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Learning about personal metabolic response to different foods; especially useful for people with metabolic issues or poor metabolic health

"I have used it in the past just to see, as an example, to learn about it. I think for people who are learning about their health, who have metabolic issues, who are overweight — ninety-three percent of Americans are in poor metabolic health — they probably ..."

Mark Hyman, MD

Understanding personal food reactions, monitoring blood glucose in real time, motivating healthier eating behavior

"Love them. They're really good. I think we should all be empowered by our own data. The CGMs have been very useful. Personally, I can see how I react to foods — grapes send me through the roof, white rice through the roof. I'm wearing one right now. I wear ..."

David Sinclair

Monthly monitoring of muscle mass and body composition in patients on GLP-1 medications

"I've got patients on low-dose GLP-1s and I've said, 'Look, you have to be in the gym, you have to do DEXA scans every month, you have to eat this protein.' And they do it and it's quite amazing — the weight will go down, but they'll actually increase their ..."

Mark Hyman, MD

Measuring muscle mass, appendicular lean mass index (ALMI), and fat-free mass index (FFMI) to track body composition

"If people are doing DEXAs to measure their muscle mass, what metrics are they looking at on a DEXA and what percentile do you like to see them at? We look at appendicular lean mass index and fat-free mass index."

Peter Attia