Heart Led Wellness

62: I tracked my blood sugar for 30 days (with a CGM) and was SHOCKED at what I learned

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I wore a continuous glucose monitor and tracked my blood sugar real time for 30 days…and I learned SO much!! Do all these blood sugar “hacks” you see on social media really do anything? I found out and I’m sharing everything I learned with you in this episode. I was truly shocked at my body’s response to certain foods and my health feels stronger than ever after I made some tweaks based on my data throughout the month. 

 

I discuss…

  • My personal reasons for tracking my blood sugar for a month 
  • What is a CGM?
  • How do glucose and insulin work?
  • Optimal ranges to aim for with glucose, insulin, triglycerides, and HA1C on blood panels
  • Optimal ranges to stay between on a CGM
  • What is insulin resistance?
  • How insulin resistance affects your health
  • The dangers of massive blood sugar spikes
  • Why we don’t want to have “flat” blood sugar on a CGM
  • Misconceptions about blood sugar spikes
  • How to keep your blood sugar in the “goldilocks” zone
  • What is carbohydrate threshold?
  • How different carbs affect blood sugar
  • The worst combination of macros for your blood sugar
  • An alternative theory around what causes insulin resistance (hint: it’s not carbs)
  • Things that cause insulin resistance besides food
  • What it feels like to have a blood sugar high or low
  • Foods that SHOCKED me while wearing a CGM
  • Things I learned from my blood sugar experiment
  • Why are there variations between people with their blood sugar response to the same food
  • The improvements I noticed by the end of the month 
  • Answering some listener questions 


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    Music created and produced by Wavesy!

     

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