Does cold exposure improve metabolic health?
Research suggests that when you’re cold (but not shivering), tissue called brown fat may lower glucose and improve insulin sensitivity.
Metabolic Health
Research suggests that when you’re cold (but not shivering), tissue called brown fat may lower glucose and improve insulin sensitivity.
Continuous glucose monitors are just the beginning—here are six future technologies for measuring glucose and other key biomarkers.
Mike Barwis trains athletes with a rigorous approach to science and biometric data. Here’s what happened when he put on a CGM and had to face his own stats.
Several recent studies look at how we define prediabetes, how likely it is to progress to diabetes, and its utility as an early metabolic health warning.
Natalie was young, fit and ate well—so why did she feel so bad? She had insulin resistance related to PCOS. How CGM helped on her path to wellness.
In part three of Ben Bikman’s series, he looks at the effects of energy and hormones on insulin resistance and offers tips for building an insulin-friendly diet
Levels Investigates, The Explainer
We dispel some of the most common misconceptions about metabolism and blood sugar to help you make healthier diet and lifestyle decisions
The organisms that make up your microbiome impact how your body processes food and your overall health. Here's how you can keep your microbiome healthy.
Glucose is a simple carbohydrate, a monosaccharide, which means it is a single sugar. We get glucose from the food we eat.
Erectile dysfunction can be both a consequence of poor metabolic health and an early warning sign for conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
These are the doctors, researchers and experts who make us smarter about how diet and lifestyle affect our bodies and brains, and give us advice we can use.
A curated list of Levels’ favorite reads about how insulin, glucose and our modern diet affect our bodies and our world—and what we can do about it.
Four recent papers present convincing evidence that elevated glucose—even without a diabetes diagnosis—can be dangerous for COVID patients.
Quick answers to queries like why we measure glucose, how to avoid blood-sugar spikes, and when you can get Levels for yourself
Glucose is only one piece of the metabolic health puzzle, but it’s an important one. Here’s why we believe in glucose monitoring for more people.
Prediabetes is not just a warning diagnosis—it’s a severe metabolic disorder. Fortunately, you can reverse prediabetes with lifestyle and diet changes.
The "normal" ranges for cholesterol and other blood tests are far from optimal. We asked eight leading metabolic health experts what you should really aim for.
Research suggests that when you’re cold (but not shivering), tissue called brown fat may lower glucose and improve insulin sensitivity.
Continuous glucose monitors are just the beginning—here are six future technologies for measuring glucose and other key biomarkers.
Mike Barwis trains athletes with a rigorous approach to science and biometric data. Here’s what happened when he put on a CGM and had to face his own stats.
Several recent studies look at how we define prediabetes, how likely it is to progress to diabetes, and its utility as an early metabolic health warning.
Natalie was young, fit and ate well—so why did she feel so bad? She had insulin resistance related to PCOS. How CGM helped on her path to wellness.
In part three of Ben Bikman’s series, he looks at the effects of energy and hormones on insulin resistance and offers tips for building an insulin-friendly diet
Levels Investigates, The Explainer
We dispel some of the most common misconceptions about metabolism and blood sugar to help you make healthier diet and lifestyle decisions
The organisms that make up your microbiome impact how your body processes food and your overall health. Here's how you can keep your microbiome healthy.
Glucose is a simple carbohydrate, a monosaccharide, which means it is a single sugar. We get glucose from the food we eat.
Erectile dysfunction can be both a consequence of poor metabolic health and an early warning sign for conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
These are the doctors, researchers and experts who make us smarter about how diet and lifestyle affect our bodies and brains, and give us advice we can use.
A curated list of Levels’ favorite reads about how insulin, glucose and our modern diet affect our bodies and our world—and what we can do about it.
Four recent papers present convincing evidence that elevated glucose—even without a diabetes diagnosis—can be dangerous for COVID patients.