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Levels
Company blog · levelshealth.com/bloghealth
Levels is the company blog at levelshealth.com, writing about health. Since 2020, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-12-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (13) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Metabolic health company whose blog covers blood sugar, continuous glucose monitors and type 1 diabetes. HN commenters mostly point to it as a source of CGMs, and one praises a write-up on type 1 diabetes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 13 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Levels helps you understand how food, sleep, exercise, and stress affect your body, so you can make changes that improve energy, appetite, and long-term metabolic health.
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- /9 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2020-12-14
What Hacker News says?
Your write-up was well-constructed. Thanks! I will add a few things just to raise awareness, if it hasn't been raised already. I apologize if I missed something in my reading. I'm the kid whose diagnosis was at a time when we didn't have fingerstick glucometers, human synthetic insulin, or any of the myriad of modern medical approaches to ameliorating the effects of living with T1D. Five decades later I can offer so…
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on “The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes”Submitted New research highlights the damage caused by processed food as a story · 123 points
HN discussionYes, thanks for asking. Continous Glucose Monitors (CGM). That used to be a diabetic-only problem until Abbott, Dexcom,and other vendors expanded their markets beyond diagnosed diabetics into pre-diabetes markets and exercise, health, and well-being applications like: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10635370/ and: https://www.levelshealth.com/ This has exploded beyond the hundred years of ketogenic rese…
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on “Show HN: Drop-in SQS replacement based on SQLite”Submitted Walking after a meal: the simplest habit for stable blood sugar as a story · 5 points
HN discussionLevels | Backend, mobile, frontend developers | Remote (US-friendly timezones, please) | Full-time or Part-time Levels is an early-stage startup working to improve people's metabolic health. Poor metabolic health is a risk factor for many diseases, and few people have the right tools to create positive feedback cycles with their diet and exercise. From our Beta pilot, we've seen massive value of using wearables, inc…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2020)”Submitted Levels Announces $12M Seed Round as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIs there a way to get this device without a prescription? I tried phone apps that use the FreeStyle Libre and make it into a CGM (e.g., https://www.levelshealth.com/ ). They're great but also super expensive.
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on “Continuous glucose monitoring on the Apple Watch”Submitted What a person without diabetes learned from 28 days with a glucose monitor as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI got mine from Levels. They use the same sensor as mentioned in the article, and wrap it with their own app. Very easy to deal with. They are trying to limit demand so you need an invite code, but you can find one on Google in 5 minutes. [1] https://www.levelshealth.com/
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on “Continuous glucose monitoring on the Apple Watch”Submitted What a person without diabetes learned from 28 days with a glucose monitor as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI have a friend who is a doctor. He was using it himself & offered to write me an Rx. I’m now doing it a second time, using the levels health app [0]. If you can make it to the front of their massive waiting list (and don’t mind paying their fee), it’s the easiest way to get one. [0]: https://www.levelshealth.com
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on “Glucose metabolism responds to perceived sugar intake more than actual intake”Submitted Why do we crave sweets, and how can we stop? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSounds like what https://www.levelshealth.com/ is doing
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on “Real Time Continuous Blood Monitoring”Submitted A Guide to Metabolic Fitness as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFairly certain you get can get one from that Levels[1] startup, no? [1] https://www.levelshealth.com/
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on “The FDA's Restrictive Regulation of Home-Testing Devices (2017)”Submitted What a can of Coke–with and without a walk after–does to your blood sugar as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere's a ton of info on the Levels blog about metabolic health and CGM's https://levelshealth.com/blog In Canada, our CGM's are over the counter, which is pretty cool...you can get the Freestyle Libre or Dexcom CGMs right from the pharmacy without a prescription
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on “More than 100M Americans have diabetes or prediabetes (2017)”Submitted A Guide to Metabolic Fitness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionContinuous glucose monitoring doesn't require a blood draw, but it isn't in a form that would work in a watch to my knowledge. I expect that Apple and others are heavily invested in cracking glucose monitoring on a watch like this. That unlocks a lot of possibilities for diabetics and non-diabetics alike. Levels is probably the closest thing to this right now: https://www.levelshealth.com/ - There are other continuo…
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on “Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple Watch”Not cheap, but check out https://www.levelshealth.com/
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on “Timing of daily calorie loading affects appetite and hunger responses”You can get a CGM from Levels Health ( https://www.levelshealth.com/ ) but it will cost you and I don't think it will be covered by insurance.
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on “Effect of Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet versus High-Carb, Low-Fat Diet”Since your stating that eating once a day is the same as eating once a day. Would you have any sources for that claim? Did you know there is allot of research going into the effects of intermittent fasting[0]? If you would search for OMAD (one meal a day) on google or reddit you would see that that statement does not hold. There are many changes because blood sugar will stay stable during the day. Nor will there be…
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on “1min high-intensity exercise 3x a week improves fitness as much as 3x aerobics”
