109. Improving Metabolic Health and Body Composition Through Better Blood Sugar Balance | with Dr. Casey Means

**DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE AND IS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.** Get ready to get nerdy on today's episode. For today's show, we're talking with Dr. Casey Means from Levels Health. We're doing a deep dive into how blood sugar is a key component of all things related to cellular and metabolic health, disease prevention, and body composition. Proper blood sugar control isn't just for diabetics and pre-diabetics, it's for anyone trying to live a longer, healthier, happier life; anyone looking to perform better, and anyone looking to maintain a healthier body composition.  Casey Means, MD is a Stanford-trained physician, Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tech-enabled tools that can inform smart, personalized, and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices. Dr. Means's perspective has been recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Men's Health, Forbes, Business Insider, Techcrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Hill, Metabolism, Endocrine Today, and more. She has held past research positions at the NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, and NYU. Levels is the first biowearable system to provide real-time feedback on how food impacts your health in realtime. By leveraging continuous glucose monitoring technology, the Levels program helps users close the loop between health and daily lifestyle choices around food, exercise, sleep, and stress management. Our customers are losing weight, discovering their optimal diet, and improving long-term risk factors. In November, 2020, Levels raised a 12M seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Marc Randolph (co-founder, Netflix), Esther Dyson, Dick Costolo (former CEO, Twitter), Michael Arrington (Founder, TechCrunch),  Matt Dellavedova (NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers), and others. Levels is currently running a closed beta program focused on product development and has a waitlist of over 115,000 people. Follow Dr. Casey on IG here. Follow Levels on IG here. ---- Interested in working with EDF Coaching to reach your fitness and lifestyle goals? Click here to inquire!  WHERE TO FIND ME: Instagram YouTube Website (sign up for the email list here!) EmandDarbyPresets Instagram Legion Athletics - Code Embody Cured Nutrition - Code Emily ----------- The #JackedNNerdyTrainer At Home Program The #JackedNNerdyTrainer V I Program The #JackedNNerdyTrainer V II Program