#22 Levels: A Masterclass in Metabolic Health and Real-Time Optimization | Josh Clemente, Co-Founder

“The most important things that I do every day are to take walks after my meals and make sure that I sleep a full eight hours. Those two simple things, which require a lot of adjusting for your lifestyle, have an outsized impact over the years and decades as they compound.” – Josh Clemente

In this episode of Outliers, I’m talking with Josh Clemente (@joshuasforrest) about the concept of metabolic health, the importance of feedback loops, and why our daily choices have such a huge impact on our overall health.

Josh Clemente is the Founder and President of Levels, a metabolic fitness company that helps people see how their choices affect their health in real-time. Before founding Levels, Josh was the Lead Life Support Systems Engineer at SpaceX, where he led the development of pressurized life support systems aboard spacecraft. He’s also worked as a Senior Design Engineer at Hyperloop One and is a certified CrossFit Level 2 Trainer. In 2019, he founded Levels, which is a comprehensive app that uses constant glucose monitoring to provide easy-to-understand feedback on your diet, exercise, and daily activities. 

Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/josh-clemente-outliers-show-notes

Chapters in this interview:

• 00:00:29 – How Josh’s engineering background and role at SpaceX led to the creation of Levels
• 00:06:32 – How a ketogenic diet can affect your life expectancy
• 00:07:57 – The basics of ketones and ketosis
• 00:13:34 – How real-time data can help people choose the foods and activities that are healthiest for them
• 00:21:17 – Surprising insights from Levels customer data
• 00:31:01 – How Levels converts raw data into easy-to-understand scores
• 00:39:58 – Levels’ expected launch date
• 00:43:03 – Whether glucose alone is the best indicator of overall health

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