The Universal Experience of Being Alive

Episode Highlights With Dr. Kelley-Chew

• What metabolic dysfunction is and why this is so important to understand
• The flip side - what metabolic health and regulation is
• What role insulin plays in metabolic dysfunction
• Personalization of insulin response and what we can learn from it
• The shocking amount of added sugar most people are consuming
• Walking as one of the most powerful tools for blood sugar regulation
• How light impacts our circadian response and as a result, our glucose and metabolism
• Women’s health - how women differ from men metabolically and what we need to understand to optimize hormones and health
• How these things change during the cycle, during pregnancy, and through menopause
• The four pillars we can follow to optimize metabolic health: diet, (food pairing, timing, etc) movement, sleep, stress management

Resources We Mention

• Levels website (to sign up for Levels)
• Levels - Instagram
• Levels blog
• Lauren’s Instagram
• Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

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