Chef Paul Canales discusses how wearing a CGM changed his approach to crafting dishes, including experimenting with starches, educating kitchen staff, and making healthier swaps. He emphasizes mindful eating, fasting, and making the best choices at restaurants. Ben Grynol shares insights on achieving metabolic health through personalized choices.

Bestselling author Aaron Dignan and Levels CEO Sam Corcos discuss startup org design, team leadership, setting objectives, coordination, and performance evals. They touch on creating a culture of constraint, avoiding micromanagement, and the hierarchy of work. Don't turn performance management into a binary and emphasize that performance is a team sport.

This director of sports nutrition used a CGM and was shocked to see how his body responded to oatmeal. In sharing his CGM experience with his athletes, he emphasizes that everyone’s body responds to food differently, and urges them to get their lifestyle habits and routines in place before trying to change nutrition. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/itc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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 Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. 🎙 What Levels’ Head of Growth Ben Grynol and Director of Sports Nutrition for the Miami Dolphins, John Parenti discuss: (05:08) – An eye-opening experience (06:45) – Check in with your body (07:48) – Find a routine (12:34) – Less is more (26:24) – It’s all about structure (30:17) – Drill the fundamentals (37:29) – You are what you do (39:25)  – Know your players (48:27) – Sleep is the key (52:07) – Be a coach ⁠Transcripts & Show Notes⁠ 🔗 Helpful links: Watch the conversation: ⁠https://youtu.be/Xep8hKidQQw⁠ Find us on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1⁠ John Parenti fuels up for how he wants to feel: ⁠https://levelshealth.com/blog/john-parenti-fuels-up-for-how-he-wants-to-feel

Experts in non-technical SEO discuss the importance of high-quality content, user engagement metrics, and strategies for creating comprehensive SEO content. They emphasize the significance of prioritizing quality over technical hacks and explore the impact of referral traffic and backlinks on website rankings.

How does a former bodybuilder go from carb-loading to eating for longevity and fertility with IVF? Here’s a look at the journey of healthy eating from a fitness competitor turned nutrition coach in this conversation between Sara Beemer & Ben Grynol. Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/itc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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 Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. 🎙 What Sara Beemer and Levels’ Ben Grynol discuss: (16:22) – Find your motivation (26:00) – Make gradual changes (27:52) – Create good sleep habits (29:57) – Don’t be extreme (33:00) – The benefits of meditation (37:27) – Schedule out your week (43:27) – Try new things (47:54) – Understand what’s going on in your body (52:13) – Let your kids learn with you ⁠Transcripts & Show Notes⁠ 🔗 Helpful links: Watch the conversation: ⁠https://youtu.be/DhE_8BO60mI⁠ CGM helped Sara Salter Beemer stop carb-loading and enjoy fat again: ⁠https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/cgm-helped-sara-salter-beemer-stop-carb-loading-and-feel-better⁠ Find us on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1⁠

Nik Sharma and Ben Grynol discuss building a brand in the direct-to-consumer space. They emphasize driving consumer awareness, providing valuable content, and paying attention to how you pitch your audience. The podcast explores challenges in brand perception, adapting strategies based on user behavior, and maximizing brand success through user-generated content in DTC marketing.

While recovering from a tragic car accident that caused Elena Schuber to go into a coma, Elena started to learn how to improve her physical health through dietary, lifestyle, and habit changes because she became well-attuned to her body’s responses to certain foods. Now a health and wellness practitioner, Elena advises her clients to monitor their blood glucose levels and be present with their own bodies. Listen as Elena shares her experience with Levels with Ben Grynol as she discovers how stress, food sequencing, and behavior changes affect her blood glucose levels. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/itc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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 Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. ⁠Transcript & Show notes⁠ 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Figuring out the path to employee growth in a startup company requires experimentation and then execution. Rachel Sanders, CEO of Rootine, chatted with Ben Grynol to dig into our philosophy on team growth at Levels and how we think about it as a function within our growing company. Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/itc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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 Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Edie Horstman’s health journey contains orthorexia and PCOS—both of which she was able to overcome or put into remission as she tells Ben Grynol in this episode. Look for multiple new shows per week on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about metabolic health and how the Levels startup team builds a wellness movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://levels.link/itc⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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 Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry. 🔗 Helpful links: Watch the conversation: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/YPP-X-ACWbY⁠⁠ Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Sam Corcos and Josh Clemente discuss treating people like adults, assuming best intent, being open to ideas, addressing negative feedback, making feedback transparent, cultural alignment, exclusive hiring process, self-improvement, getting rid of gossip, and giving people agency.