{"id":436619,"date":"2025-12-10T00:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436619\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:10:16","slug":"serena-williams-wants-you-on-board-with-this-longevity-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/436619\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams wants you on board with this longevity trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serena Williams<\/a> has one word top of mind when it comes to health \u2013 longevity<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old tennis star opened up about her experience with GLP-1 medications<\/a> in August after partnering with healthcare company Ro. She\u2019s also teamed up with Lingo by Abbott<\/a>, a continuous glucose monitor (CGM<\/a>) that tracks glucose in your interstitial fluids.<\/p>\n

After she stopped playing tennis, she became obsessed with healthy eating and living. She\u2019s used Lingo since its U.S. launch in September 2024, and tracking her health data has empowered her to make more informed food choices and leave the word \u201cdiet\u201d behind<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 80%<\/a> of people with prediabetes don\u2019t know they have it, as it often has no symptoms. However, it\u2019s very common. More than 1 in 3 <\/a>U.S. adults have prediabetes. While it\u2019s possible to reverse prediabetes, it\u2019s typically not possible to reverse diabetes complications, making prevention and proper management essential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an issue that hits close to home for Williams, who has a family history of diabetes. Lingo\u2019s mission is to help people understand how their body reacts to different dietary choices, which sometimes can reveal early signs worth paying attention to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CGMs for non-diabetics have picked up steam as a new wellness trend, but not everyone in the health field is so bullish on their prospects for everyone. But Williams says preventative health is all about finding balance, even if she falls closer to one end of the spectrum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWho am I kidding? I\u2019m not balanced. I\u2019m definitely an extremist,\u201d Williams says over the phone from Florida. \u201cBut I also want what\u2019s best for myself, and I think other people do too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She shares two children \u2212 Olympia, 7, and Adira, 2 \u2212 with husband Alexis Ohanian (an investor in Ro), for whom she wants to stay as healthy as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWho doesn\u2019t want longevity? Because that\u2019s what it all boils down to,\u201d she adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are CGMs?\u00a0<\/p>\n

CGMs are small sensors placed under the skin of your arm that send data to your smartphone and offer insights on your blood sugar levels. It’s a tool diabetics may use, and it can even connect to an insulin pump (Lingo is not used for managing diseases, including diabetes, and cannot connect to an insulin pump).<\/p>\n

Some nutrition experts say a CGM can be valuable for non-diabetics by encouraging them to choose healthier foods and stave off chronic disease. However, some people with diabetes feel this wellness trend trivializes their experience, especially since many patients can’t access these lifesaving devices due to the cost<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Robert Shmerling<\/a>, senior faculty editor of Harvard Health Publishing at Harvard Medical School, previously told USA TODAY he thinks continuous glucose monitoring<\/a> is marketing getting ahead of the science. If you aren’t diabetic<\/a>, for example, he says the research doesn’t support CGMs as effective<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But people who use CGMs \u2013 like Williams \u2013 may still find them valuable. Some non-diabetic CGM users have even discovered they were experiencing symptoms of hypoglycemia or low blood sugar<\/a>, helping them get proper care sooner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jameela Jamil slams Serena Williams for weight loss drug ad<\/p>\n

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News: <\/strong>Seven deaths linked to malfunctioning glucose monitors made by Abbott Diabetes Care<\/a><\/p>\n

How GLP-1s and Lingo fit into Williams\u2019 big picture of health<\/p>\n

When announcing her partnership with Ro, Williams shared that she lost 31 pounds on the GLP-1 drug Zepbound, a type of medication typically prescribed for diabetes and now also used for weight management.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy story with Ro and GLP-1s, I did everything to get healthy, and I wasn\u2019t getting there,\u201d she explains. She considers fad diets a thing of the past, given the technology people now have access to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think fad diets were great because that\u2019s all we had back then,” she says. “Everyone was still trying to be healthy and trying their best. But this (Lingo) is something that actually works. You can make real-time decisions.” The Lingo app will even send her reminders to take a walk or do 10 squats.<\/p>\n

She feels better than ever on GLP-1s and says using Lingo has been a good contributor to monitoring her health throughout this journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are positives and negatives to all types of things, and you have to decide if that\u2019s what you want,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

GLP-1s impact on women’s health: <\/strong>GLP-1s may weaken the pelvic floor, impacting women’s sex lives<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018My life has been health\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

With 23 Grand Slam titles<\/a>, Williams spent her life optimizing her performance. And while she\u2019s carried that mentality into motherhood, part of her focus has shifted to her kids\u2019 nutrition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an athlete, health is our life,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd even more so as a mom, I really watch how I prepare food.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Williams cooks for her children five to six days a week, and wants to pass down healthy eating habits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLingo has really helped me understand what I\u2019m eating,\u201d she adds. \u201cI just take that education, just throughout my life, and transfer it to things I\u2019m learning for my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contributing: David Oliver, Adrianna Rodriguez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Serena Williams has one word top of mind when it comes to health \u2013 longevity.\u00a0 The 44-year-old tennis…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":436620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[647,648,6923,6929,185,665,3189,3655,6922,1230,51771,9447,171,990,3654,2401,210,20738,57470,6330,1084,425,666,993,1083,1091,1186,942,50,450,950,1457,1451,52627,52628,1085,6921,118080,5224,3190,6920,6928,62,6924,1464,646,67,132,68,11331,48265,71337,2612],"class_list":{"0":"post-436619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-blood","11":"tag-blood-sugar-u0026-diabetes","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","14":"tag-content","15":"tag-diabetes","16":"tag-diets","17":"tag-drugs","18":"tag-drugs-u0026-medications","19":"tag-eating","20":"tag-entertainment","21":"tag-food","22":"tag-glp-1","23":"tag-glp-1-drugs","24":"tag-health","25":"tag-health-news","26":"tag-healthy","27":"tag-healthy-eating","28":"tag-literature","29":"tag-local","30":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","31":"tag-local-affiliate-food","32":"tag-medical","33":"tag-medical-literature-u0026-resources","34":"tag-medications","35":"tag-neutral","36":"tag-news","37":"tag-overall","38":"tag-overall-neutral","39":"tag-overall-positive","40":"tag-positive","41":"tag-racquet","42":"tag-racquet-sports","43":"tag-resources","44":"tag-restricted","45":"tag-serena","46":"tag-serena-williams","47":"tag-sharing","48":"tag-special","49":"tag-special-u0026-restricted-diets","50":"tag-sports","51":"tag-sugar","52":"tag-tennis","53":"tag-u0026","54":"tag-united-states","55":"tag-unitedstates","56":"tag-us","57":"tag-usat","58":"tag-usat-content-sharing-entertainment","59":"tag-usat-content-sharing-sports","60":"tag-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}