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.
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 Free Root Cause Identifier Quiz! (see what the root cause of your food struggles is)
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