<story><title>FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor</title><url>https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-clears-first-over-counter-continuous-glucose-monitor</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mangoman</author><text>I recently had an unusual health event that resulted in me passing out. My wife, who is a physician, thought it might be hypoglycemia, since i&amp;#x27;m at high risk for diabetes. She found a super friendly endocrinologist who put me on a CGM for two weeks. I never hit the hypoglycemia range during those two weeks, so it didn&amp;#x27;t really explain what my issue... but honestly the data was SUPER interesting. Just observing the various spikes made me make healthier choices, or noticing when I was feeling extra tired and seeing if that correlated to not having eaten for little while, or eating something sugary before.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sort of like tracking your steps when you first get a smart watch. It may not have been the reason you got the device, but seeing the data, people are encouraged to act on it, even if you don&amp;#x27;t have an acute issue. since I didn&amp;#x27;t have a prescription, I couldn&amp;#x27;t get one here (didn&amp;#x27;t want to go through some sketch online site). I tried to get one from my family in India, but the prices were really high and they couldn&amp;#x27;t get the fancier one that tracks straight to your phone, so I didn&amp;#x27;t get one.&lt;p&gt;I think this could be a god send for preventing pre-diabetic people who would take preventative steps if it weren&amp;#x27;t such a pain in the ass to measure consistently.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aledalgrande</author><text>I actually just got one of these CGMs after listening to Peter Attia&amp;#x27;s (audio)book Outlive and started monitoring my glucose and experimenting with meals and exercise to see what effects they have. Apart from the weirdness of having something attached to your skin, it&amp;#x27;s like having another watch and you won&amp;#x27;t notice after a while. It&amp;#x27;s pretty cool and a lot more people than just diabetics would benefit from this knowledge.&lt;p&gt;Like I just learned for example about resistant starches, of which one is cooled potatoes: I ate the exact same dish but the first time, right after cooking, my levels shot up (not abnormally but you should ideally never have spikes, so your body doesn&amp;#x27;t have to keep pumping insulin), and then the second time, reheated, it was like I didn&amp;#x27;t eat anything. I was surprised so I researched and found &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.webmd.com&amp;#x2F;diet&amp;#x2F;what-to-know-resistant-starches&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.webmd.com&amp;#x2F;diet&amp;#x2F;what-to-know-resistant-starches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone is different so I definitely suggest to try them out for a month and see what gives you spikes in your diet. Then try to get rid of those spikes.</text></comment>
<story><title>FDA clears first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor</title><url>https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-clears-first-over-counter-continuous-glucose-monitor</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mangoman</author><text>I recently had an unusual health event that resulted in me passing out. My wife, who is a physician, thought it might be hypoglycemia, since i&amp;#x27;m at high risk for diabetes. She found a super friendly endocrinologist who put me on a CGM for two weeks. I never hit the hypoglycemia range during those two weeks, so it didn&amp;#x27;t really explain what my issue... but honestly the data was SUPER interesting. Just observing the various spikes made me make healthier choices, or noticing when I was feeling extra tired and seeing if that correlated to not having eaten for little while, or eating something sugary before.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s sort of like tracking your steps when you first get a smart watch. It may not have been the reason you got the device, but seeing the data, people are encouraged to act on it, even if you don&amp;#x27;t have an acute issue. since I didn&amp;#x27;t have a prescription, I couldn&amp;#x27;t get one here (didn&amp;#x27;t want to go through some sketch online site). I tried to get one from my family in India, but the prices were really high and they couldn&amp;#x27;t get the fancier one that tracks straight to your phone, so I didn&amp;#x27;t get one.&lt;p&gt;I think this could be a god send for preventing pre-diabetic people who would take preventative steps if it weren&amp;#x27;t such a pain in the ass to measure consistently.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bakedoatmeal</author><text>What is the connection between being at risk of diabetes and hypoglycemia? Wouldn’t a pre-diabetic be very protected from hypoglycemia?</text></comment>