LEVELS – A Whole New Level

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#51 - The science of breathwork (Emily Hunter & Mike Haney) Dec 09, 2021

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Levels' Head of Content, Mike Haney, sat down down with Emily Hunter, Registered Dietitian, Co-Founder and Head of Product of Othership: Breathing App (formerly known as Inward Breathwork). The app allows you to explore the ins and outs of your breath with guiding breathwork sessions to connect the body, brain, self, and other. Emily discusses the health benefits of breathing exercises as well as Othership's approach to breathwork.

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 lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(4:56) - Emily's introduction to breathwork

(9:49) - Breathwork vs. meditation

(12:00) - The benefit of deep, guided breathing

(15:30) - Upregulated breathwork (Wim Hof)

(18:37) - The link between breathwork and anxiety

(21:02) - Breathwork and insulin resistance

(22:20) - The long-term impact of breathwork

(27:20) - The Buteyko Method

(28:16) - Downregulated breathwork

(31:40) - Getting started with breathwork

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#50 - Changing the economics of an industry (Austen Allred & Ben Grynol) Dec 06, 2021

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Levels' Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Austen Allred, CEO of Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, to discuss his approach to career-focused and lower-risk education and how it leads to rewarding jobs.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(9:38) - The early days of Lambda School

(11:27) - Democratizing the Silicon Valley experience

(12:24) - The shortcomings of in-person bootcamps

(13:55) - Why class size doesn't matter

(15:07) - The value of adaptive education

(21:15) - Customization at scale is the next frontier

(24:19) - Adaptive education software

(26:48) - The norm is suboptimal

(33:36) - The value of scaled help

(41:57) - The biggest challenge for Lambda

(45:12) - Extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation

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#49 - Solving synchronicity with asynchronous communication (Sam Corcos, Andrew Conner & Scott Klein) Dec 03, 2021

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Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Head of Product, Scott Klein, and Head of Engineering, Andrew Conner, to discuss the complexities and best approaches to asynchronous communication.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(8:28) - Solving the puzzle of effective communication

(11:31) - The need for instant communication is rare

(12:58) - Setting guidelines for communication tools

(16:28) - Fighting the pull of synchronicity

(20:13) - Deprogramming new employees

(21:56) - Battling compulsive behaviors

(25:33) - Don't introduce friction

(31:30) - Leave opportunity for time-sensitive updates

(32:49) - The problem of channels and forums

(49:20) - Employee bonding is important

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#48 - Metabolism Mentor (Austin McGuffie & Tom Griffin) Dec 01, 2021

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Levels Head of Partnerships, Tom Griffin, sat down with content creator, Austin McGuffie AKA Metabolism Mentor, to discuss his journey with metabolic health and how to communicate complex ideas.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(9:49) - An introduction to insulin resistance

(16:15) - You can't have health without proper nutrition

(17:46) - Skinny does not equal healthy

(19:12) - Make content easy to understand

(21:20) - A sense of humor always helps

(24:31) - The pressure to be perfect

(34:11) - The power of food modification

(40:16) - Meet people where they are

(44:56) - How to raise healthy kids

(50:16) - Remove the ego from nutrition

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#47 - Surprising symptoms & diseases tied to insulin resistance & metabolism (Ben Bikman & Casey Means) Nov 29, 2021

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Many diseases traditionally associated with aging have a metabolic root cause, including seemingly-unrelated conditions like tinnitus and gallbladder stones. But with a metabolic origin (specifically with insulin resistance), there can be a metabolic solution. Blood glucose levels and insulin are tied to many more chronic diseases than just Type 2 Diabetes.

Ben Bikman, PhD, the doctor at the forefront of research and thought leadership on insulin resistance, digs deep in this video with Levels’ Chief Medical Officer and co-founder Dr. Casey Means to uncover the connection between metabolic health and surprising disorders that surface as a result of insulin resistance.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(8:49) - Declining health is not inevitable

(10:15) - The link between insulin resistance and tinnitus

(13:39) - We look at health through the lens of disease

(22:53) - Insulin resistance and the gallbladder

(28:32) - The appearance of fatty liver disease

(31:34) - Ways to clear the liver of fat

(35:00) - How fat tissue develops

(36:51) - How fat cells become insulin resistant

(46:21) - The power of a CGM

(48:36) - What is a healthy glucose level?

LINKS:

How hearing loss relates to metabolic health | Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/how-hearing-loss-relates-to-metabolic-health

Why too many focus on glucose, but not insulin | Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/why-too-many-focus-on-glucose-but-not-insulin

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Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/szGl8F1zl6I

#46 - Running a playbook for international expansion (Andy Schabelman & Ben Grynol) Nov 26, 2021

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Levels' Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Andy Schabelman, one of the first 30 employees at Airbnb who led their international expansion initiatives, sat down to discuss the nuances and complexities of scaling companies in new markets.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(3:11) - The grassroots growth of Airbnb

(4:45) - Looking beyond transactional growth

(10:08) - Tailing product to different cultures

(11:59) - Go beyond localization

(15:23) - Two methods of international growth

(18:14) - Different countries need a unique order of operations

(21:17) - Embrace a period of exploration

(30:23) - Keep an open mind

(32:07) - Learn from user behavior

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#45 - How to read a nutrition paper (Matt Laye & Mike Haney) Nov 24, 2021

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Mike Haney, Head of Content at Levels, sat down with Dr. Matt Laye, to discuss Matt's approach to deconstructing research based articles and what it means to actually digest a scientific based article.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(8:19) - The importance of scientific literacy

(11:29) - Determine the relevance of a study

(13:00) - Identify the question the study is exploring

(16:25) - Consider if the study is blind

(19:17) - Controlled versus observational studies

(22:21) - Take questionnaire data with a grain of salt

(28:43) - Consider funding sources

(34:21) - Take biases into account

(47:34) - The meaning of statistical significance

(54:17) - Studies provide a starting point for individual experimentation

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#44 - Creating engagement in a world of ever changing attention (Ali Spagnola & Ben Grynol) Nov 22, 2021

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Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with long-time Levels friend and content creator, Ali Spagnola, to discuss how she strikes a balance with her content in order to serve the ever-changing audiences and algorithms of social media.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(05:58) - What do you do when no diet works?
(10:58) - The breakthrough moment with Levels
(14:27) - Curating a list of 30 foods
(18:39) - There's no recipe for health
(24:52) - Let food take a backseat
(27:34) - The freedom of food pairing
(41:05) - Levels is (almost) a silver bullet
(45:14) - Levels can teach something to everyone

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#43 - One CEO's 81 pound weight loss using a Levels CGM (Betsy McLaughlin & Casey Means) Nov 18, 2021

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For 40 years, Betsy McLaughlin (former CEO of Hot Topic) worked out consistently and tried several diets—even bespoke nutrition programs—to change her metabolism and lose weight, but nothing worked. It all clicked when Betsy’s life coach and trainer introduced her to wearing a CGM through Levels. In this clip, Betsy shares her inspiring health journey and how Levels helped her understand what to eat and when to eat in order to optimize her metabolic health and see big changes quickly.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/how-betsy-mclaughlin-changed-her-diet-and-lost-81-pounds-through-glucose-monitoring

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#42 - Why remote and async teams should use Loom (Vinay Hiremath & Sam Corcos) Nov 17, 2021

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Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Vinay Hiremath, CEO of Loom, to discuss their outlook on remote and asynchronous communication and how Loom will benefit everyone in the workplace.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.

(07:51) - Meetings have an emotional appeal
(09:30) - Tag people in
(10:59) - Video is affective and temporal
(23:33) - Assume positive intent
(27:32) - Find creative ways to scale
(33:14) - Make information discoverable
(37:29) - Perfect is the enemy of done
(59:21) - Overwriting the role of writing

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