Tegan Taylor
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14,308 appearances
402 recordings
12 series
first heard Mar 2020
last heard 3d ago
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It's designed for people with diabetes to use.
Anyway, James has emailed.
A lot
Exactly, which is what we were talking about.
Well, James has emailed in to say I listened to your recent episode about CGMs, continuous glucose monitors, with interest and excitement as I f realize I finally have an N of One experiment to share with you.
We love them for anecdote reasons and but look, it's not it's not the most scientifically robust type of study, but it is a very fun type of study.
And we
Indeed.
Well, James says my average blood glucose for many years hovered around 5.7, which is close to the pre-diabetic range.
However, my fasting glucose and a glucose tolerance test has always been normal.
Given my otherwise normal markers and generally obsessively healthy lifestyle, my GP has never been too worried.
Nevertheless, a couple of years ago, I thought I'd do some more investigation of my own and signed up for a CGM.
Subscription.
After a few days of wearing it, James says, I noticed quite large spikes after eating.
Thankfully, these went down after a couple of hours, but the magnitude and slope of the spikes were a bit concerning.
Not completely trusting this thing, I invested in a fingerprick glucose monitor and thought I would compare the two.
This is real commitment here.
Absolutely.
I decided to sacrifice my fingertip for science and spent
A pleasant afternoonslash evening, taking finger prick measurements every fifteen minutes and recording them alongside the CGM reading.
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