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Research shows why you should exercise after breakfast

We asked a metabolic health researcher to break down a new paper on the effect of exercise after breakfast in reducing blood sugar

Matthew Laye, PhD

August 26, 2021

6 min read

Recent research shows the dangers of sugary drinks for kids

Nutrition

Metabolic Research Roundup

Recent research shows the dangers of sugary drinks for kids

Sugar-sweetened beverages consumed early in life may impact not only weight but also brain and liver health

Mike Haney

July 1, 2021

5 min read

Casey Means, MD

5 min read

New study shows immediate and lasting benefits to that post-meal walk

Exercise

Research Highlight

New study shows immediate and lasting benefits to that post-meal walk

A study of people without diabetes found even moderate exercise after eating lowered both glucose and insulin.

A.M. Hammond

June 11, 2021

3 min read

What a can of Coke—with and without a walk after—does to your blood sugar

Inside Levels

Community Experiment

What a can of Coke—with and without a walk after—does to your blood sugar

In the first Levels internal experiment, we found that a simple walk helped mitigate the blood sugar spike from a can of soda.

The Levels Team

June 2, 2021

4 min read

Nutrition

Metabolic Research Roundup

Why do we crave sweets, and how can we stop?

Several recent studies look at the effect of sugar on hunger, why our brain wants sugar, and how we can train ourselves away from those cravings.

Mike Haney

May 5, 2021

6 min read

Examining the value of a prediabetes diagnosis

Metabolic Health

Metabolic Research Roundup

Examining the value of a prediabetes diagnosis

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.

The Levels Team

March 26, 2021

6 min read

Exercise

Research Highlight

Research shows why you should exercise after breakfast

We asked a metabolic health researcher to break down a new paper on the effect of exercise after breakfast in reducing blood sugar

Matthew Laye, PhD

August 26, 2021

6 min read

Nutrition

Metabolic Research Roundup

Recent research shows the dangers of sugary drinks for kids

Sugar-sweetened beverages consumed early in life may impact not only weight but also brain and liver health

Mike Haney

July 1, 2021

5 min read

Casey Means, MD

5 min read

Exercise

Research Highlight

New study shows immediate and lasting benefits to that post-meal walk

A study of people without diabetes found even moderate exercise after eating lowered both glucose and insulin.

A.M. Hammond

June 11, 2021

3 min read

Inside Levels

Community Experiment

What a can of Coke—with and without a walk after—does to your blood sugar

In the first Levels internal experiment, we found that a simple walk helped mitigate the blood sugar spike from a can of soda.

The Levels Team

June 2, 2021

4 min read

Nutrition

Metabolic Research Roundup

Why do we crave sweets, and how can we stop?

Several recent studies look at the effect of sugar on hunger, why our brain wants sugar, and how we can train ourselves away from those cravings.

Mike Haney

May 5, 2021

6 min read

Metabolic Health

Metabolic Research Roundup

Examining the value of a prediabetes diagnosis

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.

The Levels Team

March 26, 2021

6 min read

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