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jimbobimboyesterday at 9:29 PM1 replyview on HN

That's what I thought too, until I got my last bloodwork results and started wearing one of the OTC continuous glucose monitors.

That device helped a lot to switch diet habits.


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robbiepyesterday at 9:40 PM

Can you be specific about what your bloodwork results showed and what special insights your CGM gave you and what behavioural changes it led to?

My anecdotal experience from doctor colleagues giving CGM to patients is that it does 3/5ths of fuck all to everyone except those with actual insulin dependent diabetes (T1 or T2) because when you get down to it the insights aren’t that great and most people actually aren’t that invested in shifting the dial on their health that much. But I’m fascinated by examples to the contrary

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