#211 - Member Favorite Replay | Understanding your cholesterol panel & metabolic health blood tests - The ultimate guide | Dr. Robert Lustig & Dr. Casey Means

LEVELS – A Whole New Level

English - May 04, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MB - ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
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Previous Episode: #210 - Pregnancy & metabolic health: Hormone changes & gestational diabetes | Dr. Azure Grant & Ben Grynol

Next Episode: #212 - Managing Type 1 diabetes and thriving with it | Jesse Lavine & Ben Grynol

A metabolic blood test and cholesterol panel can be confusing, so in this ultimate guide, our Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Dr. Casey Means talks with Levels advisor and author of Metabolical to give you advice on how to interpret your panels to better understand the status of your metabolic 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.

This episode does not constitute medical advice.

🎙 What Dr. Rob Lustig and Levels’ Dr. Casey Means discuss:

(03:18) - Understanding cholesterol

(03:38) - The correlation between LDL and heart disease

(05:59) - The connection between LDL and triglycerides

(07:51) - Good cholesterol

(16:39) - Measuring LDL

(28:50) - Portal systems in the body

(42:00) - The importance of liver function tests

(50:27) - How to reduce liver fat

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