{"id":545,"date":"2022-09-16T22:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnutritiontips.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2022-09-16T22:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T22:14:08","slug":"lumen-12-months-later-review-will-need-to-have-or-hard-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnutritiontips.com\/zh\/lumen-12-months-later-review-will-need-to-have-or-hard-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumen – 12 months later review- will need to have or hard pass?"},"content":{"rendered":"

lumen<\/a> one year later<\/p>\n

what do i think now<\/p>\n

so let me start this off by saying i<\/p>\n

really like the lumen<\/a> and i really enjoy<\/p>\n

all the benefits i’ve been able to take<\/p>\n

away from having it and with that being<\/p>\n

said i probably think it’s a great<\/p>\n

option for just about everybody right<\/p>\n

actually i think this is probably not a<\/p>\n

good option for most people i’ll circle<\/p>\n

back to that but first after one year<\/p>\n

let’s break this thing down<\/p>\n

first in case you’re new to the lumen<\/a><\/p>\n

what is it well it’s the tool that’s<\/p>\n

known to help you hack your metabolism<\/p>\n

and what it does is it uses a flow<\/p>\n

control and co2 meter to use that to<\/p>\n

understand if you’re burning carbs or<\/p>\n

fat for fuel from there it provides<\/p>\n

guidance to help make your ability to<\/p>\n

switch between burning fats and carbs<\/p>\n

more efficient therefore making your<\/p>\n

weight loss or health journey easier and<\/p>\n

more successful because you can get away<\/p>\n

from being carb dependent in short it’s<\/p>\n

a learning and training tool to help<\/p>\n

recalibrate your body for long-term<\/p>\n

health success<\/p>\n

ease of use when you get this are you<\/p>\n

going to jump right in and take<\/p>\n

advantage of it are you going to run<\/p>\n

into some problems well there is a<\/p>\n

little bit of a learning curve it’s not<\/p>\n

a big deal don’t worry but you have to<\/p>\n

learn how hard to start breathing into<\/p>\n

it when you start how hard to breathe<\/p>\n

throughout the duration of the breathe<\/p>\n

out how much to breathe in and it guides<\/p>\n

you through all this but it needs it to<\/p>\n

be in certain ranges so it can measure<\/p>\n

accurately and at first you don’t really<\/p>\n

know what those amounts are you kind of<\/p>\n

breathe into it too hard at the<\/p>\n

beginning and then kind of fall out of<\/p>\n

the range it wants and it tells you to<\/p>\n

start over and this can be a little<\/p>\n

frustrating but after a very short while<\/p>\n

you learn these tricks and you become an<\/p>\n

expert at it and then you never run into<\/p>\n

it again just because you know what to<\/p>\n

do so small learning curve at the<\/p>\n

beginning not that big of a deal and<\/p>\n

then it’s just smooth sailing after that<\/p>\n

so ease of use i’m going to say is very<\/p>\n

high just a small learning curve<\/p>\n

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accuracy for me i felt it’s been pretty<\/p>\n

accurate now i do intermittent fasting<\/p>\n

so even if i had a bad meal the day<\/p>\n

before by time i do a lumen<\/a> reading in<\/p>\n

the morning it’s been quite a while<\/p>\n

since i’ve had any calories and i’ve<\/p>\n

burned up quite a bit of my carb stores<\/p>\n

and as a result i almost always get it<\/p>\n

too now if i was really bad the night<\/p>\n

before i might get a three and i have<\/p>\n

seen those i can also get ones they’re<\/p>\n

rare but when i was really sticking to<\/p>\n

my diet really keeping my carbs low not<\/p>\n

cheating or having my intermittent<\/p>\n

fasting window go too late into the<\/p>\n

night i could earn a one i had to work<\/p>\n

for it that was motivational and i could<\/p>\n

reach that but it was harder to get to i<\/p>\n

generally see a lot of twos but what i<\/p>\n

would get did seem to reflect my day so<\/p>\n

it did seem to be pretty accurate and<\/p>\n

something i wish i’d done a little more<\/p>\n

is take readings throughout the day i’m<\/p>\n

big on intermittent fasting so i really<\/p>\n

want to see myself starting today with a<\/p>\n

two or one and that reflects on my<\/p>\n

previous day but also understanding what<\/p>\n

my meals are doing to me more in real<\/p>\n

time you know testing after meal or<\/p>\n

after a workout you can take<\/p>\n

measurements throughout the day and<\/p>\n

better understand the immediate impact<\/p>\n

and that can help teach you a lot about<\/p>\n

what you can do and the changes you can<\/p>\n

make with your diet and exercise and<\/p>\n

portions and all those different things<\/p>\n

so there is more than just a morning<\/p>\n

reading but as far as accuracy goes it<\/p>\n

has seemed to be pretty darn accurate<\/p>\n

for me<\/p>\n

now what would i like to see the<\/p>\n

aluminum proof on well i mentioned that<\/p>\n

i start a lot of the days at a two and<\/p>\n

this is great it means i’m burning more<\/p>\n

fast than carbs so i’m in a pretty good<\/p>\n

state but is this a high side of two<\/p>\n

closer to a three or the low side closer<\/p>\n

to a one i have no idea and that would<\/p>\n

be a huge difference because if i’m<\/p>\n

closer to a one that’s where i wanna be<\/p>\n

i’m starting off my day burning mostly<\/p>\n

fats i know my diet choices are working<\/p>\n

for me but if it’s close to that three<\/p>\n

i’m not really burning that much more<\/p>\n

fat and i’m not really starting the day<\/p>\n

in the state i want so a more granular<\/p>\n

view maybe a zero to 100 where it really<\/p>\n

gets you accurate information and you<\/p>\n

know hey i’m really right where i want<\/p>\n

to be or i’m at the high range of what<\/p>\n

used to be a 2 and i still have some<\/p>\n

work to do i need to make some changes i<\/p>\n

need to work harder on my diet or hold<\/p>\n

myself more accountable but these are<\/p>\n

the things you’d be able to get out of<\/p>\n

that more granular information so i<\/p>\n

would love to see that and at its core<\/p>\n

the lumen<\/a> is a learning tool it helps<\/p>\n

you understand the impact of your<\/p>\n

previous decisions what is working for<\/p>\n

you and what’s not and to have a better<\/p>\n

reading a more accurate reading that<\/p>\n

really gives you that granular<\/p>\n

information is going to help you make<\/p>\n

such better decisions so for me<\/p>\n

personally if they did that improvement<\/p>\n

it would just take it to the next level<\/p>\n

so i’m hoping that something we see over<\/p>\n

time<\/p>\n

regardless of my concerns with the<\/p>\n

granularity of the readout the lumen<\/a> is<\/p>\n

still a very motivational and<\/p>\n

informational tool i enjoy tweaking<\/p>\n

everything about my lifestyle to try to<\/p>\n

get the results that i want and learning<\/p>\n

from that and that can be the things<\/p>\n

i’ve already mentioned portion control<\/p>\n

what you eat how fast you eat the type<\/p>\n

of exercise you’re doing and how much<\/p>\n

exercise you get and even the quantity<\/p>\n

and quality of sleep you get all these<\/p>\n

could play a huge role in your metabolic<\/p>\n

flexibility and the lumen<\/a> helps you<\/p>\n

understand the impacts of all these<\/p>\n

decisions so it becomes very enjoyable<\/p>\n

to understand the impacts of these<\/p>\n

things and continue improving on these<\/p>\n

so you can put yourself in a state that<\/p>\n

best works for you because not everybody<\/p>\n

responds to the same is the same so it<\/p>\n

becomes kind of a game of sorts to see<\/p>\n

what you can get out of this get the<\/p>\n

best numbers possible and see the<\/p>\n

changes you want because of what you’ve<\/p>\n

been doing and this isn’t just what you<\/p>\n

wake up to let’s say after a meal you<\/p>\n

might get a five and you just spiked<\/p>\n

your sugar really hard well maybe you<\/p>\n

learned to make changes to that meal you<\/p>\n

change how you built that same meal<\/p>\n

whether it’s portion control or removing<\/p>\n

a couple ingredients and now suddenly<\/p>\n

after that same meal you’re only at a<\/p>\n

three or four you realize you’ve made<\/p>\n

drastic improvements that help you reach<\/p>\n

your health goals and the lumen<\/a> is what<\/p>\n

helps you understand and realize these<\/p>\n

goals<\/p>\n

so i’ll admit i mostly use the lumen<\/a> for<\/p>\n

the readouts you get from this thing and<\/p>\n

then i go on my own and do what i want<\/p>\n

to do and make changes that i want to<\/p>\n

make in my diet but inside the lumen<\/a> app<\/p>\n

there is a wealth of information so<\/p>\n

there are a lot of things even things<\/p>\n

that might seem backwards so for an<\/p>\n

example let’s say you’ve had a string of<\/p>\n

great days where you’ve had low readings<\/p>\n

they might actually tell you to go have<\/p>\n

a high carb day to mix it up on your<\/p>\n

body and keep your metabolic flexibility<\/p>\n

high which is important they know some<\/p>\n

of these tricks you can do to put your<\/p>\n

body in a state where it can bounce<\/p>\n

between that burning of fat and carbs<\/p>\n

more efficiently and put yourself in a<\/p>\n

better state so there are things they<\/p>\n

offer they also have meal planning<\/p>\n

history of all your readings and a lot<\/p>\n

of different things that will just help<\/p>\n

you learn and make better decisions so<\/p>\n

it’s worth checking out honestly i don’t<\/p>\n

use it enough but it’s out there and you<\/p>\n

should look into it<\/p>\n

so i mostly had good things to say about<\/p>\n

the lumen<\/a> so why the heck would i start<\/p>\n

this video by saying i don’t think most<\/p>\n

people should get it well i don’t want<\/p>\n

to waste your money the lumen<\/a> is a great<\/p>\n

tool but it offers a rather specific<\/p>\n

service and i think this is more of a<\/p>\n

final piece on your health journey than<\/p>\n

just getting started so if you’re at<\/p>\n

this point where you’re like i need to<\/p>\n

take back my health i don’t think this<\/p>\n

is where i start this is not the tool i<\/p>\n

go like if i get this i’m gonna be able<\/p>\n

to reach all my health goals this is the<\/p>\n

one thing i need there are things that<\/p>\n

you need to do on your own first things<\/p>\n

that don’t cost any money things are<\/p>\n

just educating yourself and making<\/p>\n

better decisions and those things i<\/p>\n

already mentioned understanding your<\/p>\n

diet making better decisions with how<\/p>\n

much you eat the meals you choose how<\/p>\n

you build out those meals and the<\/p>\n

ingredients that you use making sure<\/p>\n

that you hold yourself accountable and<\/p>\n

stop eating considering things like<\/p>\n

intermittent fasting making sure your<\/p>\n

hydration is high and that you get good<\/p>\n

sleep and you’re implementing a regular<\/p>\n

exercise routine these are all the<\/p>\n

foundations for better health and weight<\/p>\n

loss if that’s your goal and once you’ve<\/p>\n

implemented all those things you prove<\/p>\n

to yourself that you’re gonna do the<\/p>\n

things it takes to have your health<\/p>\n

journey go in the direction that you<\/p>\n

want<\/p>\n

lumen<\/a> could be that tool that takes you<\/p>\n

to the next level it could be that thing<\/p>\n

that says okay i’ve got my diet in a<\/p>\n

good place but now let me learn what<\/p>\n

really works me and what doesn’t and how<\/p>\n

i can just get to that next stage in my<\/p>\n

health journey to make better decisions<\/p>\n

and know this does work for me this<\/p>\n

doesn’t now i’m more informed so this is<\/p>\n

not a slam on lumen<\/a> at all it’s more<\/p>\n

about getting yourself right and proving<\/p>\n

to yourself that you’re gonna put the<\/p>\n

work in that’s needed so that way if you<\/p>\n

do get the lumen<\/a> you can actually take<\/p>\n

advantage of it so if you took anything<\/p>\n

away from this video please hit that<\/p>\n

like button subscribe to know everything<\/p>\n

that’s going on in this amazing health<\/p>\n

and technology world and until next time<\/p>\n

here’s to a healthier you and have a<\/p>\n

good one<\/p>\n

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