October 30, 2023

#341 - Special Guest: Kara Collier, CGM, Glucose Control, Calibration, Placement, Types Of Sensors, Nocturnal Hypoglycemia, Fructosamine, Finding Patterns, And More!

1 hour 23 minutes

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Kara's Personal Story

Listener Q&A: Arietta - My Doctor Said A CGM Would Just Confuse Me. How Do I Make An Appeal To Her?

Listener Q&A: Ana - Is A 2-Week Trial Period Long Enough To Get A Picture Of How Your Body Responds To The Foods You Eat?

How Does A CGM Measure Interstitial Fluid?

Listener Q&A: Jill - Deep Dive Into The Actual Accuracy…

Listener Q&A: Nisha - I Was So Confused By The Difference Between Finger Prick Blood Draw...

Listener Q&A: Linda - My Blood Testing Is Always 20 -30 Points Higher Then Nutrisense...

Listener Q&A: Debby - When Doing Whole Body Cryotherapy Is It Ok To Be Wearing A CGM In The Chamber?

How Often Does The Device Collect Data?

Listener Q&A: Alison - Is It Possible To Wear A CGM On Another Area Of The Body?

Listener Q&A: Maureen - It Always Takes About 1 day Or 2 To Calibrate Correctly And During That Time I Get Low Level Alarms Going Off...

Listener Q&A: Jill - What Is The Optimal 24-Hr Average Glucose?

Listener Q&A: Benoit - Assuming I wore one for 3 months, would that mean I can calculate my HbA1C (or get a good correlation)?

The Insights Tab

Listener Q&A: Nancy - I Have A CGM Device But I Am Finding It Hard To Interpret And Make Use Of My Readings.

Listener Q&A: Caroline - Is It More Important To Track Insulin Than Blood Glucose As I’ve Heard On Some Podcasts?

Listener Q&A: MaryJane - In Your Opinion, What’s The Greatest Benefit To Using A CGM? Besides Big Spikes Or Big Drops In Blood Sugar, What Are Other Patterns Of Concern To Look Out For?

Listener Q&A: Margaret - If Blood Glucose Is Shown To Be Relatively Stable (No Major Spikes) With A CGM What Is The Next Step To Assess If Weight Loss Is The Goal?

Listener Q&A: Jill - I Recently Heard Some Discussion Of The Dawn Phenomenon….

Listener Q&A: Xenia - What To Do With The Information?

Listener Q&A: Jackie - What Is The Initial Cost Of The CGM And Continuing Cost For Supplies And Monthly Membership?

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