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Forget about wearing your Apple Watch to track your health. Levels is the biowearable that provides real-time feedback on how your diet and activities directly impact your health. Through continuous glucose monitoring, which has traditionally been reserved for those with diabetes, the company is on a mission to address the rising rates of metabolic dysfunction in the US by monitoring the effects of your food choices. Levels currently has a waitlist of 44,000 people. AlleyWatch caught up with founders Casey Means MD Josh Clemente, Sam Corcos, David Flinner and Andrew Conner to discuss the importance of metabolic health, the company’s plans to expand the team ac
I’ve got a needle in my arm, and I’m craving chocolate cake.
The cake in question is my mom’s, flourless and rich, on a plate she’s just handed me at brunch. The needle more like a filament, actually is attached to a sensor called a continuous glucose monitor, or CGM, which measures my blood-glucose level in real time.
I know two things: One, this cake is delicious. Two, it will probably jack my glucose reading sky-high, which has all sorts of possible unwanted consequences, ranging from me falling asleep on the couch in an hour to, over the long term, premature cardiovascular disease. But I’ve already had pancakes with syrup
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Digital health companies want to transform the way people eat. But can tech really accomplish the goal?
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Digital health companies want to transform the way people eat. But can tech really accomplish the goal?By
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The companies provide customers with sleek, wearable devices that measure the body’s glucose levels 24 hours a day, no skin pricks required.
The devices transmit that data to your smartphone, allowing you to see in real time how your glucose levels are affected by your diet, sleep, exercise and stress levels. (Image: instagram.com/nutrisenseio)
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A new crop of digital health companies is offering consumers an unusual way to transform the way they eat, with the promise of improving metabolic health, boosting energy levels and achieving a personalized road map to better health. Their pitch: Find the foods that are best for you by seeing how they affect your blood sugar levels.