Commune Course: Optimize Your Metabolism with Dr. Casey Means
My new course with Commune, Optimizing Your Metabolism, is out Thursday, March 21st. Learn how you can align your daily choices – from nutrition and exercise to detoxification protocols – to best support your metabolism, now and for the rest of your life.
Podcast Video: Glucose Goddess 10 HACKS to Improve Your BLOOD SUGAR Levels
Jessie Inchauspé and Dr. Casey Means, thought leaders on the topic of blood sugar, discuss simple hacks for keeping glucose levels more stable without resorting to restrictive diets, and they share why stable levels inform health.
Podcast Video: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION May Mean Chronic Disease & EARLY DEATH with Dr. Merrill Matschke
In this conversation with Dr. Casey Means, Dr. Matschke shares the mechanistic links between metabolic health and men’s health issues, especially vascular erectile dysfunction and fertility, all have to do with decreased nitric oxide production, oxidative stress, low testosterone, and chronic inflammation.
Podcast Video: How KETO Improves BRAIN Health, from ADHD to Dementia with Dr. Annette Bosworth
Dr. Annette Bosworth and Dr. Casey Means discuss the intricacies of the keto diet, why it boosts brain health, how to make behavioral changes, and how to encourage kids to eat keto for improved health and well-being.
Podcast Video: Understanding Predictive Markers of METABOLIC Dysfunction with Dr. Sara Gottfried
In this episode of A Whole New Level, Dr. Casey Means, Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Levels, covered a number of topics from Dr. Gottfried’s new book.
Podcast Video: Enhancing Longevity Via Functional Medicine | Young Forever with Dr. Mark Hyman
The hallmarks of aging are various biomarkers that indicate advancing biological age, which leads to a decline in health and eventually to death. But we can boost longevity by understanding aging biomarkers and then taking actionable steps with nutrition, physical activity, and environment.
Podcast Video: The TRUTH About Why Keto Works & Why You May Be Doing It WRONG with Dr. Steven Gundry
What you think you know about keto and ketones might be wrong. Keto can be great for weight loss, but there’s a better way to do it by focusing on more diverse plant food, protecting your mitochondria through mitochondrial uncoupling, and focusing on fiber.
Podcast Video: AUTOIMMUNE Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Holistic Protocols, & Metabolic Health with Dr. Terry Wahls
Can a holistic protocol address the root cause of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS)? We explore how metabolic health is tightly linked to autoimmune diseases and how understanding blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity is key.
Podcast Video: WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DOCTOR? - with Dr. Casey Means
Casey joins Dr. Ken Berry on his podcast, Dr Berry's Proper Human Diet Podcast.
Podcast Video: How ENVIRONMENTAL Chemicals Are Making Us SICK & Fat with Dr. Robert Lustig
Landmark new research published by Dr. Robert Lustig and dozens of other scientists shows us for the first time the intricate mechanisms of how environmental chemicals directly cause obesity, uncovering the latest research on this class of chemicals called obesogens.
Podcast Video: Why Your WORKOUT Isn't WORKING for You and What To Do Instead for Improved Metabolic Health with Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
Diet and exercise culture tends to prioritize calorie restriction and calorie burning via cardio workouts. While fat loss is beneficial, building and maintaining healthy muscle mass is also crucial for metabolic health and longevity.
Podcast Video: GLP 1, Mounjaro & Ozempic: How These Affect Weight Loss & Metabolic Health with Dr. Robert Lustig
Medications, such as Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy, and more, have become increasingly popular for weight loss. These drugs are glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, and they mimic a hormone that, among other things, tells the brain a person is full so they eat less. But are they safe, and do they help improve metabolic health?
Podcast Video: Symptoms & Diseases Tied to INSULIN RESISTANCE & Metabolism with Dr. Ben Bikman
Many diseases traditionally associated with aging have a metabolic root cause, including seemingly-unrelated conditions like tinnitus and gallbladder stones. But with a metabolic origin (specifically with insulin resistance), there can be a metabolic solution. Blood glucose levels and insulin are tied to many more chronic diseases than just Type 2 Diabetes.
Podcast Video: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Health
Casey joins Shawn Stevenson on his podcast, The Model Health Show, where they talk about what your blood sugar levels can tell you about your overall health, the connection between stress and metabolic health, and more.
Recipe + Video: Easy Low-Spike Brownies
With this brownie recipe you can satisfy your chocolate craving and give your body nutrients it needs—without causing a large glucose spike.
Recipe + Video: Metabolic Power Bowl, Packed with Micronutrients for Optimal Health
This meal contains the five recommended components of metabolically optimal meals: minimizing refined sugar and grains, tons of fiber, sources of omega-3 fatty acids, lots of micronutrients and antioxidants through a diverse array of vegetables, and probiotic-rich foods.
Recipe + Video: Easy Almond Flour Pancakes & Frittata, Perfect Brunch for Stable Blood Sugar
This recipe includes a vegetable-packed frittata and almond flour pancakes, complete with a tasty berry compote, setting you up for stable energy all day.
Recipe + Video: Easy, 30-Minute Low-Spike Tacos!
These low glycemic, low carb, and nutrient-dense tacos are designed to support your metabolic health, microbiome, and mitochondria. The recipes yield a meal for 4, made in 30 minutes, for $30 or less: beef tacos, vegetarian tacos made with mushrooms and walnuts, both wrapped in either butter lettuce shells or in almond flour tortillas, and a bonus creamy cashew taco sauce recipe.
The Benefits of Cooking for Stable Blood Sugar, Tips from Dr. Casey Means
Called Levels Kitchen, the video series features delicious recipes alongside principles of cooking for metabolic health.
Podcast Video: How Uric Acid is a Key Cause of Weight Gain, Diabetes, Heart Disease & Dementia with Dr. David Perlmutter
Levels Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, chatted with our advisor, Dr. David Perlmutter on the discovery of how the elevation of uric acid in the body is a causative mechanism in the development of metabolic diseases, and one of the key links between obesity, diabetes, heart disease, neurologic diseases like dementia, ADHD, fatty liver disease, and more.