![]() ![]() Seeing as I had forgotten about signing up for the program to begin with, I had to look Lumen up again to see what this “metabolism tracker” was again.Īnd, to be brutally honest, I thought it sounded cool but kinda looked like a waste of time- but hey, if they’re willing to send me one, why not try it out right? Well, a few months went by and Lumen reached out again seeing if I’d like to try one out first hand for a review. Then I kinda forgot all about it and when along with my everyday business. I briefly checked it out, thought it looked kinda interesting, and decided to sign up for their program. Lumen reached out to me to see if I’d join their affiliate program a while back. My review is based 100% on my experience using the device. I haven’t been compensated in any other way. ![]() I’ll go over everything you need to know, as well as how my hands-on experience with the device went.Īfter reading, you’ll have a great idea as to whether or not this spiffy looking machine is worth investing in.ĭisclaimer: Lumen sent me their Metabolism Tracker to try out and review. If you’re thinking about buying the Lumen, keep reading. I’ve gotta be honest- I’ve never heard of a metabolism tracker before, but when the good people at Lumen offered to send me one to try out, I figured (if nothing else) it would be educational.Īnd after using the Lumen Metabolism Tracker for a week, I can confidently say that it has indeed been educational. The idea behind it being that if you know what your body is using for energy, you can use that info to help you adjust your eating habits in order to reach goals like losing weight, improving athletic performance, improving energy levels, etc. In this way we will be the first to assess the luminal activity of the gut microbiota upon delivery of fermentable NDC along with its effects on human physiology.The Lumen Metabolism Tracker is a small device that might remind you a little of a breathalyzer, but instead of telling you whether you’re safe to drive or not, it gives you an idea of what type of fuel your body is burning for energy. Samples will be analysed for a variety of components, including microbiome composition, carbohydrate degradation products, and metabolites and hormones in plasma.īuilding on our previous, analogous work in mice, systems biology approaches will be used to integrate the obtained data. Luminal content of the distal small intestine will be sampled concomitantly with repeated blood sampling after an oral bolus of NDC and subsequent luminal delivery of 13C-labeled SCFA. We will apply this approach in a randomized-controlled, cross-over feeding trial with a diet that will be low or high in one NDC and will include 10 overweight middle-aged men. Delivery of 13C-labeled SCFA permits the investigation of fermentation kinetics and substrate utilization in the host. ![]() This allows the simultaneous and direct investigation of changes in host metabolism, dynamics of the gut microbiota and NDC-degradation/fermentation. A new electronic medical delivery/sampling device, the IntelliCap system, will be applied. In this project we propose to perform a fully controlled dietary intervention study in humans using one NDC. ![]()
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