Good Energy

Good Energy (2024) explores the connection between metabolism and a wide range of health conditions, from depression to heart disease and cancer. These diverse ailments, it argues, can often be traced back to the same underlying issue: metabolic dysfunction. The upshot? One of the best things you can do for your health is to boost your metabolism – and that’s much simpler than you think.

Casey Means is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and the co-founder of Levels, a health technology company dedicated to improving metabolic health. Initially trained in head and neck surgery, Means is best known for her public advocacy work and her research into the often surprising links between how our bodies use energy and chronic illness.