This episode is sponsored by yet another company that I truly stand behind, and that is

Levels.

And Levels is going to be offering you the Behind the Shield podcast audience a discount that I will

tell you about at the end of this introduction.

Now, before I even dive into what Levels does, when I had a conversation with their

CEO and founder, Josh Clementi, he underlined such an

important topic. So many of us rely on visits to our physicians to tell us how we are doing, and that is so

backward. I am an absolute believer in putting autonomy back into the hands of the individual so they can take care

of their own health. Now, what levels does is it gives us the metrics so we can see exactly how

everything is internally. So they help people improve their health through continuous glucose

monitoring, comprehensive lab tests, and metabolic coaching.

Now, through their three levels that they offer, they have programs that focus on weight loss,

heart health, and glucose stability. I've now been through this program twice, and I'll kind of

illustrate what it will look like. So you make an initial consultation with your levels coach.

You wear a continuous blood sugar monitor for one month.

You'll complete a lab panel and I did it through Quest Diagnostics.

A clinician with levels will then analyze your results and give you an action plan. That's when you can then start

hitting your own health goals and in real time track your own progress. And then depending on the

level you subscribe to, there's also a second blood work so you can now see how you're doing six

months later. Now by combining AI data, AI-powered insights and human coaching together,

80% of Levels members improve their biomarkers.

Now, as I mentioned, Levels is offering you the audience of the Behind the Shield podcast,

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