Continuous blood glucose monitors - do we need them?

Continuous blood sugar monitors have become a recent obsession in the health space and I wanted to find out whether there was any substance to their health claims. Watch on to find out...

NB: This content does not constitute as medical advice.

⏰ Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:33 Normal blood sugar control
03:13 Abnormal blood sugar control
08:28 Do non-diabetic adults need continuous blood glucose monitors?
15:49 The System
21:04 Q&A

References:
Glycaemic index of foods https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/food-and-diet/what-is-the-glycaemic-index-gi/
Zeevi, D. et al. (2015) ‘Personalized nutrition by prediction of glycemic responses’, Cell, 163(5), pp. 1079–1094. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.001.
Zhong, G.-C. et al. (2016) ‘HbA1c and risks of all-cause and cause-specific death in subjects without known diabetes: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies’, Scientific Reports, 6(1). doi:10.1038/srep24071.
Hulman, A. et al. (2017) ‘Glucose patterns during an oral glucose tolerance test and associations with future diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality rate’, Diabetologia, 61(1), pp. 101–107. doi:10.1007/s00125-017-4468-z.

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