[safog]

Yep I used levels health for a month and it was extremely useful.

Beyond that, I mostly eat the same stuff all the time so I know what it's going to do to my glucose even without the CGM telling me about it.

I still would like to give it another few months to narrow down all the other environmental factors - sleep, exercise, stress, alcohol etc. and see how my blood glucose reacts.

Needle in the skin is a non-issue. You won't feel it at all. It's like keeping a bandaid on for a month.

[boringg]

I saw levels - was interesting. What did you find useful about it? Learning about the loop and which foods impacted glucose?

[safog]

Yep, but there are a lot of environmental factors that the link above talks about. Stress, Sleep, Alcohol Consumption etc. all matter and the effect varies by individual.

What was incredible was how well the glucose level predicts cravings. I just ate as I usually do and almost every time I had a sugary snack (cookies etc.) I'd notice that my glucose level was low just prior to the snack.

The goal is to find out which food is tasty, provides satiety and keeps glucose from dropping too much.

I eat an Indian + Vegetarian diet with rice being the primary carb. Rice causes pretty sharp rise in glucose and a pretty steep crash after insulin is released leading to cravings etc. One behavioral change that was permanent was that we got rid of one variety of rice that's really bad (Sona Masoori) and replaced it with Basmati. We also mostly eat Quinoa or a mix of Quinoa + Basmati for our primary carb now.

[boringg]

Interesting - thanks for sharing. Also - you don't cook quinoa and basmati at the same time do you? That would be a super time saving way to enjoy those two at the same time.

[safog]

Yep we just throw both basmati + quinoa in the same pot and throw it in the rice cooker. Works well.