Macronutrients include fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Fiber is a type of carbohydrate. All four nutrients have different effects on glucose and metabolic health. Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol discuss the metabolic health effects of each macronutrient, how to prevent age-related muscle loss, how to improve gut health, and more.

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:

(03:36) — Protein helps prevent age-related muscle loss

(04:25) — What if you just consume protein and do not exercise?

(05:21) — Leucine is a stimulator of insulin release

(08:55) — Which fats are good and bad for you?

(13:22) — How dietary fat affects your glucose response

(14:59) — The importance of fiber

(15:52) —What does fiber do?

⁠⁠⁠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

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.

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:

(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

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.

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 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

When overseeing a startup, a CEO needs a well-functioning organizational design. This helps evaluate the performance of the team, make sure functions are coordinating and executing efficiently, and communicate and set objectives. In this conversation, bestselling author of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan, talks with Levels CEO, Sam Corcos. 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 Aaron Dignan & Levels’ Sam Corcos discuss:

(17:29) – Don’t turn performance management into a binary

(21:21) – Commitments and outcomes

(22:10) – Performance is a team sport

(37:10) – Create a culture of constraint

(42:59) – Don’t micromanage

(51:27) – The hierarchy of work

(56:16) – The power to object

(01:05:08) – Find the right role

(01:06:45) – The power of mixed roles

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/e5PzZwONxn8

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

Connect with Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondignan

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

How does a former bodybuilder go from carb-loading to eating for longevity and fertility with IVF? Here’s a look at the journey of healthy eating from a fitness competitor turned nutrition coach in this conversation between Sara Beemer & 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 Sara Beemer and Levels’ Ben Grynol discuss:

(16:22) – Find your motivation

(26:00) – Make gradual changes

(27:52) – Create good sleep habits

(29:57) – Don’t be extreme

(33:00) – The benefits of meditation

(37:27) – Schedule out your week

(43:27) – Try new things

(47:54) – Understand what’s going on in your body

(52:13) – Let your kids learn with you

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/DhE_8BO60mI

CGM helped Sara Salter Beemer stop carb-loading and enjoy fat again: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/cgm-helped-sara-salter-beemer-stop-carb-loading-and-feel-better

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

Connect with Sara on Instagram: https://instagram.com/sarabeemer

Erectile dysfunction can be an early indicator of future cardiovascular disease, endothelial dysfunction, and early death. Learn more in this conversation between urologist and male reproductive specialist and surgeon Dr. Merrill Matschke 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. Merrill Matschke & Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(13:47) – The connection between metabolic dysfunction and erectile dysfunction

(22:08) – How ED develops

(34:11) – Let’s talk about oxidative stress

(40:06) – The importance of testosterone levels in insulin sensitivity

(46:50) – The importance of diet, exercise, and sleep

(48:45) – Why is testosterone dropping?

(59:59) – Our healthcare system needs to do better

(01:07:44) – Don’t put treatment off

(01:14:02) – Sleep is crucial

(01:19:41) – Nobody’s perfect

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/mum4AfB0K_Y 

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

Weight loss and physical transformation are significantly more mental and emotional than we think; it goes beyond diet and exercise. Fitness trainer and creator of Fit2Fat2Fit Drew Manning talks about how self-love is the piece to focus on for natural habit changes that can bring physical change. 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 Drew Manning and Levels’ Ben Grynol discuss:

(06:15) – Drew’s journey

(08:10) – The mental weight of an unhealthy lifestyle

(09:10) – Don’t let body issues define your self-image

(10:52) – Transformation isn’t just physical

(23:46) – Un-training your brain

(25:45) – The emotional connection to food

(31:03) – It’s hard to be healthy

(41:57) – Diets aren’t always healthy

(45:44) – Your physical health affects your relationships

(53:38) – Be comfortable with being uncomfortable

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/PYB8yO7UufU

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

Connect with Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fit2fat2fit

Connect with Drew on Instagram: https://instagram.com/fit2fat2fit

As a prior Product Manager at Google, Co-Founder David Flinner started his own metabolic health journey and then serendipitously reconnected with Sam Corcos and Josh Clemente. 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 David Flinner and Ben Grynol discuss:

(18:21) – Understand what’s possible

(21:00) – Maximize your value

(31:12) – An uphill battle

(38:39) – Levels is a spectrum

(40:25) – Being a partner

(44:13) – Be intentional about your message

(47:21) – Be responsible caretakers of data

(50:01) – Keep moving forward

(50:51) – Dealing with challenges

(52:11) – How do we grow?

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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

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

At a fast-growing startup, a CEO must create systems to help with key performance indicators, recruiting, operations, and more. It’s the CEO’s job to push the company forward and help it become a better organization. In this episode, Ale Resnik (Founder and CEO of Belong) shares the importance of finding the right co-founder, how to set the proper company strategy, and why the best-organized companies are the ones that prioritize customers with Levels CEO Sam Corcos.

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 Ale Resnik and Levels’ Sam Corcos discuss:

(09:12) – Find a co-founder

(10:57) – You need a good Head of People

(14:35) – Set the strategy

(20:19) – Don’t let things get out of control

(25:59) – You can’t stay involved with everything

(29:47) – Don’t micromanage

(37:13) – Serve the customer

(39:31) – Your culture will change

(40:50) – Look for extraordinary leaders

(44:52) – Make sure your leaders have practical knowledge

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.

🔗 Helpful links:

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

Connect with Ale on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AleResnik

Connect with Belong on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoinBelong

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.

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 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

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.

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’ 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

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.

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 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

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

Confidence and trust is earned from your coworkers through consistent communication and clear documentation, especially at a remote and async startup. Here’s how we encourage this process at Levels. 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’ Founder and President Josh Clemente and Head of Success Mike DiDonato discuss:

(08:35) – Develop proactive confidence building

(09:36) – The difference between trust and confidence

(10:55) – Hire people you trust

(13:28) – Put in the work

(19:12) – No news is bad news

(20:45) – Don’t be afraid to communicate

(25:04) – You are responsible for obtaining context

(36:34) – Transparency builds confidence

(48:56) – Be intentional with information

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/cImdcr5L3-o

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

Your sleep routine is one of the most important aspects 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.

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 Editorial Director Mike Haney discuss:

(02:36) - A study about sleep and metabolic health

(03:26) - The benefits of sleep for metabolic health

(05:24) - Sleeping at home

(05:24) - Standardized meals

(07:20) - How glucose levels affect sleep quality and duration

(12:50) - What you eat matters

(14:37) - Sleep quality and glucose

(18:06) - Sleep is the most important thing you control

(18:55) - Don’t sacrifice sleep

(20:08) - The importance of consistency

(25:29) - Compounding effects work both ways

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

How does sleep affect blood sugar?: https://levelshealth.com/blog/how-sleep-impacts-metabolic-health-glucose-levels-cgm

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

At a startup, you need to work hard. But burnout, stress, and overworking are the antithesis of productivity—and only you can use your self-awareness to push back to prevent burnout. 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’ Founder and President Josh Clemente, Head of Partnerships Tom Griffin, and Editorial Director Mike Haney discuss

(01:11) - The paradox at Levels

(07:07) -  Two categories of burnout

(09:26) - Conditions leading to burnout

(14:19) - Resisting urgency

(24:57) - Managing expectations

(46:42) - The importance of a relaxed workday

(48:36) - The importance of having enough slack in your work week

(52:21) - Working towards a future where workforce isn't burned out

(57:10) - A positive environment

(01:00:12) - The culture of mandatory vacation

Transcripts and Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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

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

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

Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/wnl

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

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

✍️ 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.

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

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

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

The current ways of measuring health are limited: lack of disease isn’t enough. Resilience is a way to measure how well our bodies work now, and continuous monitoring can show us how well our bodies handle stress and subsequent recovery. 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 Head of Research & Development Dr. Taylor Sittler and Head of Partnerships Tom Griffin discuss:

(04:07) - Understanding the state of the body

(06:27) - Your body’s response to stressful events

(10:14) - Connecting physiology with diagnosis

(12:06) - Traditional medicine limbo

(14:02) - Helping people achieve the health they want

(20:07) - A functional medicine approach

(24:12) - Correlating the measurements

(27:21) - Standardizing the stressor

(30:12) - Resilience vs. adaptation

(36:48) - The love hormone

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Resilience: https://youtu.be/MKC-dHMnL7k

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

Not all calories are equal. Tracking your macronutrient intake, using AI capabilities, can help you improve your body composition, facilitate weight loss, and boost exercise performance. The three macronutrients are protein, fat, and carbohydrates, with fiber a subset of carbs. Josh Clemente & Dr. Dominic D'Agostino discuss the new macros-tracking feature in the Levels app, the purpose and importance of each macronutrient, how to use macros-tracking in conjunction with biomarker data to improve health and fitness, and how easy the app’s AI functionality is to use.

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 & Dominic D'Agostino, PhD, discuss:

(09:03) — The importance of prioritizing protein intake

(17:03) — Why is tracking macros beneficial?

(21:11) — Each macronutrient has a different role in the body

(39:36) — The different functions of macros

(48:32) — Is excess protein a concern?

(54:55) — The problem with excess carbohydrates

(1:00:37) — Tracking macros can help you improve metabolic flexibility

(1:02:41) — The issue with overconsumption of carbohydrates

(1:17:18) — Is fiber a macronutrient?

(1:46:21) — Macros tracking in the Levels app

(1:49:50) — Tracking macros can help improve body composition and performance

Transcripts & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/wg76Q25Ngd4

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

How many times do you get clear about your priorities, and then get distracted and focus on something completely unimportant because it feels productive? This is what we at Levels call bike shedding, and here we talk about how it happens in companies, and how people can think in order to avoid it. 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 CEO and Co-Founder Sam Corcos and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:19) - The idea of shaving a yak

(06:41) - What is Bike shedding?

(08:35) - The hard things are not hard, they're just easy to avoid

(11:35) - The Eisenhower Matrix

(13:27) - The Bike Shed effect

(15:47) - Get out of the weeds

(31:16) - Focus your actions around your core values

(34:13) - Stay true to your mission

(40:56) - Sunk costs are the currency of bike shedding

(43:47) - The responsibility of leadership

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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

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.

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’ 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

How do you “win” at the SEO game with content, landing pages, time-on-page, backlinks, and redirects—without getting technical? 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 guest Nick Jordan, Levels’ Editorial Director Mike Haney, and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss:

(04:18) - How Nick started

(05:49) - Digging deep to SEO

(09:30) - How to outrank your competitors in every niche

(10:57) - The easy way to be more comprehensive

(12:43) - Mistakes that most brands make

(17:48) - The toughest part of content operations is people

(22:55) - The power of referral traffic

(24:13) - What is backlink?

(40:57) - Every factor is within your control

(44:31) - The importance of titles and meta information

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/Ta22mQ7oBbI

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

Connect with Nick on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nickfromseattle/

0 to 1,500,000 organics per month: https://contentdistribution.com/seo-case-study/

Automating keyword research: https://contentdistribution.com/b2b-saas-keyword-research/

Find Nick on YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/ContentDistribution

Join the Content Ops Community: https://facebook.com/groups/contentdistributionengine

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.

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

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

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

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

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

At work, you expect to get feedback from your manager—but giving and receiving direct feedback between coworkers in the moment is deeply valuable. This type of feedback in an async, remote environment is even more crucial to have smoother communication and keep the work environment positive. In this conversation, Dr. Casey Means joins Jackie Tsontakis and Michael “Miz” Mizrahi to discuss how working through an issue and then providing feedback and transparent communication can remove gossip and toxic communication, build the trust battery between team members, and help to avoid misalignment.

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 Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means, Growth Generalist Jackie Tsontakis and Head of Operations Michael “Miz” Mizrahi discuss:

(03:23) - How to give remote feedback

(04:07) - 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

(04:52) - Be direct with feedback

(05:41) - Interpretations are fallible

(17:05) - Be willing to jump in

(43:03) - What makes a great team?

(47:59) - Invite others in

(48:41) - The tiny ownership conversations that make all the difference

(55:01) - The importance of relationship building

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.

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kRAZLpvK9sw

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

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

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

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

When you come into any new job position, it can be hard to go against your years of experience and be open-minded to change. But here’s how to change your (or someone else’s) “no” to “yes” by being open to experimentation, embracing discomfort, and assuming good outcomes.

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 Head of Growth Ben Grynol and Editorial Director Mike Haney discuss:

(05:05) – Be willing to try new things

(14:01) – Understand the stakes

(15:41) – Don’t start with cynicism

(19:21) – Take advantage of your time

(22:02) – Trust the transparency

(26:25) – Give yourself space

(30:34) – Give yourself space to make decisions

(37:06) – Distance is great

(47:11) – The importance of transparency

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

🎙 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

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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/

After getting introduced to Sam Corcos, CEO and Co-Founder, Murillo started contracting right away in early 2020 as one of the first developers at Levels. He got pulled into the company culture early on.

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In this team member spotlight episode, Ben Grynol (Head of Growth) sat down with Murillo Nicácio De Marães to talk about:

• Murillo’s Brazilian background and staying connected to his home
• What it felt like to join Levels and get immersed in the unique culture
• The ideal laid-back gathering for introverts: The Brazilian non-party party, churrasco.
• The excitement of the growth and evolution of Levels
• Levels’ atypical approach of startups or engineering functions to go deep into documentation and async communication

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 Software Engineer Murillo Nicácio De Marães discuss:

(06:42) – From contractor to employee

(09:57) – Finding a place to call home

(12:29) – Family ties

(15:53) – Home away from home

(19:58) – Staying connected

(23:53) – Take a break

(31:46) – The importance of specialty training

(32:27) – Document everything

(34:35) – The value of being proactive

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

🔗 Helpful links:

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

At a startup, or any company for that matter, you have the choice to keep the business strategy and culture private… or you can build in public. Building in public inspires an environment of transparency and confidence for investors, employee recruitment, and customers.

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Levels’ Head of Success Mike DiDonato met with CEO Sam Corcos to discuss the benefits of Levels’ policy of building in public:

• It helps internal and external people feel good about the company through a strong culture of trust and documentation.
• You can recruit and retain employees and investors who feel more comfortable because they can see behind the curtain.
• It limits gossip fatigue and removes elements of surprise through top-down openness and transparency.

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' CEO Sam Corcos and Head of Success Mike DiDonato discuss:

(03:05) – Communicate intentionally

(04:15) – Transparency offers security

(05:49) – Find people who match your company’s culture

(07:41) – Let people opt out

(10:47) – The curse of knowledge

(11:55) – Navigating company growth

(14:50) – Be confident

(16:48) – Pragmatic transparency

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

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mJWoF-ws8vc

At a small startup, siblings working together would normally be a disaster. But Josh Clemente and his sister Mercy Clemente found a way to work well together and maintain a positive family relationship.

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In this episode, they discuss all of this with host Ben Grynol:

• How their upbringing prepared them for the Levels’ async culture
• The serendipitous timing of Mercy joining first as a contractor
• How they keep their home and work life separate

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, Mercy Clemente, & Ben Grynol discuss:

(04:00) – Learning independence

(04:53) – The similarity between homeschooling and async work

(09:04) – Institute solid boundaries

(14:08) – Failure is okay

(15:16) – Be confident

(29:22) – Working as family

(37:26) – Eliminating helplessness

(42:40) – Trying new things

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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

How could unstructured learning help your children? Here’s a look into how a Levels team member is “unschooling” his kids using the self-directed, unstructured methods and how it differs from homeschooling. 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’ Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Means and Lead Software Engineer Dave ten Have discuss:

(03:33) – What is unschooling?

(05:35) – What does unschooling curriculum look like?

(07:18) – How to teach on subjects you don’t know

(24:00) – The ebbs and flows of unschooling

(26:29) – The effect on Dave’s life

(33:13) – Getting rid of artificial milestones

(39:44) – Learning is something you do

(48:33) – You’ve got to have faith

(53:19) – Navigating screen time

(57:01) – Walk away from work

Transcripts & Show Notes

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

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

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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Austin and Dhru discuss:

• How rates of metabolic dysfunction are high for South Asian and Black communities
• Their personal journeys with food and overall health
• Genetic predispositions for insulin resistance
• How to strengthen the connection between what we eat and how we feel
• The importance of metabolic flexibility
• Actionable tips anyone can incorporate to reduce glucose spikes
• Focusing on dietary additions and changes rather than deprivation

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.

(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

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

Connect with Austin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metabolismmentor

Connect with Dhru on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhrupurohit

Connect with Dhru on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhrupurohit

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

So much can happen in just one year at a startup: Crucial milestones like team growth, fundraising, and launches happen very fast. Josh Clemente and Ben Grynol reflect on Levels’ 2021 milestones because it was one of our most exciting years. 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.

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Josh Clemente & Ben Grynol cover:

• Notable press and print articles, including a podcast tour
• Nearly doubling the Levels team
• Community engagement and beta testing, with a Coke challenge 🥤
• The decision to stop using Slack
• Developing new product features and membership frameworks
• Successful fundraising and crowdfunding
• Growing the advisory board with incredible thought leaders, including Dr. Robert Lustig, Dr. David Perlmutter, Dr. Sara Gottfried, Dr. David Sinclair, and Dr. Mark Hyman

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 & Ben Grynol discuss:

(09:44) – The power of podcasting

(12:35) – Help people live better lives

(19:23) – The importance of remote datasets

(22:09) – Creating engagement

(25:13) – Getting rid of Slack

(27:23) – Streamline communication

(28:59) – Be willing to make changes

(30:40) – Question assumptions

(33:09) – Align incentives

(47:14) – Looking at long-term scale

Transcript & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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

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

Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, chatted with our Head of Product, Scott Klein. They explored Scott's role in our company, what it means to be a Head of Product, and how the functional area of Product works in a remote async environment.

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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.

(07:15) – Product is a tough role

(11:03) – Focus on the customer experience

(17:45) – Do more experiments

(19:46) – Be thoughtful about changes

(22:42) – It’s not just a numbers game

(23:42) – Land your products

(25:06) – Focus on alignment

(36:52) – Good async enables good sync

(40:40) – When a door becomes a hallway

(46:08) – Making real-time decisions

Transcripts & Show Notes

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

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, follows up with CrossFit trainer, creator of the Mendoza Program and one of our earliest Levels members, Gabe Mendoza. They dive into how Gabe has been focused on optimizing his fitness through diet and lifestyle choices with the help of his CGM. Gabe also discusses how this insight has helped him be a role model for his family’s health and so many people around him.

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.

(08:03) – People have to opt in

(10:26) – Focus on small changes

(15:07) – Overcoming the American diet

(19:18) – Look at your patterns

(21:13) – Your body craves homeostasis

(25:59) – Control your environment

(30:11) – Create routines

(32:38) – Influence the people closest to you

(33:27) – You can change your community

(36:25) – Change is a long-term endeavor

Read Gabe's Story – levelshealth.com/blog

Transcripts & Show Notes

Burnout looks different for everyone. It can be a universal experience in a startup environment because it’s easy to let your work become your full identity. Levels Head of Operations Michael ‘Miz’ Mizrahi wrote a detailed memo on burnout to help start the discussion around the topic so we can do our best to avoid it. In this episode, Ben Grynol chatted with Miz about what exactly might cause burnout and some of the strategies to mitigate it, why it’s important, and how we think about it internally as a team. Learn the best ways to protect yourself from burnout so you can live a more balanced life.

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 Michael ‘Miz’ Mizrahi & Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:46) - Check in on remote workers

(06:30) - It’s not just overworking, it’s overinvesting

(08:24) - Separate work and personal identity

(11:15) - Remember change is constant

(14:20) - Trust in yourself and your work

(19:38) - Keep boundaries

(27:38) - Understand people’s whole lives

(29:30) - Let people define their own limits

(36:55) - Talk to someone if you need help

(44:54) - Check in on peers

Transcripts & Show Notes

🔗 Helpful links:

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

Learn why Levels chose a membership model and why we feel it’s important to the future of our members in this conversation between Maz Brumand and Chris Jones. 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 Maziar Brumand & Chris Jones discuss:

(02:51) – The values of membership

(11:06) – Strategize your food intake

(12:52) – Use crowdsourcing to gain insight

(15:59) – Membership isn’t just transactional

(19:04) – A holistic approach to metabolic health

(26:07) – The inefficiency of healthcare

(33:27) – The importance of information accessibility

(38:36) – Give members value

(43:48) – Health is a long-term journey

(44:24) – Put the consumer at the center of health

Transcript & Show notes

🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKLEr8m3qNE

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

Macadamia Milk vs. Pecan Milk? What are the best foods for gaining weight while keeping blood sugar stable? Why am I getting a big spike with Protein Pancakes? What's a healthier carb than oatmeal? 

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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.

Levels Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, dives into all these questions from our community. 

(01:45) – Steer clear of sweeteners

(02:36) – Make your own nut milk

(03:37) – How to healthily put on weight

(05:01) – Choose whole foods

(06:13) – Refined carbohydrates turn to glucose

(06:53) – Alternatives to syrup

(07:39) – Pancake alternatives

(08:34) – How to reintroduce healthy carbs

(09:47) – Healthy alternatives to oatmeal

Watch the video – https://youtu.be/aZYeThB2D-c

Transcripts & Show Notes