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TODAY'S GUEST

Lauren Kelley-Chew, MD is the Head of Clinical Product at Levels. Prior to Levels, Lauren led Strategy & BizOps at Verily Life Sciences, driving product, commercial, and clinical strategy with a focus on wearables, digital biomarkers, and emerging products. She previously founded a Y Combinator-backed digital therapeutics startup for digestive diseases and worked as a private equity investor. Lauren graduated from medical school at UPenn, where she was a Gamble Scholar. Throughout her career, Lauren has been inspired to build products and businesses that solve system-level problems and make good health accessible to everyone.

Levels Instagram: @levels
Levels blog: levelshealth.com/blog
Levels website: levelshealth.com <- get a CGM here
Lauren’s Instagram: @drkelleychew

ON TODAY'S EPISODE

• Dr. Lauren's own health journey and journey through medical school
• Why it's so hard to get Continuous Glucose Monitors 
• "Your body can look any way, and you can have metabolic dysfunction"
• How she reversed her prediabetes
• Why oatmeal isn't a blood sugar / metabolic supportive food
• Why cutoffs for blood sugar ranges are failing to catch blood sugar issues
• What is "metabolism" and what does it look like when it's working well?
• Blood sugar is connected with 9 out of the 10 leading causes of death in the US
• Why would someone want to use a CGM?
• How our gut microbiome impacts our blood sugar
• Which types of movement are best for blood sugar
• What lack of sleep & stress do to our blood sugar
• How high levels of blood sugar impact the brain
• How our hormonal balance and menstrual cycles impact our glucose levels
• When we should dial up fasting/low carb in women's monthly cycles
• Why we have carb cravings in the later part of menstrual cycles
• How women / men differ when it comes to glucose regulation
• What happens in our body when blood sugar is high
• High blood sugar at night
• What alcohol does to our blood sugar levels
• Misconceptions - which foods are touted as healthy but disastrous for our blood sugar
• A conversation on dairy and it's impact on our blood glucose levels
• How do you get a Levels CGM? Do you need a doctor?
• What are the goals and benefits of the Levels app

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