LEVELS – Inside the Company

Having good metabolic health can help you develop positive brain health and reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s or dementia. Emily Stong talks with Ben Grynol about how to take care of your brain and how using a CGM helped her throughout her pregnancy while living with gestational diabetes. 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. ⁠Transcripts & Show notes⁠ 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Ben Grynol & Michael Mizrahi discuss feedback in remote work, focusing on positive feedback, actionable feedback tied to OKRs, subjective feedback challenges, timing, delivery, and necessity. They emphasize honesty, openness, continuous improvement, and effective communication in remote environments.

While your mindset can’t always improve a bad situation, it can change your outlook on life. When Levels’ Head of Member Success, Mike DiDonato, had an unexpected—and unnecessary—emergency surgery, it changed his mindset on a lot of things. In this episode, Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Mike to deconstruct some ideas about mindset and how choosing your mindset relates to some of the situations Mike has faced over the past month. 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 Ben Grynol & Mike DiDonato discuss: (23:09) – You have to keep going (24:04) – Try to be still (24:53) – There’s always more to learn (29:20) – Resentment is distracting (31:08) – You are what you think about (35:02) – You’re responsible for your response (38:09) – Be the best version of yourself (39:49) – How to keep going (41:43) – Minimize your regrets (50:24) – Don’t project your expectations onto others ⁠⁠Transcripts & Show Notes⁠ 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Weight loss and physical transformation are significantly more mental and emotional than we think; it goes beyond diet and exercise. Fitness trainer and creator of Fit2Fat2Fit Drew Manning talks about how self-love is the piece to focus on for natural habit changes that can bring physical change. 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 Drew Manning and Levels’ Ben Grynol discuss: (06:15) – Drew’s journey (08:10) – The mental weight of an unhealthy lifestyle (09:10) – Don’t let body issues define your self-image (10:52) – Transformation isn’t just physical (23:46) – Un-training your brain (25:45) – The emotional connection to food (31:03) – It’s hard to be healthy (41:57) – Diets aren’t always healthy (45:44) – Your physical health affects your relationships (53:38) – Be comfortable with being uncomfortable ⁠Transcripts & Show Notes 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Michael Mizrahi and Sam Corcos discuss effective communication in the workplace, exploring the impact of communication platforms and the need for deep work. They share their experience of switching from Slack to Threads and the importance of asynchronous communication. They also discuss the blurred lines between social and work communication, the challenges of email burden and tracking action items, and the rise of Slack as a communication channel.

Deciding to prioritize preventative healthcare can be a way to proactively manage your health. In this Member Story, Lauren chats with Ben Grynol about how small habit changes in her lifestyle empowered her to take better control of her health. 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 Lauren & Ben Grynol discuss: 05:26 - Prevention is better than cure 07:22 - Figuring out personal risks 16:09 - The mean is not always a good thing 17:40 - “Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s normal.” 18:45 - Challenge yourself to do better 25:41 - It’s okay to feel overwhelmed 32:02 - Lauren’s takeaways 37:49 - You need to fully control of your body 46:27 - It’s not healthy just because it’s vegan 52:40 - Changing one step at a time Transcripts & Show notes 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

Josh Clemente and Sam Corcos discuss the importance of building trust and confidence in remote teams by assuming positive intent. They highlight the impact of clear communication on work performance, especially in a remote environment. Levels focuses on empowering people to improve their health through real-time feedback on diet and lifestyle choices. Tune in to learn how confidence and trust play a crucial role in team dynamics and professional success.

It’s possible to be athletic and physically fit but metabolically unhealthy. Listen as Cole Sager, eight-time CrossFit Games athlete, and Josh Clemente, Co-Founder at Levels, discuss the distinction between physical fitness and holistic metabolic health, and Cole’s realization that his health wasn’t in great shape according to his bloodwork. Cole shares his experience as a sports enthusiast, Spirit of the Games awardee, and Levels member and his journey toward metabolic health. Cole and Josh talk about determination, consistency, and advocacy for a metabolically healthy future while keeping athletic performance at the forefront. 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 Cole Sager & Josh Clemente discuss: (3:21) - Cole’s college football experience and how it helped him transition to CrossFit (11:51) - The distinction between acute physical fitness and holistic metabolic fitness (16:13) - The reality of the discomfort it takes to be physically fit (24:18) - Cole’s secrets behind athletic determination and consistency (26:45) - How Cole applies the principles of CrossFit in marriage, fatherhood, and life (30:38) - Winning The Spirit of the Games Award (34:50) - Cole’s mission is to help people achieve better health and fitness (39:18) - Food bridges the gap between acute physical fitness and overall metabolic health (45:25) - How high-intensity training triggers big glucose spikes (56:14) - How the CrossFit community approaches the metabolic theory of health and wellness Transcripts & Show Notes 🔗 Helpful links: Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1

How many times do you get clear about your priorities, and then get distracted and focus on something completely unimportant because it feels productive? This is what we at Levels call “bikeshedding,” and here we talk about how it happens in companies, and how people can think in order to avoid it. 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 CEO and Co-Founder Sam Corcos and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss: (03:19) - The idea of shaving a yak (06:41) - What is Bikeshedding? (08:35) - The hard things are not hard, they're just easy to avoid (11:35) - The Eisenhower Matrix (13:27) - The Bike Shed effect (15:47) - Get out of the weeds (31:16) - Focus your actions around your core values (34:13) - Stay true to your mission (40:56) - Sunk costs are the currency of bikeshedding (43:47) - The responsibility of leadership Transcripts & Show Notes 🔗 Helpful links: Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/itc Learn about metabolic health: https://levelshealth.com/blog Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1 📲 Connect: Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/levels Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/levels Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/levels-health Connect with us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@levelshealth

Using a CGM helped a seasoned registered dietician understand what was going on inside her body, gain blood sugar control, and be metabolically flexible so she could further advise her clients looking for weight loss and energy management. 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. Sign Up to Get Your Ultimate Guide to Glucose: levels.link/itc 🎙 What Levels’ Head of Growth Ben Grynol and Member Julie Cottrell discuss: (03:13) - Julie’s background as a registered dietician (08:53) - Julie’s biggest struggle (10:06) - Everybody needs protein (11:20) - Eating windows (14:39) - Trying the low carb approach (18:58) - Give your body time to reset and regenerate (21:56) - Low carb plan (28:13) - The connection between habits and diet (34:02) - The benefits of fasting (43:35) - The importance of reading labels Transcripts and Show Notes Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/XMsV8cYVwPg Dietician Julie Cottrell experiments with CGM to help her clients better understand nutrition: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/dietitian-julie-cottrell-experiments-with-cgm-to-help-her-clients-better-understand-nutrition