What’s a wellness hack that no one talks about? Wearing a CGM!

A CGM is the common abbreviation for a continuous glucose monitor – a wearable device that uses real-time data to help you understand and manage your blood sugar spikes from food after meals. Typically, most CGM devices are worn on the upper arm or abdomen for 7-10 days and provide continuous glucose readings every 5 minutes to a Bluetooth-enabled smart device.

As you might expect, a CGM graph could determine if you are experiencing frequent blood sugar spikes after meals, however, there are other factors that can lead to blood sugar imbalances like stress, poor sleep quality, medications, and dehydration. Long term blood sugar dysregulation can lead to insulin resistance, which drives inflammation, chronic diseases, excessive hunger, immune suppression and fat storage.

In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss my favorite insider tips and tricks to optimizing blood sugar and give you a sneak peek into the process of how our dietitians interpret data from your device, including:

•  Using your waking and sleeping times to set blood sugar goals
• Looking at your baseline glucose numbers
• What does your blood sugar look like after a meal? What about two hours after a meal?
• Nighttime glucose levels
• Setting happy-medium goals for individuals with insulin resistance
• Experimenting with meal times, carbohydrate quality, alcohol, fasting, and improving external factors like stress and sleep

 

Ready to dive in? Listen here!

Want to use real-time data to understand your blood sugar? Grab a CGM device here!

 

Interested in our Lean for Life Membership?

Help yourself feel aligned using our three phase approach: Lean for Life Membership called Heal, Optimize , and Refine where you will be empowered to reverse previous metabolic damage with the assistance of our team of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. Check out more details on our website!

Want to learn more about our one-on-one Empowered Nutrition coaching? Book a free chemistry call to discuss your story and see if we're a good fit.

Enjoying the podcast?

Please review the Empowered Nutrition Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! Then, send me a screenshot of your positive review to podcast@empowerednutrition.health as a DM on Instagram (@empowerednutrition.health).Include a brief description of what you’re working on with your health and/or nutrition and I’ll send you a free custom meal plan!

Do you have questions you would like answered on the Empowered Nutrition podcast? You can propose your questions/ideas here or reach out to me at podcast@empowerednutrition.health