Traveling is an exciting adventure: it’s a new destination, and there are so many things to do and explore. Plus, there’s the added allure of trying out a new cuisine and eating to your heart’s content. However, travel could completely throw off your daily health routine, whether it’s keeping yourself hydrated, sleeping well, or adapting to a new environment. With the high-tech device Lumen, travel routine maintenance has never been easier for us. The brainchild of twin sisters and Ironman winners Merav and Michal Mor, Lumen is a digital nutritionist and a metabolism breathalyzer rolled into one. It’s the first hand-held and portable device in the world that measures CO2 levels in our breath, thus tracking our metabolism to see if our bodies are using carbs or fat for fuel.
Amazing portability aside, Lumen greatly helps users in maintaining their holiday health routine, focusing on overall well-being, staying active, managing stress, prioritizing sleep, and staying hydrated. Here’s a detailed review of why and how Lumen is becoming one of the best accessories for maintaining health, whether it’s a winter vacation or a family holiday.
Has Easy Portability and Usage
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One of the first things we think about while traveling is space. What makes Lumen so great for traveling is that it was small enough to fit in our hands, with a discreet-looking power button on the bottom half. When we turned it on, a purple LED circle lit up, which would turn green when charging and red when the battery was low. What’s more, there was even a magnetic cap for the mouthpiece so we could keep it clean on the go, and we even got a dock for charging. So, we could keep it right next to us on our nightstands when we traveled. The best bit? A single charge lasts weeks. So, if you’re getting away for just a few days or even more, you probably won’t even need to charge it.
Furthermore, it came with a very slick Lumen app, which features a ton of educational videos about fitness, wellness, and nutrition. Plus, we could even order pre-made meals via the app’s Metabolic Meals service, where we had the choice of more than 30 options.
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Betters Your Sleep Cycle
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One of the biggest impacts our travel has is on our sleep cycles. It can disrupt the body’s natural 24-hour cycle called the circadian rhythm, leading to jet lag. Disrupting the circadian rhythm also significantly impacts sleep quality and, thus leads to consequently, metabolic health. Thanks to Lumen‘s morning and before-bedtime measurements, we got valuable biofeedback on our circadian rhythms, helping us identify and correct any imbalances that could be affecting our sleep when we traveled.
“We’d never slept well enough on our vacations, until we got the Lumen device. It told us exactly what we needed to do to maintain the same regimen we did at home, but on the go.”
WOW Travel
What also helped our sleep cycle was Lumen’s personalized nutrition plans, which we’ll talk about more going ahead. Since nutrition promotes good sleep cycles, Lumen’s nutrition plans took our sleep preferences and schedules into account, ensuring that we were making dietary choices that supported restful sleep and that we weren’t eating too late.
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Ensures Real-Time Metabolism Tracking
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One of the biggest benefits of the Lumen device, and also one of its biggest selling points, is the fact that it tracks our metabolisms in real time, even when we travel. Have you ever wondered if all those spinach salads and early morning beach yoga on your holiday are actually helping you burn fat? You don’t need to guess anymore, because Lumen’s got your back — and ours. All we had to do was breathe a quick breath into the device, and we would instantly know whether our bodies were burning fat or carbs for energy. So, we didn’t have to second-guess whether our meals and workouts were on point during our holiday or not, as we had all the scoop in real-time. Hence, we could simply adjust on the fly, keeping smashing our fitness goals even on vacation!
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Makes Your Workouts Smarter
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We love working out on holiday, especially if it involves yoga in a lush pavilion in Bali or high-intensity interval training at a mountain retreat. Of course, we also work out to burn off all those calories we gain from eating the delicious local cuisine! This is where Lumen betters our workout regimen, helping us not just train harder, but also smarter.
When we’re in the zone, working out and burning fat like it’s nobody’s business, Lumen just helps us find it faster. We could see exactly how our bodies were responding to our workout and adjust them accordingly. Whether we were going running on the beach, doing HIIT, or even yoga, Lumen told us if our bodies needed more fuel from carbs or were primed to burn fat. So, we weren’t wasting any energy, but were rather tweaking either our workout routines or diets for peak performance, even when we were traveling.
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Offers Personalized Nutrition
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One of the biggest universally acknowledged truths about dieting is that no one magic diet will help everyone. Personalized diets are not only necessary because people’s health, bodies, and eating habits are different, but also because they’re dieting, keeping different goals and objectives in mind. Plus, let’s be honest — following generic meal plans is like wearing someone else’s shoes: they don’t quite fit right, do they?
One of the biggest draws of Lumen for us and many others who love it was the personalized nutrition advice it gave us. Lumen helped us tailor our nutrition to our metabolisms, so we knew exactly when to keep it lean with fats and when to fuel up on carbs. Whether you’re looking to shred fat while you’re on the go or you’re carb-loading for a huge workout, the device and app give you the green light (or tell you to stop) on when to eat and what. Think of it as your very own personal nutritionist BFF!
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Keeps You Accountable
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The last (but the first, actually) and the most important reason why Lumen improves your routine when you’re on holiday — accountability! While we love a good cheat day, we think twice before putting that extra slice of pizza or scoop of ice cream. No, it isn’t about guilt; rather, it’s about knowing exactly when and what our body wants versus what it actually needs.
Have you been crushing it with your workout, but your Lumen levels are still running on carb-burning mode? Then you know that it’s time to dial in with the nutrition. On the other hand, if you see the app showing that you’re body is in fat-burning mode, then trust us, you’ll be all the more motivated to keep going. In the end, the Lumen helped us achieve consistency by telling us exactly what our body needed at what point in time. It was like having a little metabolism coach in our pockets.
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Can you use Lumen without a subscription?
Lumen’s metabolism tracker costs USD 199 for the year, which includes a free month of membership. Even when the free membership expires, users will still be able to take real-time metabolism measurements without a subscription.
How many people can use a lumen device?
Two people can purchase a DUO plan on a single Lumen device and use it with two profiles.
Does Lumen recommend fasting?
Yes, Lumen does incorporate fasting methods in its recommendations, as it has its own set of benefits.
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