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The Explainer

Does blood sugar affect heart rate?

Stephanie Eckelkamp
🕗 7 MIN READ
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The Explainer

What can weight tell you about your metabolic health?

Leslie Goldman, MPH
🕗 10 MIN READ
This supplement is for more than GI issues. It also helps manage blood sugar, insulin, and LDL cholesterol.
The Explainer

What is psyllium husk, and what can it do for metabolic health?

Stephanie Eckelkamp
🕗 8 MIN READ
Combining biometric tracking, wearables, and the world of "omics" will someday guide lifestyle choices and treatments uniquely suited to you.
The Explainer

How precision medicine will transform the future of metabolic healthcare

Jessie Sebor
🕗 12 MIN READ
Post-menopausal women have an increased risk of cardiometabolic disease. Here’s how a CGM can help you focus on metabolic health.
The Explainer

How continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can help during menopause

The Levels Team
🕗 9 MIN READ
Woman with PCOS using a continuous glucose monitor
The Explainer

Using continuous glucose monitoring in people with PCOS

Jennifer Chesak
🕗 6 MIN READ
The readings on continuous glucose monitors can vary from sensor to sensor, but you can still learn a lot from the shape of the data.
The Explainer

Why CGMs are accurate enough for diet feedback (even if the numbers vary)

The Levels Team
🕗 3 MIN READ
A late dinnertime may lead to more significant blood sugar spikes, increased fat storage, slower metabolic rate, and other consequences.
The Explainer

How does dinner timing affect metabolic health?

Stephanie Eckelkamp
🕗 8 MIN READ
Insulin sensitivity is crucial to proper blood sugar management and metabolic health. Learn how to improve your body’s responsiveness to this vital hormone.
The Explainer

How to improve insulin sensitivity

Stephanie Eckelkamp
🕗 8 MIN READ
Several supplements and practices claim to lower blood sugar naturally—here's what the research says and which ones are worth trying
The Explainer

7 Alternative natural ways to lower blood sugar

Sharon Liao
🕗 8 MIN READ
Keeping blood sugar balanced—in an optimal range—is fundamental to better metabolic health and feeling better. Here’s what you need to know.
The Explainer

How to balance blood sugar and why it matters

Stephanie Eckelkamp
🕗 5 MIN READ
How damage to the gut barrier may interrupt physiological processes, impair metabolic health, and contribute to disease—and what you can do about it.
The Explainer

What is leaky gut, and how does it affect health?

Zoë Atlas, MPH, RDN
🕗 7 MIN READ

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