Why Measuring Your Blood Sugar Level is Important | Dr Casey Means

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:02)
Welcome to The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, where I believe a healthy world is based on transparent conversations.
In this episode of The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show, I sit down with Dr. Casey Means. She's a Stanford-trained physician and chief medical officer and co-founder of the metabolic health company, Levels. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tech-enabled tools that can inform smart, personalized, and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices.
Dr. Means' perspective has been recently featured all over the place in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Men's Health, Women's Health, and more. I loved sitting down to talk to Dr. Casey Means. We have a lot of similar viewpoints. In this episode, we talk all about why blood sugar regulation is important, the impact of blood sugar variability, whether it's too high or too low, the best way to eat and move to regulate blood sugar, and surprisingly, the worst foods for blood sugar.
Finally, what is the impact of certain medications on blood sugar? What does that mean for your metabolic health and body composition?
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Dr. Casey Means, thank you so much for coming on the show. I am very excited to talk to you about all things blood sugar related, ENT, your transition from conventional medicine to more well-rounded, no offense, medicine.