Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Paul Canales, Head Chef of Duende Restaurant in Oakland, California. They dived into Paul's journey with metabolic health and how his introduction to Levels changed his perspective on the way he crafts dishes at home and at his restaurant. 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 healthsp...
May 11, 2022•54 min•Ep. 119
Why is matcha causing a glucose spike? What about chicken soup or sushi? How do we take cinnamon and vinegar? My exercise is causing a spike, is this good? 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 li...
May 10, 2022•12 min•Ep. 118
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Multimedia Producer, Tony Milio, about his previous experience in the world of film and video production, his journey to Levels and how he's scaling our multimedia content efforts today. 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 ...
May 09, 2022•35 min•Ep. 117
Levels Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, chatted with our advisor, Dr. David Perlmutter on the discovery of how the elevation of uric acid in the body is a causative mechanism in the development of metabolic diseases, and one of the key links between obesity, diabetes, heart disease, neurologic diseases like dementia, ADHD, fatty liver disease, and more. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl They also covered: The several mechanisms of how uric acid c...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 116
Multitasking is not a productive way to spend a workday. At Levels, we work hard to protect everyone’s time so they can accomplish their goals. Listen as Ben Grynol chats with Sam Corcos and Michael ‘Miz’ Mizrahi about the pitfalls of context-switching at work. They talked about distractions while working remotely and the best ways to prevent context switching, especially in an asynchronous work environment, and dove into ways to minimize distractions to maximize output. Sign Up to Get Your Free...
May 05, 2022•55 min•Ep. 115
Levels Head of Clinical Product, Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew, chatted with Executive Chairman and CEO of FemTech Health, Dr. Kimon Angelides. They dived into how FemTech is committed to helping women at different stages of their lives and why understanding metabolic health is fundamental to every aspect of women's health. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve he...
May 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 114
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, discuss if certain foods are an "Eat or Pass." They cover seeds and nuts, wild salmon vs. farmed salmon as well as the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15. 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 c...
May 03, 2022•13 min•Ep. 113
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with one of our newest Levels team members, Dan Summers, to hear about Dan's previous experience as an aerospace engineer at SpaceX, what brought him to Levels and why our mission is important to 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...
May 02, 2022•43 min•Ep. 112
Obesity and chronic disease are fallouts from the lack of real human connection. Underneath biomarkers like glucose and physical aspects like mitochondrial dysfunctions are the root causes of disease: hijacked reward pathways, chronic stress due to constant threat mode, and the global human disconnect. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl In this discussion between Levels’ advisor Dr. Molly Maloof and our co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Casey Mean...
Apr 29, 2022•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 111
Levels Founder and President, Josh Clemente, chatted with our Operations Specialist, Jesse Lavine, and friend of Levels, Chris Truglio, about their experiences and challenges living with Type 1 Diabetes and how Levels' efforts to educate the general public on metabolic health could positively impact the Type 1 Diabetes community in the future. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 110
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Principal Designer, Brett Redinger, about the topics of behavior change, habit formation and how it all relates to an app's entire design. 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), providin...
Apr 26, 2022•45 min•Ep. 109
To create a movement with philanthropy, you need to find voices and advocates to be successful. We explore the cross-section of where philanthropy, health, and wellness meet with philanthropist Esther Dyson, founder of the nonprofit Wellville, in this episode with Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew. Esther shifted her investments from healthcare in order to bring more of her attention to the health and wellness space and CGMs. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth...
Apr 25, 2022•54 min•Ep. 108
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Co-Founder and CEO, Sam Corcos, and Head of Operations, Michael 'Miz' Mizrahi, about how we all scale our time at Levels to be effective team members. We achieve this with Executive Assistants (EAs) from a company called, Athena. They dived into how we delegate and outsource tasks to Athena and why they are an important part of our company. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how ...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 107
The history of the Big Food and Big Sugar industries still affect our metabolic health today. Learn more in this conversation between Dr. Robert Lustig and Ben Grynol. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you ...
Apr 21, 2022•51 min•Ep. 106
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with Editorial Director, Mike Haney, to provide us with a TLDR of the Levels blog article, "Why have dietary guidelines been so wrong, and how do they still need to change?" 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 g...
Apr 20, 2022•34 min•Ep. 105
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, chatted with Growth Advisor and SEO Strategic Consultant, Eli Schwartz. They discussed the idea of SEO as a strategic growth lever and what are the most efficient and inefficient ways of using it. 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 Member...
Apr 19, 2022•57 min•Ep. 104
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Software Engineer, Dave ten Have, about Dave's backstory as a co-founder of Omniblox, how he became an engineer and what he's looking forward to accomplishing in the future. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and conti...
Apr 18, 2022•50 min•Ep. 103
Content creator, Austin McGuffie, AKA Metabolism Mentor, chatted with Levels advisor, Dr. Ben Bikman, about all the different facets of metabolic health including how insulin resistance can affect every person differently based on gender, age and even ethnicity. 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 acces...
Apr 15, 2022•43 min•Ep. 102
Levels Head of Member Experience, Chris Jones, sat down with SVP and GM of Diagnostics at Truepill, an online B2B pharmacy delivery service. They chatted about supply chain infrastructure for prescriptions as well as how it relates to our Levels ecosystem and the future of the healthcare and prescription process. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goa...
Apr 13, 2022•51 min•Ep. 101
Creating consistent and cohesive documentation is key for the Levels engineering team. But that’s easier said than done. Ben Grynol talked with some of our software engineers, Maxine Whitely, Steph Coates, and Ian Schumann, to break down their approach to documentation. They talked about why it matters for an asynchronous remote team, how it mirrors building healthy habits, and why it’s worth it to invest in documentation now for everyone on the team as well as how it will benefit future enginee...
Apr 11, 2022•53 min•Ep. 100
It can be a challenge to reach the communities you want to impact most. How do you know you’re taking the right steps and making the right connections? The good news is it doesn’t have to happen overnight or with one big initiative; you just have to work consistently with the communities. In this episode, Ben Grynol talked with one of our investors and Co-Founder of RareBreed Ventures, McKeever “Mac” Conwell. They chatted about the idea of reaching communities that are most impacted by poor meta...
Apr 08, 2022•51 min•Ep. 99
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Head of Success, Mike DiDonato. They deconstructed the idea about mindset and how it relates to some of the situations Mike has faced over the past month. 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),...
Apr 06, 2022•57 min•Ep. 98
Landmark new research published by Dr. Rob Lustig and dozens of other scientists shows us for the first time the intricate mechanisms of how environmental chemicals directly cause obesity, uncovering the latest research on this class of chemicals called obesogens. In this conversation between Dr. Rob Lustig and Dr. Casey Means, they discuss what products and environmental toxins we need to be aware of, how they are impacting our cells and causing metabolic dysfunction, and what we can do to prot...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 97
Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, sat down with our Software Engineer, Ian Schumann, to chat about Ian’s past experience with linguistics as well as the idea of finding meaning and connection in life and work, especially in an async remote culture like 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 ac...
Apr 04, 2022•52 min•Ep. 96
Rachel Sanders, CEO of Rootine, chatted with our Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, to dig into our philosophy on Growth and how we think about it as a function within our growing company. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time f...
Apr 01, 2022•54 min•Ep. 95
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, Head of Global Operations, Josh Mohrer (JM), chatted with Will Wong, one of the partners at Andreessen Horowitz, a lead investor of Levels. They dived into Will's extensive experience with e-mail and performance marketing at Dropbox, Twitch and Disney Streaming. They also dug into how e-mail is a strong lever in building engagement and why companies should consider this as a strong distribution channel. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ht...
Mar 30, 2022•57 min•Ep. 94
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with one of the earliest team members of Levels, Mike DiDonato, Head of Success. They chatted about the early days and history of the company and how we have scaled from a team of six, two years ago, to now a team of almost 50. 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 g...
Mar 28, 2022•48 min•Ep. 93
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Levels Data Scientist, Helena Belloff, chatted about some of the implications around data collection, what we can do with it and how we extrapolate it to find correlations. 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...
Mar 25, 2022•46 min•Ep. 92
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Head of Product, Scott Klein, chatted about the idea of zero to one- going from nothing to something at a startup. They dived into why this can be challenging to build and what it takes to be successful with it. 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 Lev...
Mar 23, 2022•53 min•Ep. 91
Sam Corcos, Levels CEO, sat down with Emma Casey, a Stanford student and podcaster for Seed Stage Stories. They chat about some of the main questions that students tackle like, “What should I study?” or “What should I major in?” and how these questions relate to a student’s career path. 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. ...
Mar 21, 2022•57 min•Ep. 90
