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Weight Loss

Using a CGM for weight loss

A continuous glucose monitor can show you the foods that help you maintain stable blood sugar so you can reach your goal on the scale.

Joy Manning, RD

December 1, 2023

8 min read

Dr. Ami Kapadia

8 min read

Why is it harder for women to lose weight?

Weight Loss

The Explainer

Why is it harder for women to lose weight?

A combination of hormonal and metabolic differences makes losing weight harder for women compared to men. Here, a Levels advisor explains why.

Gretchen Lidicker

November 24, 2023

7 min read

Sara Gottfried, MD

7 min read

Weight Loss

Expert Q&A

How do weight-loss medications like Ozempic affect metabolic health?

Dr. Rob Lustig discusses GLP-1 receptor agonist mediations, how they work, and why they're not the answer to the obesity crisis.

The Levels Team

November 15, 2023

14 minutes read

How does menopause impact weight and metabolic health?

Women's Health

Ultimate Guide

How does menopause impact weight and metabolic health?

Weight gain is common during menopause, but we often miss the underlying relationship to insulin and other hormonal changes.

Jennifer Chesak

June 30, 2023

7 min read

Anjali Dsouza, MD

7 min read

Weight Loss

Ultimate Guide

The relationship between sleep and weight loss

Poor or limited sleep can drive metabolic dysfunction and make healthy weight management more difficult through multiple mechanisms.

Jennifer Cook

June 10, 2022

10 min read

Rich Joseph, MD

10 min read

Charlette Plinneke finds renewed energy and weight loss at 64

Inside Levels

Member Stories

Charlette Plinneke finds renewed energy and weight loss at 64

Charlette found out her fasting blood glucose was high, but CGM helped her bring it down—and she lost 16 pounds and eight inches off her waistline.

Jessica Migala

May 31, 2022

4 min read

How I solved my health issues on my own — and how Levels would have made the experience so much easier

Inside Levels

Personal Story

How I solved my health issues on my own — and how Levels would have made the experience so much easier

Mike Haney

May 27, 2022

5 min read

Are chemicals in our products making us sick and obese?

Weight Loss

Expert Q&A

Are chemicals in our products making us sick and obese?

Dr. Rob Lustig discussed newly published landmark research showing how certain environmental toxins can lead to obesity.

The Levels Team

April 26, 2022

22 min read

Metabolic Health

Expert Q&A

Isabelle Kenyon, founder of Calibrate, wants to improve metabolic health to drive sustainable weight loss

The company focuses on metabolic health through intensive lifestyle intervention and GLP-1 medication. Here’s how it works and what they’ve found.

Jessica Migala

March 1, 2022

6 min read

Aimee L. lost 20 pounds just by eating for stable blood sugar

Inside Levels

Member Stories

Aimee L. lost 20 pounds just by eating for stable blood sugar

After discovering she had high blood sugar at a health fair at work, Aimee used a CGM to get her glucose under control.

Jessica Migala

January 17, 2022

3 min read

How Betsy McLaughlin changed her diet and lost 81 pounds through glucose monitoring

Inside Levels

Member Stories

How Betsy McLaughlin changed her diet and lost 81 pounds through glucose monitoring

The former CEO and executive leader shares how CGM changed her idea of healthy food and radically improved her metabolic health

The Levels Team

November 18, 2021

Women's Health

The Explainer

Six ways metabolic health impacts women’s health

Here's how obesity, skin health, and other issues are fundamentally rooted in blood sugar dysfunction and insulin resistance.

Ashley Welch

November 15, 2021

11 min read

Dr. Molly Maloof

11 min read

How calorie-counters can eat for better metabolic health

Weight Loss

Metabolic Eating for Everyone

How calorie-counters can eat for better metabolic health

Calorie counting alone rarely leads to sustained weight loss. Here’s why type of calories matters more, and how stable blood sugar can help keep those pounds off.

Glenn Murphy

September 7, 2021

6 min read

Weight Loss

The Explainer

Using a CGM for weight loss

A continuous glucose monitor can show you the foods that help you maintain stable blood sugar so you can reach your goal on the scale.

Joy Manning, RD

December 1, 2023

8 min read

Dr. Ami Kapadia

8 min read

Weight Loss

The Explainer

Why is it harder for women to lose weight?

A combination of hormonal and metabolic differences makes losing weight harder for women compared to men. Here, a Levels advisor explains why.

Gretchen Lidicker

November 24, 2023

7 min read

Sara Gottfried, MD

7 min read

Weight Loss

Expert Q&A

How do weight-loss medications like Ozempic affect metabolic health?

Dr. Rob Lustig discusses GLP-1 receptor agonist mediations, how they work, and why they're not the answer to the obesity crisis.

The Levels Team

November 15, 2023

14 minutes read

Women's Health

Ultimate Guide

How does menopause impact weight and metabolic health?

Weight gain is common during menopause, but we often miss the underlying relationship to insulin and other hormonal changes.

Jennifer Chesak

June 30, 2023

7 min read

Anjali Dsouza, MD

7 min read

Weight Loss

Ultimate Guide

The relationship between sleep and weight loss

Poor or limited sleep can drive metabolic dysfunction and make healthy weight management more difficult through multiple mechanisms.

Jennifer Cook

June 10, 2022

10 min read

Rich Joseph, MD

10 min read

Inside Levels

Member Stories

Charlette Plinneke finds renewed energy and weight loss at 64

Charlette found out her fasting blood glucose was high, but CGM helped her bring it down—and she lost 16 pounds and eight inches off her waistline.

Jessica Migala

May 31, 2022

4 min read

Inside Levels

Personal Story

How I solved my health issues on my own — and how Levels would have made the experience so much easier

Mike Haney

May 27, 2022

5 min read

Weight Loss

Expert Q&A

Are chemicals in our products making us sick and obese?

Dr. Rob Lustig discussed newly published landmark research showing how certain environmental toxins can lead to obesity.

The Levels Team

April 26, 2022

22 min read

Metabolic Health

Expert Q&A

Isabelle Kenyon, founder of Calibrate, wants to improve metabolic health to drive sustainable weight loss

The company focuses on metabolic health through intensive lifestyle intervention and GLP-1 medication. Here’s how it works and what they’ve found.

Jessica Migala

March 1, 2022

6 min read

Inside Levels

Member Stories

Aimee L. lost 20 pounds just by eating for stable blood sugar

After discovering she had high blood sugar at a health fair at work, Aimee used a CGM to get her glucose under control.

Jessica Migala

January 17, 2022

3 min read

Inside Levels

Member Stories

How Betsy McLaughlin changed her diet and lost 81 pounds through glucose monitoring

The former CEO and executive leader shares how CGM changed her idea of healthy food and radically improved her metabolic health

The Levels Team

November 18, 2021

Women's Health

The Explainer

Six ways metabolic health impacts women’s health

Here's how obesity, skin health, and other issues are fundamentally rooted in blood sugar dysfunction and insulin resistance.

Ashley Welch

November 15, 2021

11 min read

Dr. Molly Maloof

11 min read

Weight Loss

Metabolic Eating for Everyone

How calorie-counters can eat for better metabolic health

Calorie counting alone rarely leads to sustained weight loss. Here’s why type of calories matters more, and how stable blood sugar can help keep those pounds off.

Glenn Murphy

September 7, 2021

6 min read

Weight Loss

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