#274 - Blood testing 101 and taking action on your lab results | Dr. Anjali Dsouza & Mike Haney

#274 - Blood testing 101 and taking action on your lab results | Dr. Anjali Dsouza & Mike Haney

Levels offers biomarker testing to give you more insight into your health status so you can understand the root causes of your symptoms, take a preventive approach to disease, and see if your lifestyle changes or other interventions are reducing your risk factors and improving your health. Dr. Anjali Dsouza and Mike Haney discuss why biomarker testing can be beneficial, how to understand your levels, factors that affect your levels, and which biomarkers are no-brainers to get tested.


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Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health.


Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health.


🎙 What Anjali Dsouza, MD, & Mike Haney discuss:

(02:21) — Conventional medicine does not allow for enough time with patients

(09:05) — Why test biomarkers beyond the basics?

(12:10) — Lifestyle factors are about consistency, not perfection

(16:48) — Biomarkers should be analyzed with additional context

(24:24) — A normal biomarker range isn’t always optimal

(28:06) — AI tools and internet searches generally don’t provide nuanced health information

(32:01) — Potential reasons people get biomarker testing beyond the basics

(33:45) — When is repeat testing important?

(36:52) — Biomarker testing and understanding is complex, especially in preventive health

(37:53) — Some biomarkers respond swiftly to lifestyle changes

(38:47) — The importance of fasted insulin as a biomarker

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Transcripts & Show Notes⁠⁠


🔗 Helpful links:

Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/lN6TNn6jpTg⁠⁠

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