Has anyone tried nutrisense or a CGM system?

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Anonymous wrote:Utterly ridiculous and as a type 1 diabetic I find it vaguely offensive.

What, specifically, offends you? The price? It is high. I’m trying to pinpoint what can be offensive in this offering. Also T1D.

Successfully managing type 1 diabetes (keeping glucose mostly in a range that won’t cause devastating health problems) is essentially a full time job. It is not easy, it’s constant monitoring and adjusting and decision making and there are no breaks or days off. I’ve been doing it all day every day for 30 years, since I was 10 years old. Now that the technology is advanced and convenient enough to make attractive to take on as a pet project for the sake of vanity pounds is just…ugh. Like whatever, do what you want, no one can or should stop you but I’m going to give you a side eye.

Yes, you and lots of other people spent a lifetime managing your T1D. I’m sorry it made you bitter and miserable. I mean, just ugh, right? How dare someone without diabetes try a CGM when you had it so rough?

Lol why are you all so bothered by my fairly innocuous opinion on this? OP asked, I answered. You’re acting like I’m demanding to see people’s medical history or I will rip their CGM right off! I can’t stop you from paying whatever ridiculous amount you want to monitor your blood sugar as a hobby. It’s a boring way to spend your time but knock your socks off I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:This came across my facebook feed, and while I normally ignore ads this was intriguing. A glucose monitor that connects to an app and helps you shift you diet. It's crazy expensive $200-350/month, but I find the idea interesting. I think I would make better choices if I had more concrete information at my fingertips, and explanations for why what I am eating is impacting how I feel. It would be interesting to see the numbers.

I have about 10-15 lbs to lose. I hate dieting and the tracking and work it entails. I always lose motivation. I wonder if something like this might work...?

You don't need an app or CGM to know how certain food will impact your body. It is not rocket science that carbs and sugar will cause an insulin spike. that is literally how your body is supposed to respond. Eat carbs- body releases insulin to break them down.

At the end of the day losing weight comes down to one thing... burn more calories than you consume= fat loss, burn fewer calories than you consume and your body will store that energy for later use in the form of fat.

Fat loss is over complicated because we all all looking for a magic solution and it's hard to sell "eat less move more" and make money. So they keep trying to make it complicate to sell you something. This is why the diet industry is a billion dollar a year industry and we are still fat.

Overly simplistic, moralistic, and demonstrably inaccurate. What CGMs tell you is that not everybody reacts to foods or combinations the same way. For example, oatmeal is meant to be low-glycemic due to its soluble fiber. But guess what? It shoots my blood sugar through the roof. Popcorn, on the other hand, does not. All bodies are not the same and “eAt LEss MoVE mORe” does not provide anyone information about their own particular body.

unless you are diabetic sugar spikes do not matter.

have you ever seen a fat person walk out of a concentration camp?

If you reduce calories you lose weight. It really is that simple. But people don't want simple. they like to believe they are complex. It allows them to keep believing they are incapable of losing weight and need some highly specific, expensive diet plan to lose weight. So they keep searching, and spending, and searching, and spending.

Your smug ignorance is unbearable.

Oh please enlighten me. Show me a fat anorexic.

How come even the morbidly obese lose weigh on my 600 Lb lid when they reduce calories?

If you feel better blaming weight on insulin spikes and making excuses turn go for it.

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Anonymous wrote: People trying to hoard or gatekeep this technology really need therapy to understand their issues with self image, scarcity…whatever is motivating their illogical selfish impulse. Thankfully the medical community disagrees with your bizarre zero sum worldview!

I have pcos. I inherited that predisposition and spent the first two decades of my life being told to eat low fat and many times per day. A CGM cut through all the noise. It taught me, with precision, how long I can fast without experiencing reactive hypoglycemia. It allows me to eat a much broader range of foods by providing information on how my body reacts to differently staggered foods. It is a key tool in preventing me from dying of a heart attack while my children is small.

This is *not* a west cost biohacker thing. Casey Means, the doc behind Levels, said that the press likes to focus on that bro fitness aspect but close to half of her users are women with PCOS getting accurate info for the first time. I don’t use Levels but they are a great resource.

OP wants to use a CGM to lose 10-15 pounds. Not manage a medical condition like PCOS.

OP. Here's a strategy. Put down the fork. Much cheaper and more effective than a CGM for someone with a functioning pancreas.

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Oh, what a fun new brand of eating disorder

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, what a fun new brand of eating disorder

The majority of T1 diabetics have eating disorders. But since it's better than the alternative, doctors usually ignore it.

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The majority of T1 diabetics have eating disorders. But since it's better than the alternative, doctors usually ignore it.

where did you get this "fact" from? ^^^

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, what a fun new brand of eating disorder

The majority of T1 diabetics have eating disorders. But since it's better than the alternative, doctors usually ignore it.

where did you get this "fact" from? ^^^

NP, I think that pp was trying to communicate is that eating disorders are more prevalent among T1 diabetics than regular population because of constant fretting about the effects of food. Hopefully, that’s easing up with the new diabetes tech that allows for a somewhat more normal life (cgm, closed loop pumps, etc.).

- a different t1 who also finds regulars using cgms to be vaguely offensive (just as I find people who wear glasses without prescription lenses and have fake emotional support animals trite)

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I used Signos for 3 months and I'm glad I did. You can use your flexible spending account

There's another thread on this under glucose monitors.

I'm a Dr. Mark Hyman devotee - he talks about insulin resistance and blood sugar all the time - sees it as a risk factor for so many conditions.

I didn't need to make radical changes because I was already following a lower gylcemic diet. But I did learn a lot. Having a banana alone spiked me v. having a banana along with other foods. Walking after meals did help too. Diet soft drinks spiked me. I switched from oat milk to almond milk. When I scored 100% for the day I felt incredible.

The more spikes you have the more you crave. It's good to not have the weight loss process be harder than it already is.

Good luck.