How insulin and glucose affect reproductive health
In this excerpt from "Why We Get Sick," Ben Bikman explains the key role insulin and glucose play in pregnancy and birth.
Women's Health
In this excerpt from "Why We Get Sick," Ben Bikman explains the key role insulin and glucose play in pregnancy and birth.
How this busy toddler mom and CEO of a DNA-based supplement company used a CGM to balance her blood sugar and watch her energy levels soar.
Is fructose bad for you? Fructose is a natural sugar, but as an added sweetener, its metabolic impact can be severe.
Years of on-and-off dieting never led to lasting weight loss. Then Lee started controlling her blood sugar, and lost 15 pounds without trying.
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.
Here’s what “processed” actually means, how these foods impact your metabolic health, and how to avoid the worst of them in the grocery aisles
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
Here's why the activist philanthropist believes more personalized data and better systems will help us all live healthier lives
Why would adding cinnamon to your meal affect your glucose levels? Here’s what the research shows and some tips for working cinnamon into your diet.
Here’s how shrinking the number of hours you spend eating can help stabilize glucose levels and improve your overall health
In this excerpt from "Why We Get Sick," Ben Bikman explains the key role insulin and glucose play in pregnancy and birth.
How this busy toddler mom and CEO of a DNA-based supplement company used a CGM to balance her blood sugar and watch her energy levels soar.
Is fructose bad for you? Fructose is a natural sugar, but as an added sweetener, its metabolic impact can be severe.
Years of on-and-off dieting never led to lasting weight loss. Then Lee started controlling her blood sugar, and lost 15 pounds without trying.
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.
Here’s what “processed” actually means, how these foods impact your metabolic health, and how to avoid the worst of them in the grocery aisles
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
Here's why the activist philanthropist believes more personalized data and better systems will help us all live healthier lives
Why would adding cinnamon to your meal affect your glucose levels? Here’s what the research shows and some tips for working cinnamon into your diet.
Here’s how shrinking the number of hours you spend eating can help stabilize glucose levels and improve your overall health