I Tried The Lumen Metabolic Device For a “Nutritionist In My Pocket” | What The Wellness | Well+Good
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On this episode of What The Wellness, Ella is trying a new metabolic device that some describe as having a “nutritionist in your pocket” called the Lumen. The Lumen analyzes your breath to determine how your body is using energy in order to create an optimal nutrition plan to use food as fuel. Watch to learn more about what it is, what it does, and if it’s something you might want to invest in. #lumen #metabolictracker #wellandgood
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Interesting concept, but Lumen doesn't measure your metabolism, it makes a (very) rough estimate of it. The device doesn't contain an O2 sensor, which is what is actually needed to assess the use of carbs + fat for energy (the ratio between CO2 and O2, that is). Instead they estimate the amount of O2 based on your breath flow rate and a reference data set. No-one actually knows how accurate this is because the company doesn't openly publish its research, and the paper that it does have (if you email them) is a summary of studies which is not peer-reviewed and very selectively chosen. Great sales and marketing though.
Thanks for this info. Saved me some money.
@JenBrocken Would you please post the paper?
@@matthewrickett6028 downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/68668901/b0ac944aa5944356f470fd4b/Scientific+Validation+Lumen+Final+Version.pdf
Your the hero my wallet needed 😭 I just saw the ad and wondered how a breath could tell you your metabolic rate so this was really helpful info
This is correct without 02 analysis it's half as accurate or less.
Great video. Best example I’ve seen in the year I’ve been researching. I’d absolutely love to try this out on myself and my clients.
I swear, these co-founder are the most supportive business partners and each other's biggest fan.
They're amazing
They are twins 👯♀️?
They definitely sissoring
OMG THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY USING THIS!
Ugh...there are so many BS reviews on UA-cam and all they do is talk talk talk.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I would love an option/setting to turn on to see numbers and details on the results, rather than a 5 number scale! Good start.. hope to see more specific data for people who want it.
Totally hear you! When the time comes, we'll definitely give it a try!
Good review! And I love your desk chair 😍
Thank you for briefly reminding that weight loss isn’t the focus of metabolic health. However, there is no denial that the device is being marketed as a tool that can facilitate weight loss via fat burning. It is a dangerous mistake to perceive weight loss as a universal component of good health. “Healthy” means different things to different people depending on circumstance: if you are clinically underweight and malnourished, a diet geared toward fat burning is *not* going to be healthy for your body.
As for perfectionists out there, please don’t obsess over the numbers. Regardless of what they define - metabolic flex score, weight, muscle mass, calories - numbers don’t and can’t determine a person’s success or worth. I find it more helpful to focus on intuitive eating and healthy habits than to rely on technology and meal plans that may distance us from our natural hunger signals. (Although, I do understand that hunger hormones may be thrown out of whack under certain circumstances, such as sleep deprivation.)
Lastly, I would like to note that “flexible” is misspelled at 6:03.
a lumen for nutrients, vitamins and omegas would be great those are probably more important than macros
Very interesting!
Awesome undisclosed ad for Lumen 👍🏾
I just received my Lumen while 6 weeks into my Keto journey. I lost 30 pounds from 244 lbs and although at first I weighed all my food for my daily macro limits, I sort of been winging it. I was looking to get the Lumen for when I hit my target goal weight of 170 pounds (roughly another 45 pounds left to get there). The Lumen app is somewhat anti Keto and more mixed metabolism between fats and carbs. However, even though you don't have a means to select Keto as your current diet, Lumen figured out I was pretty much Keto and immediately began creating recipe ideas that are...pretty much Keto and within my realm of macro levels. I'm only on day 1, so should be interesting by the 4th week.
Updates? How has it been working for you?
@@rommy143I got Covid from my son and stopped using it as I didn't want to contaminate the device (no real way to clean the inside of the device) and I was also full on Keto. It is more intended for mixed metabolism. I lost the charging base as well which is proprietary. I'll resume once I get closer to my target weight. I started to mountain bike again with my sons so I had to add more carbs to my diet for energy. Lost 41 pounds so far in 3 to 4 months. I could see the Lumen being helpful,.but honestly it's common sense. If you know you're going on a 2 to 3 hour zone 3 type bike ride, you need carbs before your workout. Post workout I'll just go keto to reap the ongoing burn from the workout and to recover faster.
This is more of an info-mercial and how to than a review.
If your lung capacity sucks this is NOT the device for you. Out of the box you have to inhale the device to scale. You will Not be able to access anything until you do. I'm returning mine because my cardio among other things I'm working on sucks. This is not a device for beginners to fitness.
I got tired of tracking food because it's not accurate either... Depending on how food is cooked or how much preservatives are in it... Learned that the hard way. All that alters the numbers
And just think about it, we never had that many overweight and obese people, humans ate food, didn't track it, and managed to stay healthy and lean. Now, when most people are overly obsessed about calories, tracking everything, that's when we have the obesity epidemic. The solution here is to eat natural whole foods and forget about calories. We have a mechanism within our bodies that regulates hunger, satiety, and body weight. We mess it up only when we start eating processed foods full of sugar, refined carbs, and other harmful and addictive ingredients.
@@AdvancedNutritionandHealth Whilst I gre with eating whole foods, there was definitely obesity even before processed foods. Look at history.
@@AdvancedNutritionandHealth I don't know that obese people are the ones overly obsessed about calories
I have Lumen and it is more for experiments than for loosing weight for me. What confuses me that I want to grow some more muscles and according to Lumen I will never see the difference between burning my carbs that I ate, or protein that I ate or glycogen which is stored in my body. So I suppose once I get to 3 or 2 I need to eat. I will continue to read more to be able to see how I can solve the problem.
You indicate that it takes month about 4 weeks to get personal readings to better understand how your body is working. Lumens gives you only 14 days to return the item - wouldn't this defeat the purpose of what the item is supposed to help you do in reading ones metabolism data if you only have 14 days but actually need 4 weeks for good overall data? It seems the goal is to simply get the item the buyers hand rather than a person buying an item that is truly useful to them.
They are very savvy at sales and marketing. There is a reason they take $300 up front with no ongoing subscription - except the upsell to their personal training service.
They now have a 30 day guarantee :)
Great recommendation!
Glad you like it!
its a scam stay away
Can this be used for weight loss ? Or is it just for tracking the metabolism data ?
It sure can! Highly reccomanded, you should check it out Linda
Can more than one person use the lumen?
Seeing that it’s attached to an app, can you have different files for different members of a household?
yes, we use one for two , two different apps.
I got stuck on the setup where you practice using Lumen. It said it was connected to my iPhone 11 Pro, but it wasn't measuring or giving me a result, so I possibly needed to charge it on the base before trying it out. It doesn't like Apple health either, since it connected, but it then asked me for my weight, height, date of birth, genda, which are all there in my Apple health data. #Fail. The app needs updating more regularly methinks.
I'm stuck in the practice setup too. I'm fully connected, filled out all the personal information up front when I downloaded the app. I'll try it first thing in the morning to see if it calibrates based on your wake-up time.
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Interesting but I’m a bit confused by the product. I would want to use it to understand how to boost my metabolism and burn more fat since I’m over 40. I didn’t get a clear sense of how you would use this product to do that. It seemed confusing to me.
The idea is that you follow a precise meal plan they set for you and test yourself before and after each meal. By fasting and varying your intake of fats and carbs you improve your "metabolic flexibility" over time. They also encourage you to do exercise, which also increases metabolic flexibility / reduces insulin resistance, but that's a no-brainer. Bear in mind you can "boost your metabolism" just by eating more food, that's not the same as being healthier. Eat less, move more, keep your carb intake moderate and sugar intake low. You don't need Lumen to tell you this.
I think they give you advice on how to switch between different fuel sources and it's supposed to boost your metabolism, but I believe it's made for the younger generation that is not insulin resistant yet, and doesn't gain weight by eating carbs. By the age of 30-40, most people are insulin resistant, get stubborn fat that doesn't come off easily, especially if you keep eating carbs that cause you insulin resistance.
Eat less carbs and intermittently fast and I guarantee you will burn fat, no matter your age!!
No one needs a snack before they exercise.
so what was your purpose for trying this product... weight loss, toning, strength gain.... what ever it was did you accomplish it... or was it simply a review of the product
Seems closer to an ad, than an actual “review”. (UA-cam should restrict these sponsored “reviews” with affiliate links)
I didn’t see a review.
This review was great and I was completely distracted by the Pink Floyd songbook and now I’m thinking about how cool she probably is.
Correcting your New Flash that we need carbs: There is no biological need for carbs as you stated we need carbs. We do not. We need glucose which carbs basically are but in the absence of carbs our body will make it. We will die without fat or protein but can live without carbs.,
Why do we NEED carbs?
You are also Pink Floyd fans as well.💥🤘
bad news reading the comments its appears the lament is a fugazzi with no O2 sensor
You don't need to snack if you're in fat burning mode, per se...
05:47 You can tell they are going to make out after this
Looking thirsty and staving 🍽 with that gaze 👀👅👅👄 💦
Might as just track macros this seems an expensive extra step....
I should pay for something once and that's it, I hate annual subscription it's the biggest rip off so I'm out.
Just use ketone strips, they are like $2 for 100
Ketone strips are very inaccurate and inconsistent. Also Ketone levels are not a good indicator of how well you re burning fat as a fuel. If you add blood sugar to that you will have a much better idea.
I wish I was that Lumen
People will buy this b/c the purchase becomes the intensive to work out and will only take a month or two before ending up the underwear draw.
I bought a Lumen and it sits in my drawer. It sucks. Constant failed readings, no logic based on what I’m eating. It was a waste of $300.
You folks should talk to the Chamber of Commerce, the associations for Mayors, Governors, and credit about the possibilities for public health and law enforcement knowing 'why' a suspect is the suspect and not the victim.
Im on carnivore diet , I don’t eat any Carbs, I don’t need that .
Damn man that’s really unhealthy. Do you at least eat greens 🥬?
@@fms9601 informe yourself about carnivore diet.
@@fms9601 dude, I am also a carnivor. Never felt better!! Your greens are the unhealthy stuff
That makes no sense, don't you want to burn fat, why are u snacking before workout.
That's actually not a problem it seems counterintuitive but to boost your metabolism you generally need to eat more, not less. Otherwise your body just starts packing away what it can to get you through the famine. I don't know one person who has had sustained weight loss from carb restriction as a single goal. If you restrict carbs you must eat a lot more protein and fats. A friend of mine was astonished how much more food she was being asked to eat when she started weightwatchers, but she lost weight and kept it off. I am still in the fence about this device but so far its been very helpful to me in recognizing that I have been malnourished and giving me some of my old sustained energy back. For years I was on my feet 10 to 15 hours on most days and never ate much in the day. It makes sense that I'd want carbs, but since I wasn't eating enough, I had no reserves, and my muscles were becoming weak and I was tired all the time. It Also makes sense that over time I stopped being able to digest the fats very well, or sleep well, depriving myself of the healing effects of autophagy. We always think our body will just naturally take care of itself, but we forget that it always works with the situation it perceives us to be in, and if that is an ongoing stress response, it will work to keep us alive first, which is not necessarily healthy in the long run. When things get to that point, You have to intervene in sometimes counterintuitive ways to get back to homeostasis. I listened to my body tell me I shouldn't eat because I was under stress, which left me without reserves, which contributed to my stress... vicious cycle.
Why
Good Gosh her partner is damn crazy... 😂 How could you act like this beyond me
If you buy this for $300 then you are positive for crack.
hahah thats relative. if someone makes a ton of money a year, like myself, 300 bucks isnt really a big deal. so its for sure not a big deal for people who make even more than myself
Lol
Just exercise and eat less carb... you'll get grey hair getting this thing to work properly.
Newsflash: we don't NEED carbs.
It's our main source of energy
Eewwwww
Eerily similar to the Elizabeth Holmes case (Theranos.)
News Flash, you don't need carbs but you do need fats and proteins.
the thing is a pain to use. She probably attempted 100 times to get a good take. Don't buy this crap.
Unless you have a medical diagnosis, not sure why anyone would need this...just eat healthy and work out lol