Continuous blood sugar monitoring

Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) is a modern technology that allows for real-time, automatic monitoring of blood sugar levels using a sensor, usually from subcutaneous tissue.

How CGM works

CGM systems use a tiny cannula/sensor in the subcutaneous fat tissue to measure the glucose level in the intercellular fluid, which is transmitted by a transmitter to a smartphone or dedicated receiver.

The device automatically records blood sugar values ​​every 5-10 minutes, providing a comprehensive curve, trends, and detailed analyses 24 hours a day.

Continuous blood sugar monitoring

Advantages over traditional blood sugar testing

• It gives a more detailed picture of blood sugar fluctuations, not just a snapshot like fingerstick meters.
• It helps optimize insulin dosing, improve HbA1c and increase time in range (TIR).
• It reduces the number of hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic events, especially in “labile” diabetics.
• Less discomfort and pain – requires fewer finger pricks.

Areas of use

• It primarily helps people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, for whom it is particularly important to accurately track blood sugar fluctuations during the day.
• CGM also provides a more accurate view of the effects of lifestyle, diet, exercise, and stress, allowing you to personalize your diet and improve your metabolic health.

We can view blood sugar levels as a continuous stream of information that provides insight into our overall health.

Continuous monitoring shows not only the current value, but also the direction and speed of changes, so we can intervene in time.

If we have a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), we can monitor and, in fact, INFLUENCE the development of our glucose curve without a single drop of blood, using a sensor inserted into the skin!

Then you no longer have to grope around based on right/wrong principles and eat this or that, this much or that, at this time or that.

To move this way or that, this much or that much, at this time or that time...

But we receive NUMEROUS and continuous feedback from our body – updated every minute – about what has triggered it, and this way we can give 'it' what it wants, when it wants it, and just as much of it as it wants!

Even though 'poor' has tried to signal that this or that is not exactly good for us, most of the time we didn't listen to the 'wise words', and by the time we took them seriously, the problem was already big enough... :(

However, quantified, is it possible to see what kind of peak curve our 4-5 pancakes richly filled with Nutella cause, and not just perceive its direct effect and go to bed full, one might say 'satisfied'?!

How much of a difference and CHANGE could continuous blood sugar monitoring bring?!

Even elite athletes have started wearing CGM devices to optimize their performance by measuring VC levels:

"I checked my VC level one hour before drinking the orange juice and finished monitoring three hours after drinking it. This gave me a good idea of ​​what my blood sugar level was like before, during, and after drinking the glass of orange juice."

With this technique, we can test everything – even allulose! – and based on what we see, we can decide that I will never eat this again, or that I will not eat this much of this, but I will eat this much more and more often, and so on...

Summary

Continuous blood glucose monitoring is therefore one of the most effective tools for precise diabetes management, providing immediate feedback on the impact of lifestyle decisions on blood sugar and can significantly improve the patient's quality of life.

Allulose Sweetener can also help you keep your blood sugar levels stable.