<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>philsnow</author><text>I dove into CGMs a little bit about a year ago, mostly just for fun.  Yes, I paid money to some online prescription mill for CGMs (Abbott Freestyle Libre 3, IIRC), and then put one in my arm (the applicator is a short syringe section that has the monitor tube threaded into it, so the tube stays in your arm and your skin under the monitor remains broken) for a couple weeks.  Just to see how various foods would affect my blood glucose, to see whether the “facts” I’m telling my kids about the glycemic index of various foods actually has the expected impact on a measurable result.  You know, as you do.  For fun.&lt;p&gt;(It actually &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; fun, and I’ll do it again when the data ecosystem improves.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jseliger</author><text>Before I got cancer, I had one through Levels, and it was informative. Dessert is &lt;i&gt;much&lt;/i&gt; worse than I&amp;#x27;d thought. Rice, too, including brown rice. I remember eating some biryani and a small bit of naan at an Indian restaurant and thinking that I&amp;#x27;d been pretty healthy, only to see a spike of like 80.</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>philsnow</author><text>I dove into CGMs a little bit about a year ago, mostly just for fun.  Yes, I paid money to some online prescription mill for CGMs (Abbott Freestyle Libre 3, IIRC), and then put one in my arm (the applicator is a short syringe section that has the monitor tube threaded into it, so the tube stays in your arm and your skin under the monitor remains broken) for a couple weeks.  Just to see how various foods would affect my blood glucose, to see whether the “facts” I’m telling my kids about the glycemic index of various foods actually has the expected impact on a measurable result.  You know, as you do.  For fun.&lt;p&gt;(It actually &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; fun, and I’ll do it again when the data ecosystem improves.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>haswell</author><text>Aside from the fun, how did it go? Find anything surprising or insightful in the process?&lt;p&gt;It sounds like an experiment I’d like to do for the purpose of optimizing my daily habits and establishing a better mental model for how my eating habits impact me throughout the day. But I really dislike needles.</text></comment>