mental health

(16:45) — Metabolic health is tied to brain health

(23:16) — A ketogenic diet vs medications for mental health

(27:19) — A ketogenic diet can be tailored to prevent side effects

(32:51) — Gut health and mental health are connected

(39:00) — Diet is highly individual

(42:02) —CGM can teach people how foods and diet strategies affect their health

(44:57) — Following a low-carbohydrate diet will generally reduce insulin levels and triglycerides

(47:40) — Some psychiatric symptoms have links to higher C-reactive protein levels

(48:42) — Dr. D’Agostino summarizes one of Dr. Ede’s studies on the ketogenic diet and mental health

(56:59) — A ketogenic diet may also help ease some menopause symptoms

⁠Transcripts & Show notes⁠

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/kBjBEjV0vqU⁠

Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, and Software Engineer, Jeremy Phelps, sat down to discuss Jeremy’s path into Levels, his current role as an engineer and what he’s learned during his time here.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(06:33) - Harnessing a sense of urgency
(08:22) - A self-taught developer
(12:54) - Hunger is a great motivator
(17:24) - Learn what it’s like in a toxic environment
(22:46) - Learn common CS language
(28:49) - Finding a better work environment
(31:56) - Uncover company culture
(36:16) - Figure out how people will fit in
(39:09) - The benefits of async work
(44:30) - Consistently take vacation

Transcripts & Show Notes

Understanding your body’s unique nutritional needs through elimination dieting can help you determine a solid nutritional baseline. Michael Keller discusses his nutritional philosophy in this episode with Ben Grynol, where he discusses the lifestyle choices he made and the food that he experimented with to optimize his health. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/68XuQXWgfaI

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/179-determining-your-healthy-baseline-of-food-through-elimination-diets-michael-keller-ben-grynol

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

PCOS, commonly known as polycystic ovarian syndrome, is a condition with multiple epigenetic components and a number of symptoms to look out for, including irregular menstruation and excessive hair growth. Learn how to treat PCOS naturally with diet and lifestyle changes in this Doc Talk with Levels Research Design Lead Dr. Azure Grant and Cissy Hu. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Azure Grant & Cissy Hu discuss:

(02:21) – What is PCOS?

(03:14) – What are the signs and symptoms of PCOS?

(05:11) – What are the criteria for a PCOS diagnosis?

(06:36) – The impact of delayed diagnosis

(11:40) – Can diet help PCOS symptoms?

(12:38) – Don’t just rely on food

(13:51) – What are phytonutrients?

(14:46) – How intermittent fasting can help PCOS symptoms

(18:37) – Characterizing glucose phenotypes

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/gs4nhuaRv-8

How continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can help with infertility and PCOS: https://levelshealth.com/blog/how-continuous-glucose-monitoring-cgm-can-help-with-infertility-and-pcos/

How a CGM helped Abby O’Connor find a diet that eased her PCOS: https://levelshealth.com/blog/how-a-cgm-helped-abby-oconnor-find-a-diet-that-eased-her-pcos/

Edie Horstman uses a CGM to help make better food choices while living with PCOS: https://levelshealth.com/blog/edie-horstman-uses-a-cgm-to-help-make-better-food-choices-while-living-with-pcos/

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

High-carbohydrate diets and carbohydrate loading have been long-standing tenets of athletic training and competition, but newer research indicates a low-carbohydrate diet may be more beneficial for performance and overall health. Professor Tim Noakes and Josh Clemente discuss how a fat-adapted body can rely on fat as a fuel source at all exercise intensity levels, rather than burning mostly carbohydrates, and how such adaptation and dietary focus may reduce one’s risk of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Tim Noakes, MD, PhD, & Josh Clemente discuss:

(04:28) — Dr. Tim Noakes explains his career trajectory

(19:04) — An adapted body can rely on fat for all exercise intensities

(22:30) — The body will never get to a state of no glucose circulation

(23:28) — A delicate balance of macronutrients is likely necessary

(29:11) — Before the high-carbohydrate craze, elite athletes were fat adapted

(33:46) — Fat oxidation in muscle may have a protective effect against Type 2 diabetes

(36:39) — Exercise does not cancel out the risk for metabolic disease if diet isn’t accounted for

(47:25) — The body can cope with fasting

(54:32) — The high-carb training trend has been perpetuated by the carbohydrate industry

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Learn about metabolic health: https://levelshealth.com/blog

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Tim Noakes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/proftimnoakes

Levels Head of Partnerships, Tom Griffin, sat down with content creator, Austin McGuffie AKA Metabolism Mentor, to discuss his journey with metabolic health and how to communicate complex ideas.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(9:49) - An introduction to insulin resistance

(16:15) - You can't have health without proper nutrition

(17:46) - Skinny does not equal healthy

(19:12) - Make content easy to understand

(21:20) - A sense of humor always helps

(24:31) - The pressure to be perfect

(34:11) - The power of food modification

(40:16) - Meet people where they are

(44:56) - How to raise healthy kids

(50:16) - Remove the ego from nutrition

Transcripts & Show Notes

Hormones, which are essential to women’s health, have an impact on our daily lives. Hormonal imbalances can cause a variety of issues, including fatigue, weight gain, and menstrual problems. Hormones also help us regulate metabolism, stress, sleep, and blood sugar. Listen as Dr. Trevor Cates and Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew discuss women’s health, hormonal imbalances, stress management, and skin health. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Trevor Cates and Levels’ Dr. Lauren Kelly-Chew discuss:

(3:21) — How Dr. Cates started her personal journey and interest in hormonal health

(08:11) Realizing the connection between hormonal imbalances and health issues

(15:36) — The four pillars that help you get back to your body’s natural rhythms

(21:48) — Choosing better food and better products to reset hormonal imbalance

(27:20) — Timeline for recovery from hormonal imbalances

(30:55) — Getting to the root of issues instead of just suppressing symptoms

(33:00) — Be the CEO of your own health

(35:28) — Birth control pills are not the be-all, end-all for hormonal health

(43:21) — Clean, natural skincare and the makings of the Spa Dr. skincare line

(48:25) — Be in charge of your recovery towards hormonal health

Transcript

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drkelleychew

This director of sports nutrition used a CGM and was shocked to see how his body responded to oatmeal. In sharing his CGM experience with his athletes, he emphasizes that everyone’s body responds to food differently, and urges them to get their lifestyle habits and routines in place before trying to change nutrition. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Head of Growth Ben Grynol and Director of Sports Nutrition for the Miami Dolphins, John Parenti discuss:

(05:08) – An eye-opening experience

(06:45) – Check in with your body

(07:48) – Find a routine

(12:34) – Less is more

(26:24) – It’s all about structure

(30:17) – Drill the fundamentals

(37:29) – You are what you do

(39:25)  – Know your players

(48:27) – Sleep is the key

(52:07) – Be a coach

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/Xep8hKidQQw

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

John Parenti fuels up for how he wants to feel: https://levelshealth.com/blog/john-parenti-fuels-up-for-how-he-wants-to-feel Connect with Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgrynol

High-carbohydrate diets and carbohydrate loading have been long-standing tenets of athletic training and competition, but newer research indicates a low-carbohydrate diet may be more beneficial for performance and overall health. Professor Tim Noakes and Josh Clemente discuss how a fat-adapted body can rely on fat as a fuel source at all exercise intensity levels, rather than burning mostly carbohydrates, and how such adaptation and dietary focus may reduce one’s risk of prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl⁠

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Tim Noakes, MD, PhD, & Josh Clemente discuss:

(04:28) — Dr. Tim Noakes explains his career trajectory

(19:04) — An adapted body can rely on fat for all exercise intensities

(22:30) — The body will never get to a state of no glucose circulation

(23:28) — A delicate balance of macronutrients is likely necessary

(29:11) — Before the high-carbohydrate craze, elite athletes were fat adapted

(33:46) — Fat oxidation in muscle may have a protective effect against Type 2 diabetes

(36:39) — Exercise does not cancel out the risk for metabolic disease if diet isn’t accounted for

(47:25) — The body can cope with fasting

(54:32) — The high-carb training trend has been perpetuated by the carbohydrate industry

⁠Transcripts & Show notes⁠

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1⁠

In the summer of 2019, things started moving forward for Josh & Sam, as the two of them got traction with Levels. The company was no longer called Frontier Biometric, and both investors and friends alike were keeping an eye on what they were working on. It didn't take long before things started moving with velocity.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(05:04) - The Levels team finds another founder
(10:02) - The surreal feeling of gaining momentum
(13:50) - Organizing the greatest minds they knew
(16:14) - Digging into the data
(17:31) - A weekend full of potential
(19:42) - Putting the cart before the horse
(22:26) - The pieces fall into place
(25:43) - Selling an idea
(26:29) - Now we had deliverables
(29:51) - A medical professional to challenge the status quo
(30:26) - The fifth founder: Dr. Casey Means

Transcripts & Show Notes

What if your kids were excited about eating whole foods—and didn’t push healthy vegetables away in disgust? It’s possible to change childhood nutrition for the better! Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Nora LaTorre and Levels’ Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(04:24) - The current state of school lunches: a challenge to overcome

(08:23) - School lunches are the safety net for the future

(10:35) - How Eat Real started

(12:12) - The health shock affecting millennials

(25:05) - The best classroom in America for health

(38:35) - Why lunchrooms are an investment

(43:30) - Nutrition as early intervention

(49:43) - Every individual matters

(57:43) - How real food can improve your immune system

(01:03:37) - The best way to get kids to eat healthy food

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Nora on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nora-latorre/

Follow Nora’s company on Instagram: https://instagram.com/eatrealcertified/

Follow Nora’s company on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eat_real_cert

Subscribe to Eat Real’s newsletter: https://eatreal.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c14b4e3bfd326db7ec59bb78f&id=1ff72790c7

For parents, feeding kids a balanced diet can feel like an uphill battle. People are surrounded by fast, convenient and highly processed food items, which can make the idea of 'meal time' easier to get through. But, these short-term choices can have long term health implications – especially for children.

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When kids are provided with the right foundation for the way to think about food and the choices in front of them, it can be easier to start them down the right path at an early age.

Kelly LeVeque – nutritionist, author, podcaster, and an investor in Levels – takes the time to set a healthy foundation for her children. And, by 'controlling the controllable' – what she chooses to expose them to – getting her kids to eat a balanced diet is part of their routine.

For more info about Kelly, her content and her courses, check out: https://kellyleveque.com/

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(06:51) - Start by controlling what you can
(11:17) - Set boundaries for your children's diet
(13:15) - Don't hold back from adult conversations
(14:30) - Practice delayed gratification
(19:49) - Aim for a well-rounded food day
(25:48) - You can still be a fun mom without sugar
(34:03) - Rethink sandwiches as a staple
(39:31) - Don't fall for marketing tactics
(47:02) - Teach kids what healthy looks and feel like

Transcripts & Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/G-mt2OqjDVE

Obesity and chronic disease are fallouts from the lack of real human connection. Underneath biomarkers like glucose and physical aspects like mitochondrial dysfunctions are the root causes of disease: hijacked reward pathways, chronic stress due to constant threat mode, and the global human disconnect.

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In this discussion between Levels’ advisor Dr. Molly Maloof and our co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, they talk about:

• The most important measurable biomarker

• How we’re designed to live in groups

• The cycle of constant stress through threat signaling vs. high-reward pathways

• The big problem of global human disconnection

• How love and oxytocin helps to make us stronger, share resources, and create bonds

• Addiction and the power of the pause

• How to increase physical and emotional adaptation

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ advisor Dr. Molly Maloof and our co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means, discuss:

(12:13) - Adapting and self-managing in the face of adversity

(16:03) - The most important biomarker

(23:05) - Moving your body to create energy

(24:18) - Adapting beyond genetics

(26:29) - Hijacking reward pathways

(36:40) - Getting off the grid

(43:22) - Take care of your mitochondria

(45:57) - The holy grail of chronic disease

(51:35) - Felt connection

(59:11) - How deprivation is a pathway to happiness

(1:06:03) - The power of the pause

(1:23:11) - Letting go of control

(01:41:37) - Cooking your skin

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XVSYGx9Fkns

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Co-Founder and CEO, Sam Corcos, and Head of Operations, Michael 'Miz' Mizrahi, about how we all scale our time at Levels to be effective team members. We achieve this with Executive Assistants (EAs) from a company called, Athena. They dived into how we delegate and outsource tasks to Athena and why they are an important part of our company.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(06:47) - Reluctance to delegate
(08:52) - Make time for bigger work
(13:32) - Have automation and delegation
(15:29) - De-risk delegation
(16:55) - Document everything
(22:49) - Hire support staff early
(24:12) - Add in accountability
(30:01) - Divide process work and critical thinking work
(50:38) - See what they can take off your plate
(54:37) - Audit communications

Transcripts and Show Notes

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Alan McLean, Head of Design at Levels, to discuss Alan's design philosophy, his approach to re-designing the Levels app, as well as his past experience with The New York Times, Fitbit and Google.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(07:27) - The importance of design for health products
(09:40) - Generalists vs. specialists
(10:19) - The value of technical expertise
(12:33) - The value of constraints
(19:00) - The print/digital divide
(21:26) - Expectations are high for productivity tools
(23:52) - Seek out magic moments
(26:39) - Consider user context
(28:55) - Focus on positive reinforcement
(31:26) - Personalization is not a hack

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels advisor and author of Lifespan, David Sinclair, sat down with Levels Chief Medical Officer, Casey Means, Head of Growth, Ben Grynol and Head of Research & Development, Taylor Sittler, during our Levels Book Club on December 16, 2021 to take questions from our team and our members.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(3:18) - The concept of death

(06:22) - Extending youth vs old age

(08:11) - Health needs to start young

(13:45) - Using Inside Tracker

(29:22) - Chronological vs. biological age

(44:42) - How Levels will help make longevity research more equitable

(48:19) - Research is evolving quickly

(55:26) - The role of biomarkers

(59:42) - The impact of COVID

Transcripts & Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/IpekArG0j14

Celebrity health coach and holistic nutritionist Kelly LeVeque gets to know her clients on a deeply personal level; she wants to know exactly how you live your life in order to help you to start to make positive changes.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl

In this episode, Levels Head of Clinical product Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew chatted with Levels advisor Kelly LeVeque about:

• Forgetting toxic wellness advice and focusing on what will make you feel your best
• The fab four of nutrition
• How everything is impacted by blood sugar
• Refocusing the conversation around CGM data
• Trading boozy brunches for hikes
• What you can do to balance your blood sugar without a CGM

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels Head of Clinical product Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew chatted with Levels advisor Kelly LeVeque discuss:

(10:42) – Why you don’t want blood sugar spikes

(11:33) – What is the fab four?

(18:08) – Start your day with good food

(20:37) – Blood sugar balance is the key to food freedom

(23:12) – Mindset matters

(30:34) – Don’t focus on your weight

(32:15) – Change may not look like what you expect

(38:41) – Find the silver lining

(36:59) – Break down food rules

(47:40) – Be the instigator of change

Follow our podcast, A Whole New Level, for more conversations about metabolic health. We talk about our mission to solve the metabolic health crisis, our fully remote and async startup culture, and the process of building a health and wellness movement from the ground up.

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Kelly on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bewellbykelly/

Biosensing offers people real-time insight into their health status. Regular insight, rather than one-time results at an annual checkup, helps people assess how lifestyle factors are impacting their health, whether they need to make adjustments, and which adjustments might have the most impact. Michael Dubrovsky and Josh Clemente discuss the value of biosensing and how it has the potential to disrupt the healthcare industry, shifting from a diagnose-and-treat approach to a preventive and actionable approach.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

🎙 What Michael Dubrovsky & Josh Clemente discuss:

(5:27) — Why biosensing is important

(9:03) — Biosensing is beneficial for turning info into action

(14:39) — Annual blood tests are levels from one snapshot in time

(24:05) — Measuring a few biomarkers can provide a high amount of data

(38:40)— Focusing on prevention is helping to disrupt the US healthcare industry

(41:47) — Biosensing can empower people to take control of their health

(43:03) — Successfully addressing a health issue involves more than the annual blood draw

(46:00) — Biosensing can help elucidate valuable associations

(49:58) — Why the future of medicine will focus on the individual

(52:14) — Biosensing data from individuals may lead to better solutions for the public

(1:07:06) — Biosensing can increase the value of healthcare

Transcripts & Show notes

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/zTbxXGisj9M

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Michael Dubrovsky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeDubrovsky

Where does education around metabolic health, nutrition, and lifestyle fit into med school today? Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Clinical Head of Product Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew and Dr. Elias Eid discuss:

(04:27) - How Elias got involved with Levels

(05:50) - How CGM helped Elias live a better, healthier life as a diabetic

(07:14) - The importance of real-time data

(09:38) - Life without CGM

(19:26) - Insulin resistance and its significance

(26:16) - The power of CGM

(28:35) - What is emergency medicine?

(30:12) - The beauty of emergency medicine

(35:57) - Be bold and add value

(48:18) - How cardio will help people control their sugar

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

A metabolic blood test and cholesterol panel can be confusing, so in this ultimate guide, our Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Dr. Casey Means talks with Levels advisor and author of Metabolical to give you advice on how to interpret your panels to better understand the status of your metabolic health. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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This episode does not constitute medical advice.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Rob Lustig and Levels’ Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(03:18) - Understanding cholesterol

(03:38) - The correlation between LDL and heart disease

(05:59) - The connection between LDL and triglycerides

(07:51) - Good cholesterol

(16:39) - Measuring LDL

(28:50) - Portal systems in the body

(42:00) - The importance of liver function tests

(50:27) - How to reduce liver fat

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/C3rsNCFNAw8

The ultimate guide to understanding your cholesterol panel and metabolic blood tests: https://levelshealth.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-understanding-your-cholesterol-panel-and-metabolic-blood-tests

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Casey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrCaseysKitchen

Connect with Casey on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drcaseyskitchen

Connect with Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertLustigMD

Connect with Rob on Instagram: https://instagram.com/robertlustigmd

How do women’s health and the menstrual cycle link to metabolic health? This understudied population gets a deep dive in this episode of Doc Talk with Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew, our Head of Clinical Product. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew & Jackie Tsontakis discuss:

(04:46) – The menstrual cycle goes beyond menstruation

(07:19) – The lack of research on the menstrual cycle

(12:04) – The connection between hormones and insulin sensitivity

(14:50) – Testosterone and the female body

(17:05) – Listen to your body

(18:05) – How to satisfy cravings in a healthy way

(23:12) – Hormone fluctuations are normal

(28:41) – It’s okay if keto doesn’t work for you

(32:43) – Keto wasn’t designed for women

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drkelleychew

According to Peter Diamandis, MD, we’ll make more technological progress and breakthroughs in the next 10 years than in the past 100, including current developments in fusion, humanoid robots, avatars, and ChatGPT. Listen as Levels Founder Josh Clemente talks with Peter Diamandis about technological breakthroughs and what they mean for the future of medicine, and how to shift your mindset as an entrepreneur to make a real change in the world. Peter Diamandis was recently named by Fortune as one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders. He’s the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, executive founder of Singularity University, and bestselling author, and is a never-ending source of positive inspiration for entrepreneurs.

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🎙 What Peter Diamandis, MD, & Levels Founder Josh Clemente, discuss:

(08:18) — Chat GPT may have applications for metabolic health

(16:23) — AI, in the future, may help us better use biomarker data

(20:28) — Technological inventions are moving at a rapid pace compared to 100 years ago

(22:39) —The future of technological advancements can seem mind-blowing

(28:08) — Entrepreneurs can feel empowered by the potential the future holds

(31:25) — AI can help us find the content that’s beneficial to us

(34:22) — Our mindset is a precious thing, and we can train it

(36:32) —The longevity of content can sometimes be a metric for filtering

(45:02) — Nanotechnology is a trend that may help change the medical field

(46:56) — Tech advances may force healthcare industry disruption

Transcript & show notes

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/1c2_-0ecppY

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Peter Diamandis, MD on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterDiamandis

Connect with Peter Diamandis, MD on Instagram: https://instagram.com/peterdiamandis

Connect with Peter Diamandis, MD on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/peterdiamandis

Watch Peter Diamandis, MD on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@peterdiamandis

Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Head of Product, Scott Klein, and Head of Engineering, Andrew Conner, to discuss the complexities and best approaches to asynchronous communication.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(8:28) - Solving the puzzle of effective communication

(11:31) - The need for instant communication is rare

(12:58) - Setting guidelines for communication tools

(16:28) - Fighting the pull of synchronicity

(20:13) - Deprogramming new employees

(21:56) - Battling compulsive behaviors

(25:33) - Don't introduce friction

(31:30) - Leave opportunity for time-sensitive updates

(32:49) - The problem of channels and forums

(49:20) - Employee bonding is important

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels' Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Andy Schabelman, one of the first 30 employees at Airbnb who led their international expansion initiatives, sat down to discuss the nuances and complexities of scaling companies in new markets.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(3:11) - The grassroots growth of Airbnb

(4:45) - Looking beyond transactional growth

(10:08) - Tailing product to different cultures

(11:59) - Go beyond localization

(15:23) - Two methods of international growth

(18:14) - Different countries need a unique order of operations

(21:17) - Embrace a period of exploration

(30:23) - Keep an open mind

(32:07) - Learn from user behavior

Transcripts & Show Notes

It’s never too late to say no, and it’s never too late to change your mind. Especially at a startup. At Levels, we try to nix sunk cost bias if it makes sense to do so. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Mike DiDonato, Tom Griffin, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(01:11) – Don’t be afraid to ignore sunk costs

(05:34) – Write down your decisions

(07:08) – Let go of your ego

(09:48) – Don’t make concessions

(11:37) – Don’t burn your bridges

(14:16) – Maintain clear communication

(15:08) – Stay away from shiny object opportunities

(17:18) – Question decisions

(22:08) – Don’t be too rigid

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/Z7G_sUEGQfo

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mike__didonato

The elevation of uric acid in the body is a causative mechanism in the development of metabolic diseases and contributes to weight gain and fat production. Uric acid is one of the key links between obesity, diabetes, heart disease, neurologic diseases like dementia, ADHD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and more. Dr. David Perlmutter talks with Dr. Casey Means about why we have excess uric acid, what foods cause uric acid production, and what simple steps we can take to lower our uric acid levels to be optimal. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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They also cover:

• How uric acid causes cellular dysfunction and insulin resistance, including oxidative stress, and inflammation, and even prevents insulin from getting out of the bloodstream effectively.
• Why uric acid would have benefitted us evolutionarily in terms of low access to food and water by letting us more easily pack on weight and raise blood pressure—but how that fights against us today because we now live in an evolutionary-environmental mismatch where this survival mechanism hurts us in the face of caloric abundance.
• The different dietary and environmental factors that generate uric acid, including fructose, purine-rich foods and umami foods, dehydration, alcohol, and more.
• How uric acid impairs our hunger signals, drives us to eat, and even promotes risk-taking behavior.
• How to reverse high uric acid levels as a way to unlock optimal health.

🎙 What Dr. David Perlmutter & Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(04:23) - More than just gout

(06:17) - A causative role

(08:54) - The number one cause of death

(16:35) - Evolutionary environmental mismatch

(18:08) - High fructose corn syrup

(23:39) - The dangers of uric acid

(24:49) - Uric acid and dementia

(31:44) - Too much fructose

(42:43) - Erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular risk

(01:04:29) - No need to eat sugar

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QZ6jPCcFNa8

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Casey Means on Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrCaseysKitchen

Connect with Casey on Twitter: https://instagram.com/DrCaseysKitchen

Connect with David Perlmutter, MD on Instagram: https://instagram.com/davidperlmutter

Connect with David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidPerlmutter

Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-perlmutter-md-6a38b930

For a company to work effectively in an async environment, you need to consider several factors, such as processes, documentation, and communication tools. In this episode, Rachel Sanders, CEO of Rootine, explains why it is important to promote a positive work environment and create boundaries in her conversation with Michael ‘Miz’ Mizrahi. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

How do you scale a startup internationally? Levels approaches our UK expansion as a growth lever, headed by Karin Nielsen. Listen as Karin and Cosima Travis chat about the considerations and processes behind Levels’s expansion initiatives, including product-culture fit, the differences between US and UK markets, and how customer experience stays at the center of it all.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/185-expanding-a-startup-internationally-karin-nielsen-cosima-travis

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

When it comes to building a tech startup, operations is one of the main foundations because it’s needed to operationalize the product that exists. In this episode, three Levels’ team members discuss infrastructure, throughput, how companies are built, and how they come together.

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Join Levels’ Head of Member Experience Chris Jones, Head of Operations Michael “Miz” Mizrahi, and Head of Growth Ben Grynol as they talk about scaling operations and:

• Documentation the process as it’s happening
• Running customer support as a well-oiled machine, even across social media platforms
• Putting our members first and staying human
• Iterating as we go

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Head of Member Experience Chris Jones, Head of Operations Michael “Miz” Mizrahi, and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss:

(10:42) – Why you don’t want blood sugar spikes

(11:33) – What is the fab four?

(18:08) – Start your day with good food

(20:37) – Blood sugar balance is the key to food freedom

(23:12) – Mindset matters

(30:34) – Don’t focus on your weight

(32:15) – Change may not look like what you expect

(36:59) – Break down food rules

(38:41) – Find the silver lining

(47:40) – Be the instigator of change

Follow our podcast, A Whole New Level, for more of the inside scoop from the Levels team. We talk about our mission to solve the metabolic health crisis, our fully remote and async startup culture, and the process of building a health and wellness movement from the ground up.

Transcripts & Show Notes

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Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Paul Canales, Head Chef of Duende Restaurant in Oakland, California. They dived into Paul's journey with metabolic health and how his introduction to Levels changed his perspective on the way he crafts dishes at home and at his restaurant.  

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(03:59) - Deliver the best meal experience

(06:35) - Experiment with starches

(10:31) - Be conscious of what you’re serving

(15:54) - Educate the kitchen staff

(22:23) - If something is subpar, don’t eat it

(25:21) - Start fasting

(33:57) - Make the best choices at a restaurant

(36:44) - Prepare for a big meal

(41:23) - Savor a few bites

(48:25) - Make healthier swaps

Transcripts & Show Notes

Read Paul's Story – https://www.levelshealth.com/blog 

Communication and communication platforms – specifically in a work setting – can lead to increased productivity, or can unfold as a distraction mechanism for urgency. Unfortunately, for most companies, the latter is often true.

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In a world of constant connection and notifications, the expectation around professional communication is often positioned as "the faster, the better". However, is it the platforms or the way in which teams use specific platforms which encourages and enables this behaviour to take place?

The entire Levels team values deep work and asynchronous communication, and we're constantly trying to get better at it as we scale our team. Sam Corcos, co-founder and CEO of Levels, and Miz (Michael Mizrahi), Head of Operations, spent time thinking about platforms that would encourage a healthy communication cadence, and productive communication etiquette for our team.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(03:29) - Modern communication tools are designed to be addictive
(04:06) - Traditional communication tools often lead to burnout
(10:31) - Avoiding a culture of shoulder taps
(10:50) - Not all text based communication is equally asynchronous
(12:28) - Using tools to wean the body off notification dopamine
(13:30) - Communication systems should be needs based
(15:18) - Setting clear expectations for response times
(23:33) - Why we banned Slack
(28:01) - Switching tools in search of a better way
(44:40) - How the future workforce will communicate

Transcripts & Show Notes

Content creator, Austin McGuffie, AKA Metabolism Mentor, chatted with Levels advisor, Dr. Ben Bikman, about all the different facets of metabolic health including how insulin resistance can affect every person differently based on gender, age and even ethnicity.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(05:04) - Keeping insulin low
(11:05) - Eating protein first
(13:34) - A lesson on fat cell growth
(26:14) - The first form of insulin resistance
(27:31) - The second form of insulin resistance
(29:57) - Elevated insulin causes insulin resistance
(31:23) - Lower your insulin intake
(36:04) - Type 2 diabetes follows a familial pattern
(38:15) - The genetics to get metabolically sick
(41:16) - Control carbs, prioritize protein, don't be afraid of fat

Transcripts & Show Notes 

Watch the video - https://youtu.be/TpH4mUhLFec

Why are we craving food more than ever, and how do we overcome it? Mark Schatzker, journalist and author of The End of Craving: Recovering the Lost Wisdom of Eating Well, chats with Dr. Casey Means about the dangers of food cravings. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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🎙 What Mark Schatzker & Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(04:08) - How our brain defines cravings

(08:55) - Our brain controls our body weight

(20:28) - How evolution taught us to respond to uncertainty

(27:11) - An experiment with gerbils

(36:11) - The difference between American and Italian diet

(56:35) - Eat food that tastes what it really is

(57:03) - The hedonic therapy

(1:14:33) - Cooking is an essential skill

(1:15:00) - Get vitamins from food

(1:20:11) - Fixing a relationship with sweet food

Transcript & Show notes

👋 WHO WE ARE:

Levels helps you see how food affects your health. With real-time, personalized data gathered through biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), you learn which diet and lifestyle choices improve your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/tJGFYL289q0

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Casey Means on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drcaseyskitchen

Connect with Casey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drcaseyskitchen

Connect with Mark Schatzker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkSchatzker

Sleep deprivation can be detrimental to metabolic health—even a short night of sleep, poor quality sleep, or low sleep efficiency can have significant impacts. Not getting a full, high-quality night’s sleep may be why you’re so hungry, but can also set you up for decreased insulin sensitivity, which when compounded, can have worse long-term effects. Listen as Research Design Lead Azure Grant talks with Ben Grynol about the importance of quality sleep for metabolic health.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Azure Grant & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:14) - Sleep disruption leads to hormonal changes

(04:38) - Poor sleep is making you hungrier

(05:59) - Just one night of sleep loss can make you a little more insulin resistant

(09:23) - No one is immune to the effects of sleep deprivation, but exercising can help

(15:45) - Sleep quality is as vital as sleep duration

(17:40) - Getting less than six hours of sleep can be significantly disruptive

(20:22) - Oral glucose tolerance tests can be an early indicator of insulin resistance

(24:09) - The link between obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic health

(27:35) - You can track your sleep efficiency with wearables

(33:17) - Build better sleep habits one day at a time

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/prDMwxsAd1Y

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Azure Grant on Instagram: https://instagram.com/scoopmescience

Connect with Azure Grant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/azure_dominique

Sam Corcos, CEO of Levels, sat down with Darren Murph, Head of Remote at GitLab Inc. to discuss their take on building and scaling remote teams.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(04:14) - Starting fresh as a remote company

(05:54) - The importance of company culture

(08:20) - Creating a reboarding process

(10:09) - Rethinking the exit interview

(13:06) - GitLabs' two-part definition of culture

(23:44) - The idea of forcing functions

(40:06) - Teach employees to find answers

(51:25) -  Use a resilient documentation structure

(55:03) - Working around remote work limitations

(57:17) - COVID will accelerate a shift to remote

Transcripts & Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/yolepNbNDus

With online sales, all customer touchpoints are important for attribution. But how do you determine which are the strongest levers, which have the highest ROI, and whether remarketing is actually worth it?

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In this episode, Levels’ Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our head of Global Operations, Josh Mohrer, and Digital Marketing Manager, Paul Barszcz about all things marketing attribution.

They cover:

• Determining where sales come from
• Why and what Levels measure for attribution
• Benefits and pitfalls of tracking attribution
• Building trust with your customers
• Testing multi-touchpoint attribution
• When attribution tracking becomes a waste of time
• How our diverse startup team contributes to marketing strategy and attribution insights
• Memo – Levels Approach to Earned, Owned and Paid Media

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ head of Global Operations, Josh Mohrer, Digital Marketing Manager, Paul Barszcz, and Head of Growth, Ben Grynol discuss:

(5:26) – How to define attribution

(8:06) – Attribution is a social science

(10:07) – Figure out where demand is generated

(11:12) – Examine your spending habits

(13:30) – Take the long view

(14:45) – How much will you pay to acquire a new customer?

(22:46) – The importance of an omni-channel approach

(26:51) – Make your product worth the buy

(30:38) – Measure the performance of your channels

(36:12) – The Oprah effect

Transcripts & Show Notes

Follow our podcast, A Whole New Level, for more of the inside scoop from the Levels team. We talk about our mission to solve the metabolic health crisis, our fully remote and async startup culture, and the process of building a health and wellness movement from the ground up.

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/levelshealth Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/paulbars

Having good metabolic health can help you develop positive brain health and reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s or dementia. Emily Stong talks with Ben Grynol about how to take care of your brain and how using a CGM helped her throughout her pregnancy while living with gestational diabetes. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Emily Stong used a CGM to help her make better food choices while living with gestational diabetes: https://levelshealth.com/blog/emily-stong-used-a-cgm-to-help-her-make-better-food-choices-while-living-with-gestational-diabetes/

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/177-alzheimers-dementia-optimizing-metabolic-health-to-boost-brain-health-emily-stong-ben-grynol

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Biological observability, or bio-observability, is the act of observing our bodies and making informed decisions about food, sleep, and exercise based on data. Levels co-founders Sam Corcos & Josh Clemente also dig into why bio-observability matters, why it's crucial for our future, and how personalized data may change the healthcare industry. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

🎙 What Josh Clemente & Sam Corcos discuss:

(04:24) - We have observability of machines, not bodies
(09:54) - Observability theory
(12:58) - Why we want to have a trace in biological systems
(16:01) - Observability leads to controllability
(21:37) - Trace and then offer better suggestions
(24:32) - Humans need evidence to invest in better habits
(31:54) - We need more markers than glucose
(34:42) - Add multiple signals
(40:27) - Our bodies don’t know how to respond to modern stress cycles
(43:56) - It’s very hard to measure things within the body

Transcript & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/lWcQBcxgUsg

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Excess glucose from food gets stored as fat. And our insulin response drives that fat storage. The goal is for the pancreas to release less insulin but for the body to have a healthy response to it. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss the interplay between glucose and insulin, healthy glucose numbers, and the problems with insulin resistance.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Robert Lustig, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:10) — The functions of glucose

(04:24) — Glucose levels change throughout the day

(05:30) — The implications of reactive hypoglycemia

(08:51) — Understanding glycemic index and glycemic load

(11:12) — How many glucose spikes per day are okay?

(14:34) — Insulin drives fat storage

(17:41) — How glucose spikes do their damage

(19:03) — How eating late before bed can cause insulin resistance

(22:12) — A look at healthy glucose levels

(27:06)  — Insulin resistance is the first sign of issues

Transcript & Show notes

🔗 LINKS:

Watch the full library for Rob’s Ultimate Health Guide: https://youtu.be/zG4XD116uy8?si=TesKp1WkgmgdrEay

Why do women have a higher risk of metabolic dysfunction and cardiovascular disease than men, and how do women move forward as empowered patients with their clinicians? Listen to this episode between Levels Advisor, physician, and author 4 New York Times bestsellers Dr. Sara Gottfried and Levels Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Sara Gottfried & Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(04:00) - Why women should care about metabolic health?

(10:47) - Metabolism

(11:46) - A holistic take on metabolism

(22:21) - Blood pressure control

(25:54) - Effects of trauma

(36:20) - Becoming more metabolically unhealthy

(45:17) - Seven clinical imbalances

(52:49) - What you measure improves

(01:02:06) - Dealing with trauma

(01:11:21) - Food until the end

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/MhqWvvFO1q8

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Dr. Sara Gottfried on Instagram: https://instagram.com/SaraGottfriedMD

Connect with Sara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrGottfried

How might a keto diet transform not only your metabolic health but may also manage symptoms of mental health disorders like depression, anxiety, PTSD, schizophrenia, and more? Dr. Chris Palmer outlines the principles from his book “Brain Energy” with Ben Grynol in this episode and discusses his journey toward the revolutionary idea that might change how we view mental health care moving forward.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Chris Palmer & Ben Grynol discuss:

(01:53) — How Chris Palmer started his research for Brain Energy

(11:16) — Painting a picture of the mental health crisis through numbers

(18:20) — Discussing the biopsychosocial model and existing research on the roots of mental disorders

(29:23) — The bidirectional relationship between metabolic and mental health

(34:34) — The real power of the mitochondria and the role it plays in fostering mental and metabolic health

(44:00) — Medication for mental disorders and their long-term effect on patients’ metabolic health

(55:14) — Insulin resistance and its impact on mental disorders

(1:11:10) — Food addiction, stress-eating, and why Chris doesn’t sugarcoat the realities of the ketogenic diet

(1:29:05) — It’s not too late to start taking charge of your metabolic health now

(1:34:11) — Chris touches on the factors that hinder better mental healthcare today and what we can do to advocate for the mentally ill

Transcript & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Order Brain Energy: https://amazon.com/Brain-Energy-Revolutionary-Understanding-Health/dp/1637741588/

📲 Connect:

Connect with Chris on Instagram: https://instagram.com/chrispalmermd

Connect with Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerMD

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christopher-palmer-01713032

Continuous glucose monitoring can be a powerful tool for gaining real-time insights into how diet, lifestyle habits, and the many decisions we make daily affect our health. Retired astronaut Scott Kelly tried a CGM for a month and shares his personal insights. Scott Kelly and Josh Clemente discuss how CGM can be used to effect habit change, what Kelly’s participation in the unique NASA Twins study was like and what was learned, and insights Kelly gleaned about society and the environment while viewing Earth from space.

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🎙 What Scott Kelly & Josh Clemente discuss:

(03:55) — CGM provides insight into eating and lifestyle habits

(06:06) — Our hundreds of daily actions have an impact on our health

(13:28) — The “normal” range for various biomarkers isn’t necessarily the optimal range

(17:07) — How CGM can help change eating habits

(18:12) — Menu items labeled “healthy” aren’t always healthy

(23:56) — The epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and obesity

(30:49) — NASA’s Twins Study

(34:30) — Being in space can lead to muscle and bone atrophy

(40:17) — Gravity plays a role in our physiology

(48:20) — Looking at Earth from space can provide an interesting perspective

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/5i2T-s61yLw

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Scott Kelly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stationcdrkelly/

Connect with Scott Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly

What are the unique metabolic health experiences of South Asian and Black communities? In this candid conversation between serial entrepreneur and health and wellness investor Dhru Purohit and content creator and metabolism mentor Austin McGuffie, they discuss how metabolic health affects their respective communities.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dhru Purohit & Austin McGuffie discuss:

(18:51) – Live by example

(23:21) – Focus on education first

(24:53) – The benefits of targeted fasting

(26:08) – Dying from excess

(30:03) – It all comes back to lifestyle

(34:42) – Talk to people who are on the fence

(35:57) – The societal split

(36:52) – Why we need targeted solutions

(38:45) – The add-in method

(52:09) – Health happens in community

⁠Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠

Mike Barwis has spent more than 30 years training professional athletes to be their best. But, it's not just physical performance that Mike focuses on during training sessions. Rather, he believes that mindset is where it all starts, and many of Mike's lessons about performance can be extrapolated from sports to startups.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(00:58) - Mindset lets you do extraordinary things
(04:47) - Your mindset shapes your reality
(06:06) - You can’t do common things and expect uncommon results
(07:07) - Being relentless increases your opportunity
(09:00) - Get comfortable being uncomfortable
(13:51) - There are no loses unless you lose with ego
(21:59) - Deserve is a very dangerous word.
(22:51) - You can only control 2 things in life
(30:25) - A great mindset in elite sports is a great mindset for life
(32:03) - Losing is learning
(40:04) - Greatness is going beyond yourself to lift up others
(44:40) - Understanding how to serve makes the greatest leaders
(47:35) - Simplify problems to their source
(49:09) - A simple exercise for focus
(53:45) - Focus on how you are different vs the competition

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels' Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, sat down with Dr. Philip Ovadia to discuss the key factors that lead to poor metabolic health. As well, they discussed their views on how to solve the metabolic crisis, and Dr. Ovadia's new book, "Stay Off My Operating Table."

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(04:42) - Medicine will not fix metabolic health
(14:32) - The benefit of continuous glucose monitors
(17:14) - Why are CGMs not in hospitals?
(20:49) - Eat whole foods
(23:53) - It's time to talk about what we eat
(26:01) -Take one step at a time
(28:03) - Substitute, don't eliminate
(30:29) - Read your food labels
(51:19) - Don't rely on exercise alone
(01:00:34) - Pay attention to the metrics of metabolic health

Transcripts & Show Notes

Is it possible to improve or manage prostate cancer through diet and lifestyle changes? Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels Member Dave Phillips & Levels’ Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss:

(13:28) - Dave’s diagnosis

(16:42) - The shortcomings of Western medicine

(22:06) - The power of a positive attitude

(27:07) - Learning Levels

(35:34) - The complexity of cancer

(39:52) - The importance of a glucose monitor

(42:39) - How to work better

(48:23) - Be your own best friend

(01:02:08) - Importance of Levels monitor

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Dave Phillips credits Levels lifestyle for helping his cancer go into remission: https://levelshealth.com/blog/dave-phillips-cancer

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The ketogenic diet is often used as a tool for weight loss and to improve metabolic health. However, it is increasingly being considered, studied, and used as a medical therapy for chronic physical and mental health conditions, and it can be tailored to patients’ specific needs. Beth Zupec-Kania, Denise Potter, and Dr. Dominic D’Agostino discuss the benefits of the ketogenic diet, how they customize keto for patients with dietary preferences like veganism, how to ease into the change with a pre-keto diet, and how the keto diet may be able to help people reduce or eliminate medications under the supervision of medical professionals.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Beth Zupec-Kania, RDN, CD; Denise Potter, RDN, CDCES; and Dominic D’Agostino, PhD, discuss:

(14:50) — Using the ketogenic diet as therapy for various conditions

(27:49) — Eating a ketogenic diet often helps people improve their nutrient intake

(29:39) — The ketogenic diet can be customized to fit a person’s needs

(33:42) — Medium-chain triglycerides can help increase fat intake

(35:32) — Gluten is inflammatory

(38:18) — Beth encourages patients to do a pre-keto program

(46:12) — Looking at macros on keto

(48:24) — A ketogenic diet can drive metabolic health changes

(57:49) — The benefits of the ketogenic diet that go beyond weight loss

(1:22:00) — Can keto help people reduce their medications?

Transcripts & Show notes⁠

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation:

Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Every time a startup team doubles, it’s like you’re in a new company. This can be jarring for leadership as they see the personal and team growth that needs to come with scaling comms, processes, and goal-setting. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Co-Founder and CEO Sam Corcos and Thumbtack’s Founder Sander Daniels discuss:

(05:21) - Now it’s time to grow up

(09:10) - Cultural change through employee turnover

(15:15) - Hiring new leadership

(18:07) - Different stages of a startup attract different people

(29:03) - Adjusting the goal-setting process

(37:13) - The cultural transition from startup to corporate

(38:18) - How performance reviews empower the team

(47:31) - The impact of employee leveling

(58:33) - Gaining self-awareness through executive coaching

(01:01:43) - Don’t hold too dearly to old tactics

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch this conversation: https://youtu.be/kib0WuFvN9k

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Sander on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sanderdaniels

Connect with Sander on Instagram: https://instagram.com/sanderdaniels

Exercising and changing your diet are both beneficial for metabolic health. But you may be wondering which one has more benefits for fat loss, increasing insulin sensitivity, and more. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss the answer to this burning question and more, including how exercise, saunas, stress, and sleep affect glucose levels.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Robert Lustig, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(02:30) — Why do you get a glucose spike when you exercise?

(04:22) — The sport drink industry puts fructose in its products

(05:27) — What happens to your glucose when you enter a sauna?

(06:26) — Is it better to exercise or change your diet?

(08:16) — How cortisol, the stress hormone, impacts blood sugar and health

(10:36) — How does sleep affect your metabolic health?

(12:22) — How do you fix sleep deprivation?

⁠⁠Transcript & Show notes⁠⁠

🔗 LINKS:

Watch the full library for Rob’s Ultimate Health Guide: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/zG4XD116uy8?si=TesKp1WkgmgdrEay

Biomarkers: Finding out what to measure and why to measure them is fundamental to our health because it helps us understand what's going on inside our bodies better than traditional, static lab tests. In this episode, CEO and Founder of Fount Andrew Herr talks with Dr. Azure Grant about paying attention to our bodies and identifying patterns of change that may indicate a probable sickness or an indication of good performance and well-being. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/173-biomarkers-observing-oncoming-sickness-patterns-measuring-good-health-andrew-herr-azure-grant

Learn about metabolic health: https://levelshealth.com/blog

Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/levels

Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/levels

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High uric acid can cause gout, but it’s also a marker for worsened metabolic health and gut health and a contributor to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Consumption of purines can lead to high uric acid levels, but other ingredients in our food system are also culprits. Dr. David Perlmutter and Dr. Casey Means discuss the problems with high uric acid, the foods and drinks that can lead to higher levels, why uric acid can be a driver of worsened brain health, and concerns regarding leaky gut and the immune system.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What David Perlmutter, MD, & Casey Means, MD, discuss:

(04:36) — Why your uric acid level matters for metabolic health

(08:51) — Fructose is a driver of high uric acid levels

(13:55) — High-fructose corn syrup contributes to the obesity epidemic

(15:57) — The key difference between fruit and fruit juice

(25:42) — What is an optimal uric acid level?

(28:57) — Alcohol consumption contributes to higher uric acid levels

(32:32) — Ultra-processed foods contribute to higher uric acid levels

(41:13) — Gut permeability can challenge the immune system

(52:43) — Immunometabolism is the link between our metabolism and immune system

(59:26) — What causes immune cells in the brain to become dysfunctional?

⁠⁠Transcript & Show notes⁠⁠

🔗 LINKS:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/IZhi4JXxy6Y

According to our Member Charlette Plinneke, Levels helped her find a better quality of life, discover what foods work best for her, and use CGM data to support her food and lifestyle changes. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Charlette Plinneke and Levels’ Ben Grynol discuss:
(17:29) – Food can change your body

(21:05) – Some foods aren’t as healthy as you think

(29:52) – The self-cleaning oven analogy

(35:08) – Why Charlette became a teacher again

(37:58) – You don’t have to give up good food

(40:30) – You aren’t locked in

(41:52) – Sometimes less is more

(48:09) – Why Levels is a long-term fix

(53:13) – When you feel good, you do good

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/oHG4OKrSKr8

Charlette’s story: https://levelshealth.com/blog/charlette-plinneke-finds-renewed-energy-and-weight-loss-at-64

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Vinay Hiremath, CEO of Loom, to discuss their outlook on remote and asynchronous communication and how Loom will benefit everyone in the workplace.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(07:51) - Meetings have an emotional appeal
(09:30) - Tag people in
(10:59) - Video is affective and temporal
(23:33) - Assume positive intent
(27:32) - Find creative ways to scale
(33:14) - Make information discoverable
(37:29) - Perfect is the enemy of done
(59:21) - Overwriting the role of writing

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, sat down with Co-Founders, Sam Corcos and Josh Clemente, to discuss one of our key principles here at Levels, Treat People Like Adults.

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This means that we trust one another to use discretion and make decisions with good judgement in order to move projects and the business forward.

This principle extends from our workplace through to our benefits philosophies.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(04:06) - Assume best intent
(15:46) - Be open to other people’s ideas
(20:50) - Address negative feedback immediately
(29:53) - Make feedback transparent, but appropriate
(33:44) - Test for usefulness
(46:02) - Cultural alignment includes communication styles
(50:26) - Hiring is an exclusive process
(57:31) - Be intent on self-improvement
(1:00:07) - Get rid of gossip
(1:05:06) - Give people agency

Transcripts & Show Notes

After graduating from college, Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels, found himself selling used cars while he held out for his dream job – an opportunity to work at Tesla. Although Tesla didn't work out, someone suggested that Josh apply to SpaceX and this changed the course of his career.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(06:12) - How Josh’s father provided a career role model
(09:05) -  Catching attention with a killer capstone project
(21:16) - The journey to SpaceX
(25:13) - What happens when you take work to the limit
(27:04) - Leaving SpaceX to explore new ideas
(34:14) - The scientific paper that inspired Josh’s obsession with metabolism
(40:34) - Feeling frustration when denied access to a CGM
(44:15) - How a CGM provided a lightbulb moment
(47:53) - Building out the original business plan

Transcripts & Show Notes

For 40 years, Betsy McLaughlin (former CEO of Hot Topic) worked out consistently and tried several diets—even bespoke nutrition programs—to change her metabolism and lose weight, but nothing worked. It all clicked when Betsy’s life coach and trainer introduced her to wearing a CGM through Levels. In this clip, Betsy shares her inspiring health journey and how Levels helped her understand what to eat and when to eat in order to optimize her metabolic health and see big changes quickly.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/how-betsy-mclaughlin-changed-her-diet-and-lost-81-pounds-through-glucose-monitoring

Transcript & Show Notes

Why are we craving food more than ever, and how do we overcome it? Mark Schatzker, journalist and author of The End of Craving: Recovering the Lost Wisdom of Eating Well, chats with Dr. Casey Means about the dangers of food cravings. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

Transcript

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/tJGFYL289q0

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Casey Means on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drcaseyskitchen

Connect with Dr. Casey Means on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drcaseyskitchen

Connect with Mark Schatzker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkSchatzker

Medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and more, have become increasingly popular for weight loss. These drugs are glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, and they mimic a hormone that, among other things, tells the brain a person is full so they eat less. But are they safe, and do they help improve metabolic health? Dr. Rob Lustig and Dr. Casey Means discuss these weight-loss drugs and their effects on the body, and why such medications likely won’t solve the obesity crisis, for which the food industry is culpable.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

🎙 What Rob Lustig, MD, & Casey Means, MD, discuss:

(06:10) — The mechanisms of action for weight-loss medications

(09:01) — Dr. Casey Means shares her perception of the popularity of GLP-1 medications

(13:12) — GLP-1 RAs lead to fat loss but also muscle loss

(18:05) — Do GLP-1 RAs improve metabolic health?

(20:43) — Dr. Lustig discusses the high cost of GLP-1 RAs

(27:47) — Dr. Lustig makes the case for fixing the food problem

(35:46) — How can patients use GLP-1 RAs as a jumpstart?

(44:20) — Dr. Lustig shares his concerns about the use of GLP-1 RAs in children

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/AKNnxKAaONc

📲 Connect:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

When doing a big push for hiring in engineering and software development, it can help to enlist the help of international recruiting agencies who can help source top talent from around the world. In this episode, Sam Corcos gets advice from Sudeep Sidhu from Neo Financial about some best practices for hiring engineers and how highly rated agencies and hack days can help assess talent.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/192-recruiting-top-tier-engineering-talent-for-startups-with-agencies-sudeep-sidhu-sam-corcos

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Sudeep Sidhu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sudeepsidhu

Connect with Sudeep Sidhu on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sudeep-sidhu

Connect with Sam Corcos on Twitter: https://twitter.com/samcorcos

When you work at a remote company, you have the unique option to be a digital nomad. Since Levels is a fully remote and async startup, our teammates have the option to travel anywhere in the world and work. For example, Levels’ CEO Sam Corcos lived out of a small backpack, traveling from city to city as Levels started.

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Editorial Director Mike Haney chatted with Sam and other Levels employees who lived the digital nomad lifestyle: Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means, and Steph Coates, a software engineer.

In this episode, Sam, Casey, Haney, and Steph discuss these aspects of being a digital nomad:

• The beauty of building a lifestyle around travel and what you love to do at work
• Flexing the spontaneity muscle and going outside your comfort zone
• Building deeper relationships with friends along the way
• And more practical aspects like how to decide where to go, how to stay healthy on the road, how to prepare for different scenarios, and how to pay taxes.

(15:31) – People make you a priority

(17:32) – Don’t overthink your decisions

(18:56) – Set clear expectations

(33:26) – You can be grounded anywhere

(46:09) – Travel doesn’t always mean leisure

(48:55) – Listen to yourself

(01:04:09) – Establish a routine

(01:08:35) – How do you keep your taxes in order?

(01:16:54) – Usually everything works out

(01:23:28) – Being a minimalist

(01:31:20) – The price of being a nomad

(01:39:13) – Making it work

Transcripts & Show Notes

Follow our podcast, A Whole New Level, for more of the inside scoop from the Levels team. We talk about our mission to solve the metabolic health crisis, our fully remote and async startup culture, and the process of building a health and wellness movement from the ground up.

“You Don’t Have to Be Local”: https://sive.rs/local

Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/levelshealth

Dr. Casey Means, Chief Medical Officer of Levels speaks with Dr. Richard Johnson about his book, "Nature Wants Us to Be Fat," as well as his insights on the "survival switch" that drives our body to store fat in response to certain conditions like high fructose, dehydration, umami flavors, and more, and how this all relates to our current metabolic disease epidemic.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠https://levels.link/wnl⁠⁠

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Casey Means & Dr. Richard Johnson discuss:

(04:25) - The fat switch

(11:39) - Metabolic syndrome is linked to survival

(13:36) - The switch is good for short term survival, bad for long term

(17:40) - Sugar triggers the switch

(19:39) - Sugar leads to metabolic syndrome, not extra calories

(23:40) - Fructose depletes energy

(31:28) - Vitamin C is protective against obesity

(35:12) - High glycemic foods help our bodies make fructose

(44:29) - Whole fruit is healthy because of the fiber

(53:48) - Salt can trigger fructose production

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

High insulin levels drive the growth of fat cells. In turn, fat gain can exacerbate insulin resistance, leading to a vicious cycle. Insulin is a hormone the pancreas releases in response to glucose rising in the bloodstream. A lower insulin level is required to lose fat, and dietary habits and lifestyle changes can help. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss insulin’s dual functions in the body, why high insulin leads to fat storage, and how to lower insulin levels.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/wnl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Robert Lustig, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:05) — What drives fat growth?

(04:17) — Why insulin is both good and bad

(08:25) — Why insulin resistance creates a vicious cycle of fat gain

(10:36) — Changing diet is the easiest way to lower insulin levels to drive fat loss

⁠Transcript & Show notes⁠

🔗 LINKS:

Watch the full library for Rob’s Ultimate Health Guide: ⁠https://youtu.be/zG4XD116uy8?si=TesKp1WkgmgdrEay

Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Lenny Rachitsky, an early team member of Airbnb and one of our Levels investors. Sam and Lenny deconstructed the idea of a PM, Product Manager, as well as what it means and what are some of the implications of having PMs across a company.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(05:34) - Tasks of a product manager
(09:45) - Develop a product sense
(12:24) - Refocus priorities and get soft and fuzzy
(17:07) - A great PM makes life easier
(21:37) - Pave the road for the team
(30:41) - Get up to speed through repetition and a good mentor
(34:35) - Gradually bring in engineers
(38:43) - Keep your eye on the problem
(40:54) - Act as moderator

Transcripts & Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/arNu6KOTmOg

The hallmarks of aging are various biomarkers that indicate advancing biological age, which leads to a decline in health and eventually to death. But we can boost longevity by understanding aging biomarkers and then taking actionable steps with nutrition, physical activity, and environment. Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Casey Means discuss the hallmarks of aging and the factors that are within our control to not only live longer but also to thrive.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Mark Hyman, MD, & Casey Means, MD, discuss:

(3:57) — The current healthcare system does not address root causes of conditions

(5:23) — We can look at aging as a pro rather than a con

(9:27) – Abnormal aging is a disease, not a consequence of getting older

(12:18) — We can influence our gene control system to counteract biological aging

(14:57) — The foods we eat affect longevity

(21:52) — Consumption of ultra-processed food drives aging processes

(33:51) — Functional medicine is a framework

(50:11) — Traditional healthcare doesn’t empower people regarding their health and longevity

(58:16) — A fasting insulin test is a helpful biomarker

(1:01:26) — Fixing our food systems will take time, but progress is on the horizon

Transcript & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/0Cm-SDZXO5s

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Connect with us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@levelshealth

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Multimedia Producer, Tony Milio, about his previous experience in the world of film and video production, his journey to Levels and how he's scaling our multimedia content efforts today.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(04:14) - Try something new

(07:54) - Find your passion

(12:04) - Make your way to full time

(16:35) - Travel the world

(18:29) - Get organized

(19:39) - Engage in deep work

(24:15) - Ramp up production

(32:22) - Feel like a team

(33:25) - Fit a lot into a week

Transcripts & Show Notes

Many diseases traditionally associated with aging have a metabolic root cause, including seemingly-unrelated conditions like tinnitus and gallbladder stones. But with a metabolic origin (specifically with insulin resistance), there can be a metabolic solution. Blood glucose levels and insulin are tied to many more chronic diseases than just Type 2 Diabetes.  

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Ben Bikman, PhD, the doctor at the forefront of research and thought leadership on insulin resistance, digs deep in this video with Levels’ Chief Medical Officer and co-founder Dr. Casey Means to uncover the connection between metabolic health and surprising disorders that surface as a result of insulin resistance.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(8:49) - Declining health is not inevitable

(10:15) - The link between insulin resistance and tinnitus

(13:39) - We look at health through the lens of disease

(22:53) - Insulin resistance and the gallbladder

(28:32) - The appearance of fatty liver disease

(31:34) - Ways to clear the liver of fat

(35:00) - How fat tissue develops

(36:51) - How fat cells become insulin resistant

(46:21) - The power of a CGM

(48:36) - What is a healthy glucose level?

LINKS:  

How hearing loss relates to metabolic health | Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/how-hearing-loss-relates-to-metabolic-health

Why too many focus on glucose, but not insulin | Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/why-too-many-focus-on-glucose-but-not-insulin

Transcripts & Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/szGl8F1zl6I

Stable glucose levels are a foundation of feeling and looking your best at any age. When glucose levels are more erratic—with spikes and crashes—cravings, weight gain, low energy, health issues, and more can ensue. Jessie Inchauspé and Dr. Casey Means, thought leaders on the topic of blood sugar, discuss simple hacks for keeping glucose levels more stable without resorting to restrictive diets, and they share why stable levels inform health.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/wnl⁠⁠⁠

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Jessie Inchauspé & Casey Means, MD, discuss:

(12:59) — Are type 2 diabetes and obesity genetic, dictated by lifestyle factors, or both?

(15:53) — Hacks for keeping blood sugar more stable

(24:22) — People want to be healthy, but the food industry complicates matters

(28:29) — Nutritional choices can impact mental health

(35:56) — The premise behind Inchauspé’s ‘Glucose Goddess Method’

(39:59) — Tracking biomarkers provides insight to your metabolic health

(42:08) — A siloed approach to healthcare misses the big picture

(45:06) — Can supplements really help with metabolic health?

(57:37) — We need systemic change in the food industry

(1:05:52) — The science behind food cravings

⁠⁠Transcripts & Show notes⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠

Jessie Inchauspé on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/

Jessie Inchauspé: https://www.antispike.com

Casey Means, MD: https://www.caseymeans.com/goodenergy

Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health: https://www.caseymeans.com/goodenergy

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Head of Member Experience, Chris Jones, to chat about Chris’ journey to Levels from some of the largest tech companies. They also dived into Chris’ daily routine on his farm in Montana and how it blends with the async remote culture at Levels.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(12:03) – The power of disconnection
(18:55) – Treat people like adults
(21:09) – The perks of asynchronous work
(26:30) – Startups have a culture of innovation
(32:20) – Handling high stakes
(35:21) – The challenges of acquisitions
(41:43) – The democratization of data
(45:52) – Treat your customers’ data with respect
(52:29) – Data offers people personalized insight
(57:22) – There’s no universal approach

Transcripts & Show Notes

Team members at a company want honesty, transparency, and a clear progression path to know how to get to the next level in their careers. It’s reasonable for people to want to see progress and want more money and recognition, and so here at Levels we want to make career paths explicit to encourage growth and limit staff turnover. This chat between Nicole Miller and Sam Corcos is about high trust between managers and team members, avoiding promo culture, performance reviews, and giving and receiving feedback.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/196-career-trajectory-promotions-what-it-takes-to-get-to-the-next-level-nicole-miller-sam-corcos

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Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, discuss if certain foods are an "Eat or Pass." They cover seeds and nuts, wild salmon vs. farmed salmon as well as the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(02:01) – Ultimatums aren’t necessary

(03:30) – Unroasted is the way to go

(05:38) – It all comes back to nutrients

(09:04) – Minimize the toxic burden on your body

(09:58) – Consider the dose

(11:07) – Think strategically

(12:24) – Look for the peels

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/c1QnivPIS9Y

Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Head of Member Experience, Chris Jones, sat down with SVP and GM of Diagnostics at Truepill, an online B2B pharmacy delivery service. They chatted about supply chain infrastructure for prescriptions as well as how it relates to our Levels ecosystem and the future of the healthcare and prescription process.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(03:50) - The future of consumer healthcare
(05:40) - Creating a white-label experience
(07:13) - Working across a wide spectrum
(09:50) - Prioritizing patient confidentiality
(12:13) - Consumers are changing healthcare
(18:18) - Learning through collaboration
(24:10) - Fixing a broken experience
(25:07) - The next wave of consumer health
(30:07) - From Jupiter to healthcare
(44:39) - The consumerization of diagnostics

Transcripts & Show Notes 

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/whpMc5jJuM8

Levels' Head of Content, Mike Haney, sat down down with Emily Hunter, Registered Dietitian, Co-Founder and Head of Product of Othership: Breathing App (formerly known as Inward Breathwork). The app allows you to explore the ins and outs of your breath with guiding breathwork sessions to connect the body, brain, self, and other. Emily discusses the health benefits of breathing exercises as well as Othership's approach to breathwork.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(4:56) - Emily's introduction to breathwork

(9:49) - Breathwork vs. meditation

(12:00) - The benefit of deep, guided breathing

(15:30) - Upregulated breathwork (Wim Hof)

(18:37) - The link between breathwork and anxiety

(21:02) - Breathwork and insulin resistance

(22:20) - The long-term impact of breathwork

(27:20) - The Buteyko Method

(28:16) - Downregulated breathwork

(31:40) - Getting started with breathwork

Transcripts & Show Notes

In 2013, Sam Corcos, CEO and one of the co-founders of Levels, had a revelation when it came to media consumption. He realized that consuming information which was pushed upon him, specifically the news, wasn't beneficial to the way he used his time or the way he learned about the world.

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As a result, Sam ended up changing the way that he not only consumed information, but also the way he navigated the world because of it. And, he never looked back. Doing so changed him as a person and, moving forward, he carried this mindset into everything he was involved in building – including Levels.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(05:31) - The art of traveling light
(10:25) - Give up social media
(13:15) - News consumption and the fight-or-flight response
(16:54) - Be constantly curious
(23:06) - Work through worst-case scenarios
(32:08) - Remote work allows for deep work
(33:15) - Build a culture of trust
(36:24) - Embrace asynchronicity
(42:31) - Slack isn’t always the answer
(47:59) - COVID accelerated fully remote acceptance

Transcripts & Show Notes

Fructose and its byproduct uric acid may play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s, thanks to an evolutionary adaptation hijacked by the modern diet. Fructose can be directly consumed, or the body can convert high-glycemic carbohydrates and other foods to fructose. Fructose suppresses some cognitive functions. Dr. Richard Johnson and Dr. Rob Lustig discuss a new study, of which Johnson was an author, on how fructose may be a potential driver in Alzheimer’s, and they hypothesize about fructose’s potential connection to the development of other conditions.

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🎙 What Richard Johnson, MD, & Rob Lustig, MD, discuss:

(09:50) — Fructose is the driver of some diseases that are on the rise in kids

(11:53) — Fructose is a driver of obesity and metabolic syndrome

(15:36) — Pharmaceutical treatments for Alzheimer’s disease aren’t as effective as researchers had hoped

(17:32)— The research focus of Alzheimer’s is slowly shifting to understanding insulin resistance in the brain

(20:41) — Is fructose a root cause of Alzheimer’s?

(26:26) — New research suggests fructose induces a foraging response

(28:20) — Fructose inhibits areas of the brain to encourage successful foraging

(46:48) — We need more research on fructose

(1:03:10) —Is fructose a factor in violence?

Transcripts & Show notes

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

👋 WHO WE ARE:

Levels helps you see how food affects your health. With real-time, personalized data gathered through biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), you learn which diet and lifestyle choices improve your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life.

🔗 LINKS:

Could Alzheimer’s disease be a maladaptation of an evolutionary survival pathway mediated by intracerebral fructose and uric acid metabolism?: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002916523000047?dgcid=author

Subscribe here on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 CONNECT:

Connect with Richard Johnson, MD, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drrichardjjohnson/

Connect with Robert Lustig, MD, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertlustigmd/

Here’s a look into how to value equity at a startup as part of your compensation package and how to think about secondary sales. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Editorial Director Mike Haney, Senior Finance Manager Ryley Walker, and Head of Partnerships Tom Griffin discuss:

(01:11) - Compensation at a startup is different

(06:21) - The opportunity of equity

(14:35) - The variables that affect equity

(15:58) - A high level of influence

(18:51) - How to view secondary sales

(21:15) - Secondary sales as a tax advantage

(24:22) - Personal preferences

(26:37) - Consider it a bonus

(28:22) - Future outcomes and diminishing returns

(35:15) - Culture at Levels

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Episode #54 - Equity at startups: What does it all mean? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/54-equity-at-startups-what-does-it-all-mean-zac-henderson/id1563263076?i=1000545505467

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Learn about metabolic health: https://levelshealth.com/blog

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Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/levels

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✍️ Disclaimer:

This content does not constitute financial advice in any way whatsoever. Levels recommends that you speak with a qualified financial professional before making any financial decisions.

Online communities that surround online brands can evolve quickly, and when the conversations start to develop between members or are led independently by extra-engaged VIP members, that’s where the real magic comes into play. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Levels’ Cissy Hu and Public’s Head of Community Willa Tellekson-Flash discuss:

(05:33) – Be the first to share

(11:38) – The mission of Public

(19:07) – Follow up on conversations

(20:38) – Be curious

(21:24) – Be an active listener

(26:58) – Write in an approachable way

(37:39) – Create a safe community

(38:44) – Reframe your mindset

(43:44) – Lead by example

(46:04) – What does a community manager do?

(49:50) – Be clear about your responsibilities

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/LJ4QGSv2UrM

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Willa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willactf

Doing regular bloodwork can help you spot when your body drifts off course - and help you tie your blood glucose to clinical metrics. But how does bloodwork really change over time? Here’s a deep dive between Azure Grant and Ben Grynol on why getting regular bloodwork done is important, which biomarkers are important to pay attention to, and how it’s directly linked to metabolic health. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🔗 Helpful links:

Transcript: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/174-biomarkers-in-bloodwork-and-labs-how-theyre-linked-to-metabolic-health-dr-azure-grant-ben-grynol

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/AH1XInAAHaQ

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Azure Grant on Instagram: https://instagram.com/scoopmescience

Connect with Azure Grant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/azure_dominique

Both aging and menopause affect metabolism. Unless people build and preserve muscle mass, aging drives muscle loss and fat gain. While these changes affect everyone, the menopause transition can also worsen metabolic health. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss aging’s effects on body composition, how menopause exacerbates these and other effects, and what you can do to protect your health.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/wnl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Robert Lustig, MD, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:05) — Aging and muscle loss

(04:30) — Aging and fat gain

(05:06) — Why insulin resistance can increase as we age

(08:13) — Loss of estrogen drives menopause symptoms

(09:28) — Menopause can also impact cholesterol

(10:11) — Lifestyle changes can help lessen the impact of menopause on metabolism

⁠⁠⁠⁠Transcript & Show notes⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 LINKS:

Watch the full library for Rob’s Ultimate Health Guide: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt_J9-Sfer-lwssEdcuNTm3mmKhKqgd-z

How is functional medicine different from traditional healthcare? Functional medicine focuses on patient-facing time and individual biomarkers for forming a comprehensive, individualized plan to empower people in matters of their health and well-being. The Western medicine model often leaves much to be desired when it comes to building a long-term relationship with a patient that helps foster their ultimate health. Listen as Dr. Anjali Dsouza and Mike Haney discuss how functional medicine—with a focus on nutrition and metabolic health—helps address mechanisms and root causes, and why this is especially important for women.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Anjali Dsouza & Mike Haney discuss:

(7:30) — Addressing underlying mechanisms of conditions empowers patients

(8:50) — The traditional Western medical system is built on billing codes, which isn’t optimal for patients

(13:45) — Functional medicine, by it’s true nature, is rooted in science

(15:55) — Functional medicine often focuses on nutrition, which can be difficult to study

(21:20) — How do we fix a broken healthcare system?

(32:33) — Normal ranges aren’t necessarily always optimal

(38:12) — What to do when your biomarkers are out of range

(40:50) — Group support can help implement lifestyle changes

(45:30) — Women’s health still lacks research

(47:33) — The importance of women’s health and metabolic health

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/w7dH5cj3D5s

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

📲 Connect:

Connect with Dr. Anjali Dsouza on Instagram: https://instagram.com/anjalidsouzamd

When is it beneficial to welcome influencers to your marketing plan? Here are the details on how Levels thinks about influencer marketing, partnership endorsements, relationship management, and organic growth in this chat between Tom Griffin, Jackie Tsontakis, & Steph Coates. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Tom Griffin, Jackie Tsontakis, and Steph Coates discuss:

(02:56) – What does partnership mean?

(07:15) – The influence of content creators

(15:01) – Why we’re focusing on a specific audience

(17:28) – Offer access to the people who need it most

(20:13) – How partnership can pressure food companies into having higher standards

(28:08) – The Ferriss Effect

(33:33) – Finding the right partnerships

(41:30) – How async has shaped Levels

(50:12) – The challenges of scaling

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Connect with Steph on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/stephanie-coates

Dr. Sara Gottfried – a pioneer in health, research, and education – has seen more than 25,000 patients over the past two decades. She's a physician scientist, who graduated from Harvard Medical School and MIT, and completed her Residency at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Dr. Gottfried is the Director of Precision Medicine at The Marcus Institute of Integrative Health, at Thomas Jefferson University, where she specializes in identifying the underlying causes of her patient's conditions to achieve lasting health transformation, not just symptom management.

Dr. Gottfried has published five books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, such as The Hormone Cure, The Hormone Reset Diet, and Younger. Her latest book has just been published, Women Food and Hormones.

In this episode, Dr. Casey Means, Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Levels, and Dr. Gottfried covered a number of topics from her new book.

LINKS

• ⁠New insights from continuous glucose monitoring into the route to diabetes⁠
• ⁠Proposed guidelines to evaluate scientific validity and evidence for genotype-based dietary advice⁠
• ⁠Michael Snyder⁠
• ⁠Marcus Institute of Integrative Health⁠
• ⁠Sara Gottfried⁠

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

🎙 What Dr. Sara Gottfried & Casey Means discuss:

(04:11) - The vital role of metabolism

(08:15) - Metabolic data should be democratized

(11:12) - Women and the keto diet

(12:50) - Women are considered "too complicated"

(18:38) - Every person needs a unique diet

(22:40) - Diet shouldn't be like politics

(26:53) - The ideal fasting length

(33:22) - The role of testosterone

(40:02) - Physicians should not be gatekeepers to health

(01:02:40) - The relationship between genes and our environment

⁠Transcripts & Show Notes⁠

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation on YouTube: ⁠https://youtu.be/QZUpJCNOpfY⁠

Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Software Engineer, Dave ten Have, about Dave's backstory as a co-founder of Omniblox, how he became an engineer and what he's looking forward to accomplishing in the future. 

Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl

Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(17:15) – Why 3D printing caught Dave’s attention
(24:09) – The culture of Silicon Valley
(25:39) – The challenges of expectations
(31:09) – Focus on your customers
(33:18) – Changing the entrepreneurial mindset
(34:23) – Startups are like music albums
(36:50) – Every health journey is different
(37:58) – The narrative of instant success

Transcripts & Show Notes