Bill interviews author and hit podcast host Melanie Avalon (Bio-hacking with Melanie Avalon). On this episode, Bill and Melanie  dig into her approach to bio-hacking, intermittent fasting and Melanie's book What, When, Wine. 

From cryotherapy to blue-blocking glasses, to losing weight with a glass of wine, this is a fascinating episode you don't want to miss.a

Bill and Jodi discuss the top four quick tips on using Signos in your weight loss journey:

1. Food Selection. Whether you're reverse engineering a spike or testing the impact of a new food, CGMs can be an invaluable resource in finding your sweet spot.
2. Limit Stress: How stress can increase your glucose and how your CGM might give you insight into stressful parts of your day
3. Fiber: Learn the difference between soluble and insoluble fiber and why they're both critical in your weight loss journey
4. Slow and Steady: How making gradual changes are the secret to life-long wellness and weight loss.

Hear about these tips and other insights to get the most out of your Signos experience.

Bill and Hannah discuss their experience conducting food experiments to find the most efficient and personalized path for weight loss. In this episode, Hannah reveals six key food experiments you can conduct with Signos to find your glucose "sweet" spot: 

1. Eating Slower
2. Apple Cider Vinegar before Meals
3. Food Swaps
4. Meal/Food Combinations
5. Exercise After Eating
6. Time of Day

We also discuss how to conduct meaningful experiments, a topic we also discuss in this article.

Our first official Ask Me Anything with Dr. William Dixon. We'll address questions that our Signos members have submitted like: 

• What are normal glucose levels and how does fasting affect your glucose?
• How do you use glucose data to lose weight and are all spikes bad?
• What is insulin resistance and can you explain this to me like I'm five years old?
• What's the difference between the carb insulin model and calorie counting?
• Why does my glucose spike during exercise?

Answers to these great questions and and many more insights. 

Bill Tancer interviews Nir Eyal, Bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable. If you've ever struggled with keeping your focus on weight loss and avoiding distractions like unhealthy snacks or over-eating this episode is for you. Nir and Bill discuss the triggers that distract us from losing weight, the power of time-blocking your meals and setting your mindset to achieve your weight loss goals. 

In today's episode we sit down with Michael Mansour, the founder of a fresh-spice food company to discuss how you can add flavor to your food while losing weight in the process. In this episode we discuss barbecue,  the medicinal benefits of spices like cinnamon and turmeric, the difference between coumarin, cumin and curcumin and some great ideas on how you can add some extra flavor to your food. 

With glucose, being forewarned is forearmed, giving you a tactical advantage in how you approach what you eat. Host Bill Tancer chats with Signos Chief Marketing Office Hannah Russin to discuss how individual responses to foods differ, and how monitoring your glucose graph empowers you to "choose your own adventure," when it comes to food and exercise.  

Host Bill Tancer chats with Signos Co-Founder Dr. William Dixon. On this episode, Dr. Dixon discusses experimenting with apple cider vinegar (ACV) to lower post-meal blood sugar, the research behind this curious dressing, and how ACV might work to lower our glycemic response to carbs. Learn how we can test and incorporate vinegars into our diet as a step in our weight loss journey.

Host Bill Tancer chats with Jodi Geigle, nutritionist and Director of Customer Experience at Signos. Uncover the benefits of functional nutrition, the pitfalls of labeling foods good and bad, and learn how taking a  holistic approach can supercharge healthy weight loss. Bonus: Pro tips for snacking between meals in a healthful way. 

Host Bill Tancer Interviews Dr. Suneil Koliwad, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at UCSF. They explore how monitoring the variation of glucose levels via a CGM is ground-breaking for precision nutrition and is redefining what's possible for weight loss. Dr. Koliwad discusses how exercise affects your glucose, the interaction between carbs, fat and alcohol, and the reason why general food guidelines are flawed.