Metabolic POWER BOWL Recipe: Micronutrients for Optimal Health & Blood Sugar Levels | Levels Kitchen Levels 2024-10-19 | Metabolic POWER BOWL Recipe: Micronutrients for Optimal Health & Blood Sugar Levels | Levels Kitchen
7 Simple Tips for Better Blood Sugar Control and More Energy | “Glucose Goddess” Jessie Inchauspé Levels 2024-10-17 | Levels Co-Founder Casey Means, MD, and “Glucose Goddess” Jessie Inchauspé talked about all things glucose, including Inchauspé’s top hacks for better blood sugar control. ✅ The Glucose Goddess hacks:- Have a savory breakfast (not a sweet one).- Eat your veggies first at every meal.- Never eat sugar on an empty stomach (only as dessert after a meal).- After you eat, use your muscles for 10 minutes (e.g., go for a 10-minute walk).- Have some apple cider vinegar diluted in water before a meal.- Put clothing on your carbs (i.e., eat them with fat, protein, and fiber)- Have a savory snack instead of a sweet one.#metabolichealth #bloodsugar #nonakedcarbs #savoryvssweet Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Using AI Describe in the Levels App To Log a Salad Levels 2024-10-15 | A salad can contain a lot of ingredients, but logging it can still be super easy. Just use AI Describe.- Select your microphone.- Describe the contents of your salad.- Save the log.- Then you can view the macros, calories, and other details.#metabolichealth #macros #foodlog #AI #salad👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
The Problem with High Uric Acid Levels | Dr. Robert Lustig, MD & Levels Advisor Levels 2024-10-13 | For a recent episode of A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor Dr. Robert Lustig talks about how you can tell whether you are healthy. One health concern is a rising uric acid level.Because of the effects on blood pressure and carnitine transport, high uric acid leads to mitochondrial dysfunction and fat deposition, along with other health problems.“Both meat and sugar consumption increase uric acid,” Dr. Lustig says. “If you want to get your uric acid down, you have to have to cut your meat and sugar consumption.”Dr. Lustig recommends getting your uric acid tested to know your baseline.#metabolichealth #uricacid #labs #healthyGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Why You Might Have a Higher Glucose Level at the End of the Day | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-10-10 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, why meal type and timing matter for metabolic health.A high-carbohydrate diet will lead to higher glucose levels at the end of the day.If you go to bed with high glucose, the resulting insulin response will drive fat storage and insulin resistance.Try to leave at least four hours between your last meal and bedtime to allow insulin levels to clear glucose from the bloodstream.#metabolichealth #mealtiming #glucose #sleep 👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
How To Use AI Photo to Log Your Meals in the Levels App Levels 2024-10-08 | Logging a salad isn’t always easy. But the Levels app makes it simple with AI Photo logging.- Snap a photo- AI will figure out the ingredients- Approve the log- View the macros breakdown- Enjoy your saladIt’s that simple!#metabolichealth #foodlog #salad #macros #AI👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
The Problem with High Insulin Levels | Dr. Robert Lustig, MD Levels 2024-10-06 | For a recent episode of A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor Dr. Robert Lustig talks about how you can tell whether you are healthy. One health concern is a rising fasting insulin level. Insulin is an important hormone that we can’t live without. It helps get glucose into our cells to be used for energy. However, a high fasting insulin level is a metabolic health concern.High insulin is a growth factor, making it a risk factor for the following- vascular smooth muscle growth- glandular smooth muscle growth- breast and prostate cancer- and moreDr. Lustig recommends getting your fasting insulin level checked at least once a year.#metabolichealth #insulin #healthy #labsGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Which Foods Contain Fiber? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-10-03 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains where to find fiber.Fiber is not in animal products.Fiber is in fruits and vegetables, and these foods have the bonus of containing antioxidants to help combat oxidative stress.Does bread have fiber?- Bread has some fiber, but most bread products are not high in fiber.- To find a high-fiber, metabolically healthy bread, look for a carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio of 3:1 to 5:1.- Products with a higher ratio (i.e., 8:1 to 10:1) have been largely stripped of fiber.- You can find high-fiber breads at specialty grocery/health food stores.#metabolichealth #fiber #highfiberdiet #healthybread👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Using AI Describe in the Levels App To Log a Salad Levels 2024-10-01 | A salad can contain a lot of ingredients, but logging it can still be super easy. Just use AI Describe.- Select your microphone.- Describe the contents of your salad.- Save the log.- Then you can view the macros, calories, and other details.#metabolichealth #macros #foodlog #AI #salad👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Too Many Americans Have Fatty Liver Disease | Dr. Rob Lustig, MD Levels 2024-09-29 | For a recent episode of A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor Dr. Robert Lustig talks about how you can tell whether you are healthy. One concern with health is the rising prevalence of fatty liver disease.45% of people in the United States have fatty liver.25% of children in the United States have fatty liver.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is something that didn’t exist before 1980, so our food system is a big driver of the issue.Fatty liver disease is a metabolic health issue that shouldn’t be ignored.This is why getting your metabolic health labs checked is crucial.Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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: Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1#metabolichealth #fattyliver #healthy #labs
How Do You Know if You’re HEALTHY? Cholesterol & Uric Acid LAB TEST Results | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-09-26 | Sign Up to Get Your Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/youtube?utm_campaign=lab-results-wnlAlthough not one single test can tell you whether you are healthy, some biomarkers and lab results can provide you a picture of your metabolic health, which can then inform you about your overall health. Dr. Robert Lustig and Mike Haney discuss why fasting insulin is one of the best metabolic health biomarkers, how you can use continuous glucose monitoring as a proxy for insulin sensitivity, how fast your metabolic health can change, and why your uric acid level and the cholesterol marker ApoB are also important labs to receive.📍What Robert Lustig, MD, & Mike Haney discuss:00:00 — Intro01:23 — Multiple factors help determine if you’re getting sicker or healthier05:29 — Fasting glucose is not a good gauge of your metabolic health09:25 — The concern with a rising insulin level18:38 — A good goal is to keep glucose levels more stable, but you’re going to have rises29:29 — What a glucose excursion can tell you30:38 — Why doctors don’t check fasting insulin, even though it’s a better marker than glucose?45:33 — How often should you get your fasting insulin checked?49:24 — A continuous glucose monitor can show you your glucose excursions57:49 — Why uric acid is an important biomarker1:08:50 — Why you should get ApoB checked🔗 LINKS:Transcript & Show Notes: levels.com/podcasts/265-how-do-you-know-if-you-are-healthy-and-what-your-labs-tell-you-dr-robert-lustig-mike-haneySubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@LevelsHealth?sub_confirmation=1👋 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.#metabolichealth #bloodsugar #glucosecontrol
The Truth About Fat Loss and Losing Weight | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-09-24 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains what drives fat storage.Insulin encourages your fat cells to store more energy. The only way to get fat cells to give up energy is to reduce insulin.The most effective way to reduce insulin is with a diet that keeps glucose more stable. The second way is with exercise. Exercise helps you clear glucose more effectively, which helps keep insulin down.#metabolichealth #weightloss #fatloss #glucose👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Using AI Describe to Quickly Log a Pizza in the Levels App Levels 2024-09-22 | Using AI Describe in the Levels app- Simply tap the microphone icon.- Describe the contents of your meal, like this tasty prosciutto pizza.- Save the log.- View the macros, calories, and other details about what you ate.- It’s easy-pizzy!#metabolichealth #foodlog #AI #macros #pizza👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Why Fiber Boosts Your Metabolic Health | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-09-19 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains the six benefits of fiber.1. Fiber provides bulk. It mechanically stretches the stomach, which gives you a feeling of fullness, reducing total food intake.2. It forms a secondary barrier in your intestine. This barrier prevents glucose, fructose, sucrose, and starches from entering the bloodstream. This keeps your glucose level down, which keeps your insulin level down.3. It feeds the microbiome. This prevents the microbiome from chewing on the mucin layer that protects it.4. It moves food through the intestine faster. This provides a laxative effect, helping to send a quicker signal to your brain that you’re full.5. It serves as food for colonic bacteria. The bacteria turn the food into short-chain fatty acids (acetate, propionate, and butyrate), which are anti-inflammatory and help prevent irritable bowel syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.6. It helps prevent colon cancer. Insoluble fiber sloughs off colon cancer cells.“Every single thing fiber does improves your metabolic health,” Lustig says. “And the way it shows up is in the reduction in the glucose response on your continuous glucose monitor (CGM). In fact, a high-fiber diet will give you the glucose response of a ketogenic diet. And a ketogenic diet is the one that suppresses insulin the most.”#metabolichealth #fiber #cancerprevention #gutmicrobiome👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
What Is a Lean Mass Hyper Responder? | Dave Feldman, Dr. Nick Norwitz, Dr. Dominic D’Agostino Levels 2024-09-17 | A recent episode of A Whole New Level, features a discussion on lean mass hyper responders, or LMHRs.The episode discusses the LMHR phenotype, whether it’s a concern, whether it’s rare, the Oreo vs statin study, how exercise levels might play a role, thyroid levels, and why more research is needed.LMHR is a phenotype with a triad of unusual lipid numbers: high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and low triglycerides.The ketogenic diet is a popular choice for aiding with chronic illnesses and metabolic health. However, some people may experience a surprising shift in lipid numbers after going keto, depending on many factors researchers are still trying to understand.LMHRs are often lean and healthy people who present with strange and alarming lipid numbers after going on the ketogenic diet.The Oreo cookie study showed that adding carbohydrates back into the diet of someone who is a LMHR lowered LDL cholesterol more so than a statin did.In LMHR, exercise seems to drive LDL higher. The question is whether LHMR is a rare phenomenon or common under specific diet and exercise conditions.The LMHR phenotype is a controversial topic but one that needs further research and attention.Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Barcode Scanning in the Levels App for Logging Your Meals and Macros Levels 2024-09-15 | Using the Levels app, scan the product’s barcode. Then review the log and approve it. You can quickly view your macros (i.e., protein, fat, carbs, fiber). This feature is one of the easiest ways to log your snacks and meals throughout the day and see your trends.#metabolichealth #macros #foodlogging #CGM👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
How Insulin Can Be Helpful or Harmful | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-09-12 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes the functions of insulin and why they matter. @robertlustigmd😇 The beneficial role of insulin- Insulin clears glucose from the bloodstream.- If glucose sticks around in the bloodstream, it causes blood vessel dysfunction and can lead to cardiovascular problems.- Insulin clears glucose before it can cause damage.👿 The harmful role of insulin- Insulin can also cause damage.- It causes growth of the coronary arteries, the vascular smooth muscle of the heart, the rest of the vascular system, glandular tissue, and more.- The growth of these tissues increases the risk of cancer, clotting, and degeneration.- This is why keeping insulin down as much as possible is a good goal.#metabolichealth #insulin #bloodsugar #cancer #heartdisease👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
FOOD to AVOID: Roasted Seeds vs Nuts, Wild vs Farmed Salmon, Dirty Dozen vs Clean 15 Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-09-11 | Sign Up to Get Your Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/youtube?utm_campaign=bencasey-eatorpassBen Grynol asks Levels Co-Founder and “Good Energy” author Casey Means, MD, whether these foods are eat or pass and what to do when it comes to your choices for improving and protecting metabolic health.00:27 — Pumpkin seeds roasted in a processed seed oil: Eat or pass?Unroasted is always better. Seed oils, especially when cooked at high temperatures, can cause inflammation and oxidative stress. However, if you’re stuck with a choice between something like cookies or chips vs. roasted pumpkin seeds, the seeds are the healthier choice because you will get a dose of magnesium and other minerals, whereas with the cookies or chips, you’ll be getting empty calories.2:30 — Farmed salmon and other fish: Eat or pass?Farmed salmon is an upgrade from an ultra-processed microwave dinner. However, wild salmon is the better choice. Farmed salmon will still have useful nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and omega-3s. But it could also have environmental toxins and higher amounts of omega-6s, which can be inflammatory.7:04— Dirty Dozen vs. Clean Fifteen: Eat or pass?The Environmental Working Group includes a list of the “Dirty Dozen” (foods that are typically contaminated with environmental toxins if not organic) and a list of the “Clean Fifteen” (which typically don’t have a toxic load). Our ultimate goal is to get as many nutrients as we can to help with our cellular health while minimizing the toxic burden. To make things more complex, we also want to minimize glucose spikes, and some plant foods can spike blood sugar, like corn, which is on the “clean” list. If you’re choosing something from the Dirty Dozen, then opt for organic if possible.#metabolichealth #eatorpass #dirtydozen #healthyfish #nutsandseeds👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1#glucose #cgm #metabolism #metabolichealth #eatorpass
What Causes High Uric Acid Levels? | Dr. David Perlmutter and Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-09-10 | Our bodies make uric acid from alcohol. Uric acid can cause gout and is a marker of worsened metabolic health. It also encourages fat production and storage and drives mitochondrial dysfunction, which can harm brain and cardiovascular health.For A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor David Perlmutter, MD, and Levels Co-Founder and author of “Good Energy” Casey Means, MD, discuss the problems with high uric acid and the foods and drinks that can lead to elevated levels.But some types of alcohol are worse offenders than others:- Wine in moderation offers some benefit to lowering uric acid levels in women, but not men.- Hard alcohol raises uric acid levels in everyone.- Beer is the worst offender when it comes to raising uric acid levels because it contains purines.#metabolichealth #alcohol #uricacid #sobercuriousGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Barcode Scanning in the Levels App for Logging Your Macros Levels 2024-09-08 | Using the Levels app, scan the product’s barcode. Then review the log and approve it. You can quickly view your macros (i.e., protein, fat, carbs, fiber). This feature is one of the easiest ways to log your snacks and meals throughout the day and see your trends.#metabolichealth #macros #foodlogging #CGM👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
What Are Anti-Inflammatory Foods and Why Are They Crucial for Health? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-09-05 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes how to change your diet from one that is inflammatory to one that keeps inflammation in check.❌ You can lessen inflammation by avoiding these ingredients:- Processed seed oils (i.e., soybean, corn, canola)- Sugar- Ultra-processed foods (often laden with seed oils and sugar)✅ You can eat an anti-inflammatory diet by prioritizing these ingredients/nutrients:- Fiber: fiber feeds your gut microbiome.- Omega-3 fatty acids: these support the brain, neurotransmission, the immune system, and cardiovascular health.- Vitamin D: this vitamin suppresses toll-like receptors, and that suppression helps control inflammation.#metabolichealth #antiinflammatoryfood #antiinflammatory👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
What Is a Lean Mass Hyper Responder? | Dave Feldman, Dr. Nick Norwitz, Dr. Dominic D’Agostino Levels 2024-09-03 | A recent episode of A Whole New Level, features a discussion on lean mass hyper responders, or LMHRs.The episode discusses the LMHR phenotype, whether it’s a concern, whether it’s rare, the Oreo vs statin study, how exercise levels might play a role, thyroid levels, and why more research is needed.LMHR is a phenotype with a triad of unusual lipid numbers: high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and low triglycerides.The ketogenic diet is a popular choice for aiding with chronic illnesses and metabolic health. However, some people may experience a surprising shift in lipid numbers after going keto, depending on many factors researchers are still trying to understand.LMHRs are often lean and healthy people who present with strange and alarming lipid numbers after going on the ketogenic diet.The Oreo cookie study showed that adding carbohydrates back into the diet of someone who is a LMHR lowered LDL cholesterol more so than a statin did.In LMHR, exercise seems to drive LDL higher. The question is whether LHMR is a rare phenomenon or common under specific diet and exercise conditions.The LMHR phenotype is a controversial topic but one that needs further research and attention.Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Barcode Scanning in the Levels App for Logging Macros Levels 2024-09-01 | Using the Levels app, scan the product’s barcode. Then review the log and approve it. You can quickly view your macros (i.e., protein, fat, carbs, fiber). This feature is one of the easiest ways to log your snacks and meals throughout the day and see your trends.#metabolichealth #macros #foodlogging #CGM👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
What Happens to Metabolism in Menopause? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-08-29 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes how the estrogen decline in menopause affects health.Menopause is the natural evolution of the ovaries. Eventually their estrogen output becomes nearly zero.The drop in estrogen causes nervous system changes that generate heat, which can lead to hot flashes.Women tend to have low serum LDL “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides before menopause, but those levels rise after menopause, putting post-menopausal women at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.Women also lose muscle as they age, which can lead to fat gain.Focusing on improving metabolic health may help with these concerns.#metabolichealth #menopause #perimenopause #metabolism 👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Why Fructose Is Bad for You | Dr. David Perlmutter and Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-08-27 | For A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor David Perlmutter, MD, and Levels Co-Founder and author of “Good Energy” Casey Means, MD, discuss the problems with high uric acid and the foods and drinks that can lead to elevated levels.Fructose, including high-fructose corn syrup, elevates uric acid in the body. Uric acid can cause gout and is a marker of worsened metabolic health. It also encourages fat production and storage and drives mitochondrial dysfunction, which can harm brain and cardiovascular health.Fructose is present in fruit. When we consume whole fruits, we consume fructose in small amounts, and it isn’t harmful, thanks to the fiber and vitamin C that are also in whole fruits. However, when we consume fruit juice (which is absent of fiber) or high-fructose corn syrup, we consume much more fructose than the body can handle.High-fructose corn syrup was invented in the 1970s, and it is now ubiquitous in many ultra-processed foods, sodas, sports drinks, and more.#metabolichealth #fructose #highfructosecornsyrup #uricacid Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Using AI Describe in the Levels App for Logging Macros Levels 2024-08-25 | - Simply, select your microphone and start talking.- Describe the contents of your meal, like this fiber-rich fruit salad.- Save the log.- Then you can view the macros, calories, and other details about what you’re eating.#metabolichealth #foodlog #AI #macros👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Why Insulin Resistance Creates a Vicious Cycle of Fat Gain | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-08-22 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes how insulin drives fat gain.Understanding insulin resistance:- Insulin is a hormone, and it’s a growth factor.- It makes cells grow and divide.- It is helpful when you’re a growing child, are in puberty, or are pregnant.- We are more insulin resistant at these times to support growth.- However, insulin also drives fat growth.- Insulin is released in response to a rise in glucose (blood sugar) after a meal.- It tells our cells to let glucose in for energy.- If we consume too much of the foods that drive insulin release (i.e., sugar and refined carbohydrates), insulin resistance will result.- Insulin resistance occurs when cells can’t handle the glucose load and stop responding to insulin’s signaling.- Ultimately, insulin drives fat gain, and fat leads to more insulin resistance.- Fat loss will not occur unless there’s a reduction in insulin release.- You can reduce insulin release by keeping blood sugar more stable.#metabolichealth #weightloss #insulinresistance #bloodsugar👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
How High Blood Sugar Harms the Brain | Dr. David Perlmutter and Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-08-20 | For A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor David Perlmutter, MD, and Levels Co-Founder and author of “Good Energy” Casey Means, MD, discuss what causes immune cells in the brain to become dysfunctional.The brain’s immune system helps keep it healthy. However, high blood sugar and insulin resistance can harm microglial cells and turn them from “friend to foe.”This drives neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and more.Other factors contribute to these conditions as well. However, keeping blood sugar more stable and encouraging insulin sensitivity in the body through diet and exercise can help reduce risk.#metabolichealth #brainhealth #dementia #insulinresistanceGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
Why Does Monitoring Glucose Variability Matter for Everyone? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-08-18 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains what glucose variability is and why aiming for lower variability is best for health.Glucose variability is the variation in your glucose levels throughout the day. Glucose naturally rises and falls based on different factors.For example, glucose is generally a bit higher in the morning upon waking. This is called the “dawn effect.”Glucose naturally rises in response to a meal. But mitigating spikes in blood sugar from the foods you eat can help lessen your glucose variability.Glucose variability matters for health. It also can lead to reactive hypoglycemia. If you have a large glucose response to a particular meal, your body may overcorrect with insulin, driving your blood sugar below your baseline.Reactive hypoglycemia can lead to a host of symptoms, including fatigue, nausea, and irritability. But it can also lead to cravings for foods that will take your blood sugar on another roller coaster, potentially leading to fat gain.Keeping your glucose levels more stable can help aid metabolic health and fat loss.#metabolichealth #weightloss #glucose #hypoglycemia👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
What Is a Lean Mass Hyper Responder? | Dave Feldman, Dr. Nick Norwitz, Dr. Dominic D’Agostino Levels 2024-08-13 | A recent episode of A Whole New Level, features a discussion on lean mass hyper responders, or LMHRs.The episode discusses the LMHR phenotype, whether it’s a concern, whether it’s rare, the Oreo vs statin study, how exercise levels might play a role, thyroid levels, and why more research is needed.LMHR is a phenotype with a triad of unusual lipid numbers: high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and low triglycerides.The ketogenic diet is a popular choice for aiding with chronic illnesses and metabolic health. However, some people may experience a surprising shift in lipid numbers after going keto, depending on many factors researchers are still trying to understand.LMHRs are often lean and healthy people who present with strange and alarming lipid numbers after going on the ketogenic diet.The Oreo cookie study showed that adding carbohydrates back into the diet of someone who is a LMHR lowered LDL cholesterol more so than a statin did.In LMHR, exercise seems to drive LDL higher. The question is whether LHMR is a rare phenomenon or common under specific diet and exercise conditions.The LMHR phenotype is a controversial topic but one that needs further research and attention.Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
How Does Sleep Affect Your Metabolic Health? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-08-11 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains how sleep deprivation leads to hunger and worse health.More than a third of adults get fewer than seven hours of sleep, the recommended minimum. Nearly a quarter of adults are chronic insomniacs.🥱 Poor sleep is a stressor:- If you don’t get enough sleep, cortisol goes up. Cortisol creates heat instead of ATP, the universal energy currency for our cells.- As a result, cells run on empty, which can make you feel sluggish.🍽️ Poor sleep leads to hunger:- Sleep deprivation increases the stomach’s output of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, which then circulates in the bloodstream and signals to the brain that you’re hungry.- As a result, you may eat more, which can raise glucose and insulin levels.- Increased insulin drives fat storage and chronic metabolic disease.✅ What you can do:- Reduce or eliminate caffeine intake.- Remove screens from the bedroom.- Set a good bedtime routine that allows for at least seven hours of sleep.Levels continuous glucose monitor (CGM) data shows that when people get enough sleep, they spend more time in ideal glucose ranges and have lower glucose excursions.#metabolichealth #sleep #cravings #screentime👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Mental Health Is Important for Metabolic Health | Dr. Casey Means and Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-08-08 | For a Whole New Level, Casey Means, MD, Levels co-founder and author of “Good Energy,” and Robert Lustig, MD, Levels advisor, discuss three key steps to improving metabolic health.1. Eliminate ultra-processed foods.2. Move more throughout the day.3. Focus on your emotional health.“If we don’t examine our emotional health,” says Dr. Means, “our bodies will, as a default, believe the world is not safe and will channel precious energetic resources toward defense. We want to channel those resources toward thriving, building, and repairing.”#metabolichealth #mentalhealth #movement #thrivingGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Why Muscle Loss as We Age Is a Problem and What To Do | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-08-06 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, describes the issues with muscle loss and fat gain as we age and how these changes affect our metabolic health.Unless we do something about it, we lose muscle mass after age 25.The loss of muscle means we have one less place for glucose to go after eating. Our excess glucose then gets stored as fat.When we have adequate muscle mass, about three-quarters of our glucose load after a meal gets stored in muscle to power that tissue.If we lose muscle, the glucose stays in the bloodstream.Excess insulin release (meant to clear glucose from the bloodstream) puts a strain on pancreatic beta cells, which are responsible for insulin production. This ultimately leads to insulin resistance, which can further drive fat storage.✅ What you can do:- Strength train at least two or more times a week.- Consume an adequate amount of protein to support muscle protein synthesis.#metabolichealth #muscle #metabolism #buildmuscle👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Ultra-Processed Foods Raise Blood Sugar | Dr. David Perlmutter and Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-08-04 | For A Whole New Level, Levels Advisor David Perlmutter, MD, and Levels Co-Founder and author of “Good Energy” Casey Means, MD, discuss the problems with high uric acid and the foods and drinks that can lead to elevated levels.Ultra-processed foods contribute to higher uric acid levels. Uric acid can cause gout and is a marker of worsened metabolic health. It also encourages fat production and storage and drives mitochondrial dysfunction, which can harm brain and cardiovascular health.Anything that raises your blood glucose level will ultimately increase fructose in the body and raise uric acid.- Ultra-processed foods are notorious for raising glucose levels because of their added sugar.- Through the action of an enzyme called aldose reductase, the body can make fructose from high glucose levels.- Fructose then metabolizes into uric acid.#metabolichealth #ultraprocessedfoods #uricacid #glucoseGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
URIC ACID Foods to AVOID: KEY Cause of Weight Gain, Diabetes, & Heart Disease | Dr. David Perlmutter Levels 2024-08-01 | Sign Up to Get Your Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/youtube?utm_campaign=perlmutter-uric-acidHigh 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.📍 What David Perlmutter, MD, & Casey Means, MD, discuss:00:00— Intro02:07 — Why your uric acid level matters for metabolic health05:56 — Fructose is a driver of high uric acid levels11:27 — High-fructose corn syrup contributes to the obesity epidemic12:54 — The key difference between fruit and fruit juice23:13 — What is an optimal uric acid level?26:20 — Alcohol consumption contributes to higher uric acid levels29:50 — Ultra-processed foods contribute to higher uric acid levels39:33 — Gut permeability can challenge the immune system50:15 — Immunometabolism is the link between our metabolism and immune system57:33 — What causes immune cells in the brain to become dysfunctional?🔗 LINKS:Transcript & Show Notes: levels.com/podcasts/261-uric-acid-raising-foods-to-avoid-for-metabolic-gut-and-overall-health-dr-david-perlmutter-dr-casey-meansSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1👋 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.#metabolichealth #bloodsugar #glucosecontrol
Is it Better To Exercise or Change Your Diet? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-07-30 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains which lifestyle change has bigger benefits.Making healthy changes to your diet has the potential to lower your cardiovascular mortality risk by as much as 40%.Getting regular exercise has the potential to lower your cardiovascular mortality risk by as much as 25%.Both are incredible lifestyle changes for boosting your metabolic health, cardiovascular health, and overall health, and for lowering your risk of premature death.However, if you could only choose one or you want to start with just one, changing your diet has more potential.#metabolichealth #exercise #diet #lifestylechanges👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Busting the Biggest Diet Myths | Eric Edmeades Levels 2024-07-28 | For A Whole New Level, Eric Edmeades, author of “Postdiabetic,” explains the diet industry's falsehoods.Myth: Diet is about calories-in-calories out.Fact: Weight management and nutrition are not about simple math equations. In reality, complex processes are at play with insulin, incretin hormones, adipokines, and more.Myth: For better health, you need to eat less.Fact: In many cases, even with a surplus of calories consumed, people can be malnourished because they are missing key nutrients. This can happen because of the consumption of ultra-processed foods. Ultimately, the types of calories consumed matter more than the number.Myth: You can outrun your calories.Fact: Exercise is a great tool for managing metabolic health, but it does not make up for a lack of nutrient-dense foods and overconsumption of ultra-processed foods.Myth: If you break your “diet,” you’ve cheated.Fact: A lifestyle geared toward improving metabolic health is sustainable, nonrestrictive, and encourages the ethos of “food is medicine.” It should not foster guilt and shame around food.#metabolichealth #dietmyths #calories #weightlossGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
How To Check If You’re Metabolically Healthy | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-07-25 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains the importance of checking fasting insulin and monitoring glucose.Most people (93%) in the United States have at least one sign of metabolical illness, likely as a result of the Western diet.Metabolic dysfunction is really mitochondria dysfunction, when our cells’ powerhouses have trouble converting food into energy.How do you check if your mitochondria are dysfunctional? Get a fasting insulin level at your doctor’s office. If your mitochondria are healthy, your fasting insulin level will be low. This means you’re turning food into energy rather than storing it as fat.However, you can also use your glucose levels as a proxy for determining if your mitochondria are working well.Specifically, monitor your glucose response to food. For example, is your glucose spiking frequently or do you have gentle hills? The latter is preferable. Additionally, look at how long your glucose level stays elevated after a meal.The spikes tell you about insulin release, whereas length tells you whether you are insulin resistant.How do you monitor glucose? A continuous glucose monitor allows you to see your glucose in real time, over time.#metabolichealth #insulin #glucose #metabolism #CGM👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
What Actually Causes High Cholesterol? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-07-21 | Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains the different types of cholesterol and what drives cardiovascular disease.Cholesterol is necessary for the body. In fact, our bodies have a method for manufacturing it. But cholesterol gets a bad rap because of confusion about the types—and which type actually drives cardiovascular disease.Understanding the different types of cholesterol can help you tailor your diet and lifestyle habits for better metabolic health. Keep in mind that the pattern of all types of cholesterol taken together, rather than individual levels, matters the most.Types of cholesterol- high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol: “good” cholesterol- low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol—two types: large buoyant (lbLDL) and small dense (sdLDL)- very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL): represented as triglyceridesUnderstanding the types of LDL:- lbLDL: neutral when it comes to cardiovascular health and is elevated via fat consumption- sdLDL: drives atherosclerosis and is elevated via sugar consumption✅ What you can do:- Reduce sugar consumption to minimize sdLDL.- Get regular exercise to elevate HDL.#metabolichealth #cholesterol #fat #sugar👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
What Are Good Health Outcomes? | Dr. Casey Means and Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-07-18 | For a Whole New Level, Casey Means, MD, Levels co-founder and author of “Good Energy,” and Robert Lustig, MD, Levels advisor, discuss what venture capitalists, investors, doctors and more should be focusing on.Right now, the general healthcare system in the United States is broken. Means has one message for those who are trying to improve health for others: Focus on improving health at the cellular level.#metabolichealth #health #healthoutcomes #healthcaresystemGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
What Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Means | Eric Edmeades Levels 2024-07-14 | For A Whole New Level, Eric Edmeades, author of “Postdiabetic,” explains why people who have reversed Type 2 diabetes shouldn’t then be called “prediabetic.”- Type 2 diabetes is largely reversible with lifestyle changes.- But as glucose levels—such as A1C and fasting glucose—start trending downward, people will again have the levels they had when they were diagnosed with prediabetes.- However, if they’ve overhauled lifestyle and continue to stick to their new habits, they may eventually see glucose levels that are no longer consistent with a prediabetes diagnosis.- Therefore, “prediabetic” is incorrect language to describe someone who has essentially recovered from Type 2 diabetes.- Instead, they should be considered “postdiabetic.”- And a “postdiabetic” diagnosis should come with different health advice.#metabolichealth #postdiabetic #prediabetic #glucoseGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
What POSTDIABETIC, Rather Than PREDIABETIC, Means for Your Health and Diet | Eric Edmeades Levels 2024-07-04 | Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/eric-postdiabeticBefore someone develops type 2 diabetes, they go through a prediabetic stage. But if someone is reversing their diabetes and is trending toward better glucose levels or even optimal levels, they are postdiabetic. Eric Edmeades and Ben Grynol discuss Edmeades’s new book “Postdiabetic,” his company Wildfit, and how the program helps people reverse type 2 diabetes, change their relationship with food, and overhaul their health.📍 What Eric Edmeades & Ben Grynol discuss:00:00 — Intro04:42 — The makings of the obesity epidemic13:46 — Switching between fuel sources20:09 — The high cost and consequences of type 2 diabetes24:19 — Eric Edmeades explains the health experiment that changed his life27:29 — Doctors aren’t taught much about nutrition in medical school33:35 — Why doctors may be more likely to prescribe medicine than preventions34:58 — Wildfit helps people change their relationship with food and reverse type 2 diabetes40:49 — Why Edmeades titled his book “Postdiabetic”59:44 — The culpability of the food industry and the government55:38 — Diets are not the answer58:54 — Fat as a nutrient is not the enemy🔗 LINKS:Transcripts & Show notes: levels.com/podcasts/259-what-being-postdiabetic-rather-than-prediabetic-means-and-how-to-get-there-eric-edmeades-ben-grynolEric Edmeades: ericedmeades.com/books/the-evolution-gapPostdiabetic: postdiabetes.comWildfit: getwildfit.comEric Edmeades on Instagram: instagram.com/ericedmeadesEric Edmeades on Twitter/X: https://x.com/EricEdmeades👋 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.#metabolichealth #bloodsugar #glucosecontrol
Ultimate Guide to Glucose | What Is Glucose and What Does It Do for the Body? | Dr. Robert Lustig Levels 2024-07-03 | We recently worked with Levels advisor and metabolic health expert Dr. Rob Lustig to create a comprehensive video series about metabolic health, including this one on Glucose. Now, you can access all 40 videos like this – for Free!The videos cover a range of topics, including: Metabolic Health, Insulin, Inflammation, Aging, Exercise & Lifestyle, Macronutrients & NutritionGo to levels.link/masterclass to get access to the full video series and keep reading for more on Glucose.What Is Glucose and What Does It Do for the Body?Levels Advisor Robert Lustig, MD, explains the roles glucose plays for cells.🍴 We get glucose from food.🔥 It is a substrate for both growth and burning.🔋 Glucose powers mitochondria, the energy-burning factories in our cells, so they can make adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP is the body’s universal energy currency.🔄 Glucose can be turned into lipids for cell membranes, ribose for DNA, and proteins for structural growth.But how do your cells know what to do with the glucose coming in at any given time?#metabolichealth #metabolism #energy #glucose#metabolichealth #metabolism #CGM #levelshealth #healthtips #healthy #healthylife #bloodsugar👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
How Insulin Resistance Blocks the Flow of Energy and Why We Need “Good Energy” Levels 2024-07-02 | For A Whole New Level, Levels Cofounder, Casey Means, MD, joined Editorial Director Mike Haney to discuss Means’s process of writing “Good Energy” and why the book came to fruition. ⚡️ Part of that discussion focuses on the problem with insulin resistance:- Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas. In response to glucose (blood sugar) rising in the bloodstream after a meal, insulin is released.- It signals cells to let glucose in so that cells can use it for energy to do their mamy jobs.- But if we repeatedly eat foods that cause blood sugar spikes, we continually have insulin surges.- Eventually our cells can become resistant to all that insulin signaling. They stop letting glucose in. That’s when we have insulin resistance.- Insulin resistance can lead to a host of issues, including low energy, which can prevent us from living our fullest lives.#metabolichealth #goodenergy #healthylife #whywegetsick #insulinresistanceGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
How To Keep Blood Sugar More Stable and Why Levels 2024-06-30 | Sign Up to Get Your Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/youtubeLevels members share how they’re learning about their metabolic health. Paired with painless continuous glucose monitors, Levels helps you see and understand your blood sugar in real time. By monitoring how foods affect your health via the Levels app, you can learn how to keep your blood sugar more stable. And here’s why that matters.👇🙌 Keeping blood sugar more stable can help you do the following:- boost energy throughout the day- avoid energy slumps- sleep better- improve your mood and mental health- curb cravings- lose weight- balance hormones- prevent disease- live longer- feel better- and more#metabolichealth #weightloss #boostenergy #feelbetter #bloodsugar🔗 LINKS:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1👋 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.
WARNING Signs You’re NOT Healthy: A Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Diet | Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-06-27 | Levels Advisor Casey Means, MD, explains.😕 About 45% of American Adults now have fatty liver disease.⚠️ Fatty liver disease makes the liver insulin-resistant.🫠 We’re eating too much fructose, and it’s overwhelming the liver.✅ What you can do—eliminate the following as much as possible:- high-fructose corn syrup- soda- juice- packaged foods- refined sugars- refined carbohydrates#metabolichealth #metabolism #CGM #levelshealth #healthtips #healthy #healthylife #bloodsugar#metabolichealth #bloodsugar #fattyliverdisease #CGM👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Why It’s OK and Even Good To Take a Break To Fuel “Good Energy” Levels 2024-06-25 | For A Whole New Level, Levels Cofounder, Casey Means, MD, joined Editorial Director Mike Haney to discuss Means’s process of writing “Good Energy” and why the book came to fruition. Part of that discussion focuses on the creative process, in which Means allowed herself time to let ideas marinate- We live in a capitalistic, always-on society, where being busy is championed and taking breaks is considered lazy.- But that way of living doesn’t translate to our best health, enjoyment of life, or realizing our full potential.- Some of the greatest epiphanies and creative moments we have will come when we’re experiencing a more idle pace.- We need downtime to think, process, and synthesize our experiences, what we’re learning, what we’ve practiced, and more.#metabolichealth #goodenergy #healthylife #whywegetsickGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Why We Should Treat Our Bodies as We Do Our Machines, with Levels Cofounder Josh Clemente Levels 2024-06-23 | Josh Clemente points out a flaw in the way we approach health care. We tend to over-generalize it rather than focus on an individual’s unique biomarkers and other data points.Instead, we should treat our bodies like we do an airplane, where diagnostics and care are based on the individual machine’s metrics.CGM and other biometric devices offer individualized real-time data that a person can use to make choices and create strategies for improving health and preventing disease.#metabolichealth #healthcare #biometrics #CGM👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
10 Simple Tips for Better Blood Sugar Control and More Energy | “Glucose Goddess” Jessie Inchauspé Levels 2024-06-20 | Levels Co-founder Casey Means, MD, and “Glucose Goddess” Jessie Inchauspé talked about all things glucose, including Inchauspé’s top hacks for better blood sugar control. ✅ The Glucose Goddess hacks:- Have a savory breakfast (not a sweet one).- Eat your veggies first at every meal.- Never eat sugar on an empty stomach (only as dessert after a meal).- After you eat, use your muscles for 10 minutes (e.g., go for a 10-minute walk).- Have some apple cider vinegar diluted in water before a meal.- Put clothing on your carbs (i.e., eat them with fat, protein, and fiber)- Have a savory snack instead of a sweet one.#metabolichealth #bloodsugar #nonakedcarbs #savoryvssweet Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Warning signs you’re not healthy: you have metabolic dysfunction | Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-06-18 | Levels Advisor Casey Means, MD, explains.⚠️ About 88% of American adults have at least one biomarker of metabolic dysfunction.But many people may not even realize it unless they have undergone the correct labs and know how to interpret them.✅ Triglyceride to HDL ratio: Optimal is less than1:1This ratio is a great surrogate marker of whether we are insulin-resistant.✅ Fasting insulin: Optimal is less than 10 microunits per milliliterFasting insulin helps us see what’s going on with metabolic dysfunction earlier than our standard lab tests like glucose.✅ Hemoglobin A1c: Optimal is less than 5.5%A lot of doctors order this test for their patients. It shows your average glucose levels over the past three months.#metabolichealth #metabolism #CGM #cholesterol #bloodsugar👋 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:Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/shortsSubscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
Why “Good Energy” Is a Call to Action for Individuals and the Health Care System | Dr. Casey Means Levels 2024-06-16 | For A Whole New Level, Levels Cofounder, Casey Means, MD, joined Editorial Director Mike Haney to discuss Means’s process of writing “Good Energy” and why the book came to fruition. 🤕 People are getting sicker every year, yet health care costs in the United States continue to skyrocket. Why? The system is broken.🙁 Metabolic dysfunction is a root cause of chronic diseases and their symptoms, yet the health care system does not address metabolic health until it’s woefully dysfunctional.💪 “Good Energy” is meant to empower people to address their metabolic health now with actionable tips so that they can live their longest, healthiest lives.#metabolichealth #goodenergy #healthylife #whywegetsickGet Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/shorts👋 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:Subscribe here on YouTube: youtube.com/@levels?sub_confirmation=1
