Dr Norman Swan

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What's That Rash? · Why wear a continuous glucose monitor? · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

And the data goes onto an app and you and you monitor the app.

I thought, Well, look, I'm I'm basically okay.

I'm not sure that I need to have another distraction in my life and uh having this thing sticking on the back of my arm.

And all the people thinking I'm a Wanker.

Or diabetic.

Well, I don't like people with the oh diabetic, but wanker's probably worse.

lie down and you can chant me through it.

They are, and they're very sophisticated.

For a tiny little device.

They're sophisticated device which then transmits to your mobile phone your blood sugars.

When you've got diabetes, you can give your clinician access to it as well.

And when you go and see your doctor, when you've got diabetes, they can just see what your blood sugar is doing, whether it's going too high and so on, adjust your diet.

And there's a lot of evidence that

keeping your blood sugar and this a reason I'm saying this is

Is the question is whether that kind of discipline translates to people who don't have diabetes.

So when you've got diabetes, if you're seeing large fluctuations, it's not good.

You want to keep your blood sugar in a reasonable range without risking hypoglycemia.

And what were you doing on that day?

What sort of food were you having?

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