CGM devices are everywhere. They're great...if you're diabetic. But is there any benefit to using them if you don't have diabetes or any issues with insulin resistance?
1:12 I think the real problem is you are a doctor eating an apple. Everyone knows an apple a day keeps the doctor away
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
lol!
@JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst
3 ай бұрын
😂
@JaneAustenAteMyCat
3 ай бұрын
They've recently decided that apples are so good for you that that may be partially true!
@EmmaJ_95
3 ай бұрын
Got em 😂
@LipochromePhotography
3 ай бұрын
Wit in its essence, well done, Sir!
@glugluban
3 ай бұрын
I'm type 1 diabetic since I was 8, I'm 24 now and I've been using the Freestyle Libre since I was 16, which it appears it's the one you used. Makes me glad to know that I knew most of this information you presented. Even how interstitial fluid works. I never understood why a healthy person would use a CGM without a medical reason, but I guess it's part of how rampant misinformation goes nowadays. If you're reading up to this point you might be interested in CGM's so I will give you my only piece of advice since our beloved Doctor here said pretty much everything. Regarding CGM's is that MAKE SURE YOU INSTALL THEM PROPERLY, read the instructions well and install exactly where it tells you to, otherwise your readings might say that you're low all day or it won't work at all, also never install it before a shower, the temperature will mess it up. And always compare your readings with a capilar, CGM's are not a replacement, they're support
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Good info!
@glugluban
3 ай бұрын
@@zohrehbenn6634 I do the finger prickin' when I don't quite trust what the CGM has to say, 90% of the times it's because it says I'm low but I know I'm not low, but in my experience when it says I'm high, I'm definitely high. You're not stupid for trusting your CGM at all, because it's such an easy way to measure yourself it's easy to get comfortable and forget about double checking, I personally barely do it these days unless I'm on the first 24 hours of applying the Freestyle Libre since it's a bit more chaotic within that timeframe. I can only talk from my experience because everyone's case is different. But double checking is always good Also I remembered another tip about the Freestyle Libre is try not to sleep pressing the sensor against the bed, try to sleep on the "sensorless" arm, in my experience it sometimes distorts the readings. Sorry if the long and chaotic comment didn't fully address your question, I try to talk only about the things I know about...
@justine4163
3 ай бұрын
I wear a CGM. I learned the order in which I eat my food MATTERS. Protein first, then everything else. Carb always last. That apple spiked you, yes, but you need to eat it with a protein to avoid that spike. And yes, I confirm the CGM by doing finger stick. I love CGM’s! I’ve been able to avoid injecting insulin by the constant monitoring and listening to my body.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
As stated in the video for diabetics food order , checking CGM is all very very useful. It’s just not for people who don’t have issues with glucose regulation
@thisweekinternational7702
3 ай бұрын
@@DrKaranbut diabetes takes longer to develop. So what is wrong with people who have not been diagnosed yet using something that could help them avoid diabetes in the first place?
@jeCktHeReal
2 ай бұрын
How about stop pouring exogenous carbohydrates down your neck?
@83shaunam
3 ай бұрын
I started using one and I'm not diabetic. My a1c has been creeping up for a few years now and both my parents have type 2. After just 5 days or so, I started seeing patterns. My gastroparesis is apparently wreaking havoc on my numbers. And my gastroparesis is only mild! But when I have food sitting in my stomach all night long, my numbers just kind of stay up. Not crazy high, but like 120 all night long. I also have hypo episodes that trigger me to overeat. So I started intermittent fasting to give my stomach a chance to be fully empty for at least a few hours every day (which goes against the "standard" gastroparesis advice to eat mini meals 6 times a day, spread out), and I can catch the hypo episodes before they get really bad. My numbers already look better and it's only been like 11 days. I don't know that I'll need it long term, but I should've done this years ago. You don't have to be diabetic to benefit from some extra info about how your diet is affecting you.
@Tser
3 ай бұрын
My blood sugar spiked so high when I was severely dehydrated and in the ER (and they did a blood panel). It scared me, but I was assured it was perfectly normal for it to be like that in response to my illness, and it went right back to normal after. I know some people (who do not have diabetes or pre-diabetes) with health anxiety that get even more anxious when they're monitoring their blood sugar, and it probably goes into a bad feedback loop!
@alyzu4755
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm in perimenopause and struggling to lose weight. I keep seeing all these articles to about glucose and I just can't get behind wearing a monitor (or taking Ozempic) because I'm not diabetic. I also know I'll become obsessive (I have a history of eating disorders).
@_negentropy_
3 ай бұрын
Thank you Dr. Karan! This was very helpful. I appreciate your balanced perspectives on health. Tbh I stay away from most health and wellness schtick now. Creating food anxiety (or any health anxiety) is one way wellness influencers get away with peddling useless (and/or harmful) overpriced supplements and unsupported ideologies. I don’t doubt that most of them are just spreading their own anxieties, which makes it incredibly difficult get across to them the fallacy of their gimmick of choice. To an anxious person it will feel like you’re ripping the floor out from under them. They just cling harder (until they find a replacement crutch).
@emilysha418
3 ай бұрын
With two pre-diabetic parents, mildly elevated glucose, and poor general health, I've really enjoyed working with a CGM + app affiliated nutritionist. With this product you are instructed to calibrate it with fasting glucose and I've compared it to lab tests as well. I have some severe GI problems that have caused me to rely on many refined carbs because I don't tolerate fiber or a lot of protein, and I was suffering from unintentional weight loss. Food order, resistant starch and minimizing oatmilk at dinner has already made a big change on my energy levels which is critical for dysautonomia and CFS, since post parandial malaise is often worse with higher carb meals. I probably won't use it forever, but finding ways to stabilize my glucose with my restricted diet and poor exercise tolerance to prevent becoming prediabetic is a win for me.
@matt_acton-varian
3 ай бұрын
I'm glad you mentioned about exercise and elite athletes. In cycling, the recent monitoring of blood glucose has lead to an understanding of mid race nutrition that flips everything traditionally done on its head. Ten years ago most Tour de France cyclists would consume about 30g to 60g of carbohydrates per hour and no more for fear of excessive weight gain (they make themselves as lean and as light as physically possible because lighter is faster, especially riding up hill). However after multiple studies shown that to maintain the intensity levels required to compete they should be at 90 to 120g per hour (1.5 to 2g of carbs per kg of body weight). When a couple of the top racers started this nutrition technique they started dominating races, the rest of the professional riders took notice.
@imdurmac1
3 ай бұрын
I want one but I only take oral dm meds. I think every diabetic should be able to have one as it does help change eating habits to better manage or resolve dm for patients.
@derejekebede2395
3 ай бұрын
What a Ridiculous argument! CGM is the best thing that ever happened to diabetic people for the simple reason that the device keeps them updated on their glucose level and decide what to do next. What is wrong with that?
@siamak81
3 ай бұрын
It's the same as full body scans for healthy people. Except for well studied screening tests, they don't help and may even be harmful if done for no health related reason.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Yes
@keithhuckabee9859
14 күн бұрын
As an diabetic I've found the CGM to be a great tool getting me off GLP-1 meds. With careful eating I limit spikes to around 180. Just for information, if I had a cheeseburger with a bun I would pass 250 for hours! I've found the Libre 3 to be very accurate although it's running average hides spikes in the graph. Non diabetics using CGM is crazy as taking GLP-1 to loose weight!
@ariellegolas4508
3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Dr Karan! You are a good person and professional. ❤
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
:)
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
Are you a diabetic? I would guess not. I really like my CGM. It allows me to see what food and medication and exercise to to my blood sugar. I've changed my diet to Keto, I've limited carbs, and it's made a big difference. I do realize that stress, etc. Can make glucose go up. I want my blood sugar under control, I don't want complications. We don't need carbs to be healthy. Yes, I've been diabetic for 15 years, and its only now that I feel like I'm in control. Non diabetic people's glucose never gets to dangerous levels. However, people can have pre diabetes or diabetes for years and not know. The sooner you know, the sooner you can prevent pancreas damage and type 2 diabetes.
@JohnWilliams-gy5yc
10 күн бұрын
Kellanova: I hate CGMs. AZN: I wish we also have CLDLMs. All doctors will praise it.
@hinatamercury
3 ай бұрын
My diabetic father and brother used this. My dad stopped but my brother still uses it
@ricardomilos590
2 ай бұрын
I got a Dexcom CGM ad before this video. However, I am also type 1 diabetic who uses Dexcom.
@methanial73
3 ай бұрын
The problem is too high blood glucose damages your bodies cells. The question is how high damages them? I've heard all the way from 125-180 is where the damage occurs.
@ZombiiNightmare
3 ай бұрын
I got Type 1 diabetes, with the help of a CGM and a great diet my HbA1c has fallen to 5.6% (that's a healthy level) and it warned me before hypoglycemia kicked in many times so it's awesome if you're diabetic but why the hell would you want to wear this thing when you're healthy! Just change your diet and your golden!
@bharati6190
12 күн бұрын
Love your videos, doc! The info and your sense of humor is 👌👌👌😊
@mirawind9126
3 ай бұрын
Blood glucose also spikes harder based on the ease of digestion of a food. The faster you can get from solid object you ate to that foods sugar in your blood also matters (at least in regards to the apple) KFC is more complex for you to break down and apples are easier. So yeah more apple would hit the blood faster so bigger spike. That's high school level bio chem. Now what is really disturbing: people are using cgms for some inaccurate "health' trend and bringing a bad name to cgm when these devices are INCREDIBLE for people who actually need them
@VRIceblast
12 күн бұрын
Carbs do effect your ability to lose weight, as well as other things in your body. Instead of using a CGM, just cut out the carbs. Because carb spikes are what you want to worry about. They are what really end up damaging the body, so that's what you want to limit.
@katecrosby7890
3 ай бұрын
A nurse tried to sell me on one a year and a half ago, even though I'm not diabetic or close, she also said I shouldn't eat oats in the morning but broccoli. Wow! Did that set my Ed off?
@lindzbreezyoh
3 ай бұрын
My son's CGM (type 1 diabetic) is a life saver. But non-diabetics using it is just ridiculous
@thisweekinternational7702
3 ай бұрын
Is it their inaccuracy that is the issue or using them when one has not been diagnosed of diabetes? Considering the fact that diabetes develops over a period, ‘healthy’ people who were on their way to develop diabetes may avoid it by monitoring their levels or?
@JenJen0582
3 ай бұрын
I have one and I’m diabetic. It alerts me to highs and lows. I have also learned what triggers spikes. My A1c is much improved now. The other day it alerted me that I was having a fast low because I was out in the heat and sweating a lot. I guess it could be healthy for someone who is non-diabetic to possibly prevent it in the future especially the people who diabetes runs in the family
@erazemajig9319
2 ай бұрын
I hope this video gets more views. There is a lack of backlash and criticism to the new blod control sugar lowering trends, pills and producs
@dakotaglory
3 ай бұрын
These are OTC in Europe and inexpensive compared to prescribed and should be here as well but everyone needs their cut.
@illya_ike
3 ай бұрын
"Ulta processed fried chicken with its salt and fat" - salt and fat shouldn't raise your blood sugar. Ultra processed food is bad not necessary because it raises your blood sugar, but because of other things, like unhealthy fats, too much Omega-6, etc. you compared fruit, which is known to raise your blood sugar with relatively low carb food.
@MrDurgathilak
3 ай бұрын
I want you to know, doctor, that when a healthy person can not control their glucose spikes , it can lead to impaired glucose regulation and diabetes.
@HAPPYFUNK
3 ай бұрын
Would love to see you do a video on visceral fat and how it effects our health.
@aloneinfinland
3 ай бұрын
my wife had one of these when she was pregnant, and of the 4 she used 2 where so innacurate it scared the shit out her and cause sevear stress!, it was only corrected when we started stap testing her and realise the machine was jsust broken, not lagging, just innacurate! randome bonus tip, as a t2, if i wanted a redbull because of calming an ADHD mind, i can eat a boiled egg before it and get no sugar spike at all :p This is not medical advice, its just a weird thing i found out through stupidity...
@IanFBNS
3 ай бұрын
okay... but I decided to try a CGM because I was experiencing all of the classic diabetes symptoms (thirsty all the time, urinating lots, fatigue, dry skin and numbness in my extremities) but getting absolutely nowhere with my GP... the readings were not spiky - they were insanely high (19-25 mmol/L) and stayed there for two whole weeks - at which point, I showed the data to my GP who confirmed a glycated HbA1c of 76. This was a valid tool that helped me to get the proper treatment, and I stopped using one as soon as I had done so. I don't regret this for a second.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Fair enough, the problem seemed to be with your gp then who as you described didn’t seem to take your symptoms seriously. A quick hba1c reading when you had all those symptoms would have been enough to diagnose you without you having to DIY test …
@JaceHarnage
3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Dr. Karam!
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Welcome
@thuggie1
3 ай бұрын
i was diagnosed with type2 diabetes so i went onto a keto deist lost 6st in weight and i not had and abnormal spikes anymore and i have started to eat carbs again. i put it down to losing weight mainly
@Veganbutchershop
3 ай бұрын
Independant UK Monkeys at a zoo in Devon have been banned from eating bananas - for the sake of their health. Zookeepers said the fruit grown and exported for human consumption have far higher levels of sugar than the ones monkeys would eat in the wild - to the point that it’s bad for their teeth and can lead to diabetes.
@kritsadventures
Ай бұрын
I am a diabetic and my CGM is invaluable. But I am diabetic. I agree its fairly unnecessary for regular people.
@scasny
14 күн бұрын
Yea we should all go keto and not worry about blood glucose at all.
@Technichian462
3 ай бұрын
The best balance diet is one where you have a steak in each hand. Not containing any carbs whatsosver
@shiniya
3 ай бұрын
my mom has problems with her glucose levels. it is not that bad that she needed injections, but she should take pills, however she has some problems with them. So she thinks about getting one of these. She basically wants to monitor her sugar levels to know if it gets worse.
@ramelchilds7416
3 ай бұрын
I hate that people who do not NEED a CGM are using a useful or even necessary tool as a part of some diet BS. I am a T1D and Ozempic even ticks me off but some other meds have been discovered to have 'positive' additional effects but they are both pricy.
@brunonichol7557
3 ай бұрын
Would you say The Hb1AC blood test is a better way of measuring if you have an issue?
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
It’s a marker of longer term blood glucose control yes, and it’s part of how your doctor might diagnose you with diabetes
@playinglifeoneasy9226
3 ай бұрын
There is a lot in this video that is cherry picked, and a lot of assumptions that are incorrect. You can do a lot regarding bringing your glucose spikes down regardless of what triggered the spike. A 10 minute meditation can lower your blood sugar by 10 points a leisurely walk right after eating could prevent the spike altogether, how do I know this because I’ve been wearing a glucose monitor and keep your heating to yourself. I have my own medical reasons for this but what I learned as I learned that stress from emotional for sleep, deprivation, etc. can raise blood sugar. My friend has always eaten super healthy. He was raised in Europe, and he walks throughout the day and he almost went blind, not realizing that his blood sugar was upper 300 because having never worn he didn’t understand how much sleep deprivation affected his blood sugar. A lot of people are not getting regular care or regular blood test and so if an influence or convinces them to slap something on their arm, that lets them know there’s a four alarm fire before they open that door and wake up, unable to see them. That’s a good thing. Usually, when you make a lot of some, the price goes down. In the pandemic and post pandemic shortages this was a different situation, but we’re a few years out now and there’s no reason why they can’t just make more of them stop gatekeeping healthcare
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Explain precisely what is wrong? You’ve Missed the most important take away from this video : glucose spikes in NORMAL physiology is harmless. Stop fear mongering
@DanteAbendstern
3 ай бұрын
This trend of healthy people constantly monitoring their blood sugar is about as dumb as them monitoring their blood pressure permanently with an IBP🙈
@oakstrong1
3 ай бұрын
I didn't think the number is as important as the shape of curve. (As long as it is roughly within normal levels. It can also indicate what foods combine to reduce massive highs and crashes that follow... Not that I have seen any of these influencers.
@jassewalton1768
3 ай бұрын
A nice shirt, Dr K 👌
@Joliefleur252
6 күн бұрын
You are a doctor and you are surprised an apple sipes more blood sugar than meat and fat 🙈
@luckydevonpixie
3 ай бұрын
I love mine though being on insulin I've learned to sort my diet out. My hba1c has improved loads.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Yes, as stated in the Video - great for diabetics
@user-to5bk3qd7b
3 ай бұрын
In the first few minutes you mention some things that may cause spikes and paint an overall negative picture of knowing this information. On the contrary if someone is cognizant of what is happening in tandem with those spikes then they can work to rectify those things. Lack of sleep, stress triggers, being sick, whatever else - all of these things can be identified and then worked on - and I hardly see that as being a negative. First you talk about a measure becoming a target being a negative thing, then almost immediately you talk about "deranged lipid profiles" and mention cholesterol - which is one of the worst offenders for a measure being a target these days. You even see health influencers and doctors who aren't at risk for CVD proudly parading that they take statins to keep their levels insanely low. The inaccuracy issue you mentioned, if it's always/almost always a positive difference then you can just assume the actual reading in the blood is a bit higher than what you are seeing, so I don't see the relevance of this. The issue with influencers and the "pill for every ill" culture is definitely an issue, but applies to so many other domains of the health and fitness space to be fair. If someone is already under this spell they're probably doing it with everything else and think that supplements / drinks / unicorn tears can attenuate the effects of a dogshit diet and lifestyle. There also honestly might be some value in someone like this wearing one and potentially seeing that their glucose is chronically elevated so they can then see a doctor if they think they have pre-diabetes/diabetes and didn't know beforehand. Already a handy tool for those that are indicated for it (diabetics). Could be useful for some individuals who are genuinely interested in the reading. Generally a bad idea for the types that think they can do everything that makes them feel like shit and use some tool to mask it. So basically like anything else health related.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
The point is- you don’t need to worry about spikes at all if your physiology is normal
@ElementalWhispers
3 ай бұрын
I'm worried about high blood pressure - it goes up every time i see an ad for the Zoe monitoring device. So sick of it! Thank you for your rational explanation Dr. K ❤ Edit: OMG I just got a Zoe ad after this video!
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Haha
@zoeyelh
3 ай бұрын
wasn't the zoe creator on a podcast with dr k?
@lindabondperry
Ай бұрын
❤ 😂
@carinagoncalves7434
3 ай бұрын
Diabetic here: I just cant wrap my head around the fact that there are healthy people out there wanting to monitor the blood glucose!!!!😮 I dream of not knowing what mine is. Not having to monitor it 24/7. Not having to worry and consider everything I eat. Not having to think about what stress, illness and activity levels are going to do to it. Yet there are folk out there putting themselves through it out of there own acord 💀
@smileygirl622
3 ай бұрын
Well to play devils advocate for them, if you thought monitoring yourself before you had to meant you could have avoided becoming diabetic wouldnt you have chosen to do that? Youd be able to moderate yourself without having it be a genuine 24/7 stress because its a preventative measure instead of a necessary life altering measure, right? My brother isnt diabetic or even prediabetic but theres a good chance he could become with his lifestyle, he was warned so by his doctor and the cgm was a huge wake up call for him actually seeing it laid out where ue couldnt ignore it or pretend it wasnt so bad. A little bit like how I want to eat healthy and excerise now and not after a sedentary lifestyle has weaked my muscles and capabilities then I dont have to struggle to get back into it, its already part of my lifestyle. I cant fully comprehend why everyone thinks its so horrible that people want more awareness and preventative measures or more importantly, just less sugar.
@TheEmily1218
3 ай бұрын
type 1 diabetic here. For us it would have never been preventative, as we have an autoimmune disease. I would love to give my sensors, pump, insulin, tubing, everything, to these idiots, along with my type 1 diabetes.
@glitteringmaze
3 ай бұрын
@@smileygirl622 Not to assume OP is T1D, but monitoring before having to won’t prevent type 1. It wouldn’t prevent someone from having an autoimmune response that can cause T1D to develop.
@Joseph-kp4rv
3 ай бұрын
@@smileygirl622 You're completely correct, these diabetics are weird to me. It's as if they need to gatekeep this technology for no reason other than to have special access to it. As if supply and demand for these types of products couldn't possibly make it as cheap as OTC medication or test strips one day - no, let's make them an extremely limited access technology. Just ridiculous nonsense. This is coming from someone who is diabetic himself.
@sarahfairchild399
3 ай бұрын
Amen!!!
@MorningRose370
3 ай бұрын
"Blood glucose is like a moody teenager, affected by everything and impossible to tell what's going to make it act up." Sir, that is the best description I've ever heard. My husband uses a CGM and pump and I wish he could have gotten them years ago. It's been such a big help in controlling his diabetes.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Yep, for diabetes. It’s great!
@lordvader2681
3 ай бұрын
Yes for someone WHO IS SICK!! it's a game changer.... But normal healthy people need to stop all this stupid stuff
@rossq9432
3 ай бұрын
Same here, when I first got type one diabetes, my A1C was 9.9% 84.7 mmol, it wasn't until I got the Libra when it first came out I was able to understand what was going on. Fast forward to today my A1c is 5.3% 34.4 mmol. Because I could see what adjustments I needed to make inorder get the insulin to work how it should.
@adelarsen9776
3 ай бұрын
Controlling it ? Why don't you get rid of it all together ?
@MorningRose370
3 ай бұрын
@@adelarsen9776 Wow. Why didn't we think of that? Silly us! We'll get on that pronto!
@jakeradi3634
3 ай бұрын
The sad part is that these devices can be life changing for Type 1 diabetics like myself but they are so ridiculously expensive (especially here in the US) that many of us just can’t afford them. They have saved my life many times by alerting me when my blood sugar gets extremely low in my sleep.
@Selene13zz
3 ай бұрын
I have T1 and my husband has T2, both on insulin. I was just saying how it would be good if he could use a cgm like the one I'm wearing because stress sometimes makes him rollercoaster. Our insurance will pay for a good portion of my equipment but they won't pay anything for him. It's so frustrating. And now people are just using them for dieting?! This has got to be a rich privilege thing & it's just insane.
@Thunderstyle7
3 ай бұрын
@@Selene13zz Think of it this way... more attention on the product creates more competition, which will cheapen the prices for Type 2 diabetics. Also Type 2 is such a crazy epidemic in places like the USA that literally tens of millions will benefit from reduced prices for these products.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
Medicare now pays for them, at least since last summer, for T2. Other insurances will follow.
@brandenkappes2946
3 ай бұрын
When I was a summer camp nurse, I was so thankful for these for my T1DM kids. 10 years ago, having a diabetic kid at camp meant constantly poking and checking in and making sure they understood every step along the way. But these days all I need to do is get the carb counts each meal and do a quick check in. The freedom it gives diabetics is incredible
@AgentOffice
Ай бұрын
They're going over the counter
@missknight9
3 ай бұрын
I don’t have diabetes, and diabetes doesn’t run in my family, but a CGM was life saving for me. I have a rare condition that causes sudden severe hypoglycemic episodes that my doctors missed. If it wasn’t for a cgm I would have never received a diagnosis before my condition became life threatening
@LauraB.335
27 күн бұрын
Exactly! There’s nothing wrong with being empowered to take your health into your own hands.
@CharleneTruncer
12 күн бұрын
God bless you. Pray you have a healthy & happy future.
@Chronicle-in8vu
4 күн бұрын
@@CharleneTruncerIf prayer worked then we wouldn't need medicine would we,think about it😢.
@emilymulcahy
3 ай бұрын
I'm diabetic and my cgm is amazing, it's lowered my ha1c, from 8-10 to 5.4-6.7 (under a 7 is amazing for a diabetic) I recommend it to any DIABETIC, but I wouldn't do so to anyone who's not diabetic or at least prediabetic, healthy people using diabetic meds and such are making it harder for those of us who actually NEED it to survive and thrive
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
For diabetics, as stated in this video - it is very useful
@01SaltyWitch
3 ай бұрын
It’s almost like you missed the docs entire point, rushing to comment
@emilymulcahy
3 ай бұрын
@@01SaltyWitch or, it's almost as if I was agreeing with the doctor, go away
@emilymulcahy
3 ай бұрын
@@DrKaran yes, I agree with you, just sharing my experience
@emilymulcahy
3 ай бұрын
@@01SaltyWitch I was agreeing with him, go away
@donnabremerman1423
3 ай бұрын
Wearing a glucose monitor shows how my body reacts to certain food and how long it takes for my glucose levels to return to my normal. Knowing this helps keep me on track and has motivated me to lose 50 lbs. It always shows me how the dawn phenomenon and cortisol spikes in the morning and how long it takes to get back to my normal.
@xG4mx
7 күн бұрын
As much as as I am a fan of this channel, this is where I disagree with it. As he mentions himself, data is only as useful as the action that results from understanding it. CGMs are a information currency. Understanding how our bodies react is so important simply because we're not all metabolically the same. It's not a health scam at all (while the price is high), the information it provides is priceless. You only need a couple months (maybe even staggered) to get a good feel for how to navigate your bodies metabolism.
@dennisraettig9956
Күн бұрын
THIS SYSTEM IS GREAT! By tracking what you are eating you will become healthier. You will be truly blessed. I just purchased this 5 days ago. Within the 5 days that I have had it has really helped me with what to purchase and eat.
@keturahspencer
3 ай бұрын
I'm pre-diabetic, but only recently diagnosed. I've started monitoring my blood glucose lately (not with a CGM) and discovered that I have severe spikes and crashes. Those spikes also correlate with fatigue and makes emotional regulation much harder. Some of those spikes are technically not in diabetic blood glucose levels, but still affect me. I have no clue how long I've been pre diabetic, but I guarantee you this is a problem that's been going on undetected for years. I don't see anything wrong with people wanting to monitor their own health or see how they personally respond to different foods. People also take their own temperature and blood pressure at home. If it was known this was a problem earlier I could have gone to my doctor with some evidence and asked for help instead of rely on a stranger that might just tell me that I'm making it up.
@seriouslyreally5413
3 ай бұрын
CGM were designed for 1. type-I diabetics who need the CONTINUOUS glucose reading for dosing their insulin throughout the day. and 2. for their Endocrinologist to prescribe insulin treatment by providing a database of the diabetic's daily continuous glucose readings. They are a vital part of the A-I technology built into next generation insulin pumps. For the Medtronic Insulin pump system, the Guardian-4 CGM "talks" to my husband's MiniMed 780G insulin pump adjusting his basal and correction insulin rates minute by minute by what the sensor (interstitial) glucose reading is. CGMs are meaninless for nondiabetic people that have a normally functioning pancreas. Their pancreas adjusts insulin secretion naturally as soon as the body detects a normal glucose spike after eating anything with carbohydrate in it. Maybe a CGM might be used to make you aware of what foods have carbs in it to guide your eating choices but just read the labels! The scam was for Libre CGM to expand their market to non-diabetics to get health conscious people to measure something they dont have any control over, their pancreas does the work for them secreting insulin as needed.
@HumanBeinggg
3 ай бұрын
@@zohrehbenn6634 Hi, which CGM have you been offered? As someone who takes care of a T1 diabetic and knows people who have had gestational diabetes they are often helpful, but sometimes they can be inaccurate (some brands you can calibrate them and make them more accurate by adding a finger prick reading) but thats usually uncommon. Some CGMs are a bit shitty tho.
@alice80122
3 ай бұрын
CGMs can also be used for patients with Addison's disease as they are at risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia. So should be prescribed for non diabetics sometimes but again for genuine medical reasons only.
@mikeg8276
3 ай бұрын
Type 1.5s and 2s should in many cases use CGMs too. It’s not just for type 1.
@ElizIndRhythm
3 ай бұрын
@@mikeg8276 definitely for those who are taking insulin, but if you're able to maintain your sugar through diet or medication, it's probably not worth it.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
I read ALL food labels and still got fooled by a couple that were allowed to have "sugar free" on their labels but really were not. They had maltodextrin in them, which caused huge spikes in my blood sugar. Without a cgm, I wouldn't have known. One was a "sugar free" jam I'd been using for years and never knew. So you can't trust labels.
@evananderson1455
3 ай бұрын
Human beings often underestimate how complicated the world is.
@blessedwhitney
3 ай бұрын
As a T1D who haaates the cgm trend, I do appreciate it being more easily available for women with gestational diabetes. I have never heard such confused statements (I met one woman who thought cheese was a carb). Pregnancy is killer on glucose levels, the women are stressed and scared and basically tossed into diabetes hard mode right out the gate. I think it would be comforting and informative for them
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
If someone has gestational diabetes they have dysregulated metabolism so they’d also fall under the bracket of medical use. I’ve stated throughout this video it’s not for Normal physiology. Gestational diabetes isn’t normal physiology
@City_Pige0n
24 күн бұрын
The reason why cgms are so popular suddenly is very simple Karan. 30 million Americans are diabetic and 100 million are prediabetic. The UK probably has similar stats. You should make a video on why thats the case
@scasny
14 күн бұрын
Psst, its carbs. But dont tell anybody.
@elloohno1349
20 сағат бұрын
It’s weird how people who are so “smart” can be so stupid. Why do people who make these types of videos not look into it further?!
@kenzi.h
3 ай бұрын
My 7yo daughter has T1 diabetes and I was surprised the first months after adopting a cgm how sugar fluctuates, it’s really not just food that influences the numbers!!
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Very true. So many factors , some out of our control
@rayoflight62
3 ай бұрын
A strong emotion, like fear, double the sugar level in minutes. A missing night of sleep will keep the sugar values higher than expected. Physical pain also raise the blood sugar. Also, the digestive system follow its own sleep pattern, which can cause hypoglycemia in the early morning.
@glitteringmaze
3 ай бұрын
Seriously, I started to be able to predict fairly accurately if my patient would be out sick the following day depending on how his sugars fluctuated throughout, and one of my coworkers said her son’s BG would go haywire when he had a loose tooth!
@ab72_s
3 ай бұрын
Hey Doc, can you make an in-depth video regarding weight loss, including the aspects of diet and exercise? Because there are SO MANY false rumors going around about weight loss, like willpower is essential for weight loss, not your anabolic and catabolic rates; Subway diet is effective; consume less carbs and exercise even more, and so on. I, as an obese person, and many others would appreciate that!
@theseus_lavender
3 ай бұрын
I am SO glad to see you talking about this Dr Karan.... I smelled bullsh*t on this as soon as I saw Zoe & Dr Spector on 'diary of a ceo'... As someone that's been living with disordered eating for my whole life, I've spent most of those years vulnerable to these snake oil salespeople, Now having woken up from it and focussing on long term, holistic, steady health approaches, It makes me fear for the 100'000k's vulnerable people getting sucked into these schemes and lining the pockets of these so called influencers!
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Yes I’d stay away from *most* podcasters who try to sell health products!
@think2023
3 ай бұрын
You are unhelpful! Metabolic disorder is a SUPER common killer...dissuading people from understanding their bodies is criminal.🎉
@helenahandkart1857
3 ай бұрын
The revommendations from jesse 'glucose goddess' are very helpful for those with metabolic syndrome/prediabetes. A little more nuance around that would have been helpful, just as you mention towards the end of your video.
@xXfireflyyXx
3 ай бұрын
I just finished a paper on the efficacy of CGMs for my microbiology, molecular, and biomedical sciences degree (mmbs). In all of the studies i have found, both individuals in healthy bmi range and obese bmi range with no prior health issues had practically no monitoring difference despite diet. One person with a healthy bmi ate a donut and got a spike. One ate an apple and had an even higher spike than the donut. If you are healthy, you really dont need a CGM.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Exactly this!
@retire14pattaya9
3 ай бұрын
To stay healthy you cannot eat whatever you want. The dam breaks in time for most people hence chronic disease later.
@johannas.l.brushane2518
3 ай бұрын
The thing is you may not be as healthy as you think, I sulin levels are not measured in the standard panels. It can be considerably elevated for nearly two decades and cause all sorts of malice before the blood glucose start to be high and push the alarm.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
The obese people might just wind up diabetic in the future if they don't take it seriously and lose weight. Why not try to prevent it?
@dennispo4998
3 ай бұрын
Each person is unique. How can you know which foods you normally take actually push you towards insulin resistance? How will you know if it's true for you that if you put butter on your toast instead of jam (or whatever) it reduces the spike drastically? How will you know how fast glucose is cleared for each food/drink combo? What happens if you take a 10min walk 3x/day or just a one-time 30min walk? The trend is far more important than the individual data points. Seeing the trend of how high and how long the clearance is for each type of food, coupled with exercise, proper sleep, stress management, BP monitoring, weight management, quarterly blood tests to confirm your experiments with macros proportions... there's so many things that you can do with the CGM charts and you don't need to be sick first.
@JH-lz4dh
3 ай бұрын
As someone with PCOS and POTS I found CGM very helpful for which foods make me feel terrible from getting reactive hypoglycemia after eating them
@meirin5316
3 ай бұрын
i wish i got help with that. my blood sugar drops like crazy due to my pcos. my docs dont even give a damn
@JH-lz4dh
3 ай бұрын
@@meirin5316 yeah mine don't care either so I'll just continue to be my own doctor 🙄
@meirin5316
3 ай бұрын
@@JH-lz4dh wow. this is just horrible
@GenRN
3 ай бұрын
Dropping glucose can be from insulin resistance. Your body over produces insulin. Look into it.
@helenwright3201
3 ай бұрын
Same, I have ME/CFS and very possible POTS also and used Zoe to try and help
@fourmacs8167
3 ай бұрын
Checking a bodily function over and over again is dangerous and harmful, when not necessary. My son, while being investigated for Marfan syndrome, along with other blood test abnormalities such as kidney and cortisol functions, was told to take his blood pressure every two hours by a doctor. We did it. He was just 15 years old. Every other doctor thought it was insane to be doing this. And, most importantly, it was not good at all for my son. You might say, it’s only taking your blood pressure, no harm. Nope. He was pulled out of class regularly for 3 months and worried constantly that he was dying. After all kinds of tests, including genetic, turned out that he was just a very tall, thin boy. Because he was very tall (6’5”) and thin, the paediatric tests were always “wrong” because he was “adult” sized. That was two years we could have done without.
@lisastenzel5713
3 ай бұрын
That's insane. So sorry you went through that. Also, Marfan is genetic. Why not just test that? And...he could get a blood pressure monitor for 3 days, so he could have gone along his day normally. I mean...3 months is long. But still. Very sorry they put you through this
@sophie4636
3 ай бұрын
My 13 yo daughter got so scared she was going to have cancer bc of tests she was undergoing. No matter how much I tried to tell her they didn't think she had cancer it was just one of the standard tears they ran. It's taken her ages to recover from the tests.
@fourmacs8167
3 ай бұрын
@@lisastenzel5713 Eventually he did have genetic testing. It’s just the system of health care in the country we live 🙄 Same with the blood pressure monitoring. Everything took time, too long really, so they did what they thought was correct and helpful until the genetic testing.
@LauraAnimalgirl
3 ай бұрын
Are you in the USA? I wonder if that same scenario would've happened in the UK.
@fourmacs8167
3 ай бұрын
@@LauraAnimalgirl No, not in the US or the UK.
@EmmaJ_95
3 ай бұрын
As a Diabetic who’s had this for 16 years (and counting) Thank you for exposing these people and brands like Zoe. They really needs to be a strict gatekeeping for diabetic technology strictly for diabetics and not to people to have it for “funsies”
@jonored
3 ай бұрын
Strictly speaking, there's some evidence that blood glucose monitoring is useful for adrenal insufficiency, and we're definitely seeing improvements from using essentially identical pump technology to the same. But of course, that's another "your endocrine system doesn't adequately produce a required hormone" disorder, and one that directly feeds in to insulin response (higher cortisol makes less insulin response, low amplifies insulin response and thus reduces blood sugar to potentially dangerous levels.) Measuring blood glucose makes a viable proxy for measuring cortisol, and we don't have any other proxy to measure beyond "how do I feel" that's as accessible.
@JonGreen_UK
3 ай бұрын
As I've commented elsewhere (as a fellow diabetic), reduced costs of production in increased volume could benefit us. CGMs aren't a resource-limited technology: they're not like semaglutide, which diabetics have difficulty getting because the worried wealthy well are soaking up all the supply.
@HikaruKatayamma
3 ай бұрын
Apples are a high fructose food, whereas the only carbs in fried chicken are the breading. Immediately this guy is gaslighting the audience.
@LuminaryXion
3 ай бұрын
Not everyone can get a diagnosis easily. I'm happy that my friend fighting to be seen for his health issues, has access to this tech. Gatekeeping health tech is dangerous
@luisa146
3 ай бұрын
In my country nobody would buy this if they don't need it for a medical concern. I really don't understand why anybody who's healthy would want to monitor their blood sugar. It' really a weird phenomenon
@TrevBec
3 ай бұрын
Nice. The Titanic only blowing smoke out of the first 3 funnels. The 4th was just for symmetry. I’ll get my coat…
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Lool
@JonGreen_UK
3 ай бұрын
I'm very much in favour of healthy people using CGMs. Why? Well, frankly it's up to them whether they want to take action to slow their glucose responses, or just use it as a point of information. That's for them to decide. But for me, a diabetic, lots of people using CGMs means costs will come down, and I'm very much behind that. My condition isn't severe enough to justify prescription of CGMs. I've considered buying them to help me control and slow the glucose spikes that are actually harmful to me, but the cost puts me off. If the makers can pass on reduced costs of production in volume - hey, we can hope! - it'll benefit everyone: diabetic or currently healthy.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Yes whilst everyone has a choice to do whatever they want - drink alcohol, smoke, even use CGMs when they aren’t required…the reason CGM shouldn’t be used by healthy people to “slow their glucose response” is because that statement in itself is superfluous. A person with a normally functioning pancreas and insulin response doesn’t need to slow their glucose response - it has ZERO clinical effect.
@trail.blazer
3 ай бұрын
@@DrKaran I disagree. Someone with a 'good average glucose response' from high glycemic foods might still be spiking their insulin to very high levels to keep that glucose within good control. That is not a good thing and it is also difficult to accurately measure even from the commonly used OGTT. A small insulin bump is good but not a big spike. Continually high levels of insulin cause future problems. I agree that a CGM should probably not be used indefinitely by a non-diabetic (although their choice), but can be good for a period of time as a learning tool. I have never personally used a CGM, but I have done lots of finger prick tests and 'reversed' my pre-diabetes by having better dietary habits. By the way, I'm not a Zoe or Dr Spector fan. I don't agree with a lot of his opinions.
@vampireboyfriend5132
3 ай бұрын
as someone with t1d who should be wearing one of these regularly but can't afford to, it makes me so mad to see people who don't need them acting like they're a fun new health toy. i hope the extra demand doesn't drive the price even higher. also ya the accuracy of them is SO dicey. was given a libre trial from my clinic and just turned off alerts and ignored it halfway through use because it was so inaccurate it wasn't even useful. if you want an accurate cgm, you NEED to be calibrating it with finger-pricks at least a few times a day, which i'm willing to bet none of these health influencers are doing, if their cgms allow calibration at all. even the best cgms that i've used and loved and wouldn't be helpful without calibration. I've also found that the accuracy varies depending on how long i've had it on, less accurate at the start, more accurate mid-way after it's calibrated a bunch and gotten into the groove, and then less accurate again towards the end of it's life. there's so much that can influence your bg as is that these people are ignoring, but also so much more that influences how your cgm reads.
@cgrass4035
3 ай бұрын
I don’t think gaining knowledge about how certain foods affect people is a bad thing. I agree it’s probably not good to be obsessive about it, but I don’t understand why it couldn’t be useful. I do understand it’s a totally different issue for people with Diabetes type one who unfortunately don’t have a choice.
@MoriKitsune
3 ай бұрын
Dexcoms have been way more accurate than Libres for me (also t1d) Also, if you're in the US and you have health insurance, try getting them to bill your CGM as Durable Medical Equipment (DME) instead of as a prescription- it might take more off of the cost or even make your insurance cover them completely
@Joseph-kp4rv
3 ай бұрын
They're expensive in the US because they can be. It has nothing to do with the supply of them. People exploring alternate avenues and creating new CGMs that are available to everyone is exactly how you lower the price and advance the technology enough to be able to break into the market and force competitors to lower their own prices.
@tangyjoe4326
2 ай бұрын
I’m in a program for type 2 diabetics to get off insulin (down to 30 units from 177 and still working at getting off completely). Anyway, I agreed to be in an additional study using a CGM (basically to see if participants accurately reported their readings vs having a Bluetooth monitor that sent the readings for you. I constantly knocked the dang thing off so many times I ended up having to wrap medical tape around my arm to keep it on for the whole two weeks each time.
@queenofluna
3 ай бұрын
Oh great. Now us Type 1 Diabetics are going to run out of CGMs that our lives depend on 🙄
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Hopefully not!
@helenaweremans7769
3 ай бұрын
Your life doesn’t depend on CGM’s but on insuline. CGM’s only makes our lives, especially our fingers, better 😀
@savvivixen8490
3 ай бұрын
@@helenaweremans7769 ... I'm *reeeeealy* hoping this is a "/s" thing... 😐
@TumblinWeeds
3 ай бұрын
No you won’t. These things cost hundreds of dollars for the uninsured. 99% of people won’t ever buy one, the other 0.99% will buy a single one for the novelty. Y’all use 2 every month and 24 a year, something like 7 healthy people in all of the US will be willing to dish out thousands for that amount. Manufacturers will easily keep up with the demand.
@TumblinWeeds
3 ай бұрын
Not to mention I’m pretty sure it’s not even legal otc in the US. People are smuggling it from other countries. It’s not going to be a huge market rush. People aren’t generally that committed to getting an expensive gadget.
@andrewposner6703
3 ай бұрын
I don’t know if my case is different, but I have actually found the opposite to be true from what you were saying. For a long time I’ve had slightly high triglycerides, a little bit high LDL, and low HDL. Everything has always been in the place where I can reasonably make the choice to try to change diet or try statin. My A1c is between 5.7 and 5.9, which again slightly elevated but not in the medication range. My fasting glucose however usually is 95 to 98 in blood results. with a 3 to 6 month. In between blood test, it is often really hard for me to see what isn’t isn’t working. I asked the doctor to prescribe a CGM, and the amount that I’ve learned about how my body response to different foods and the order that I eat food has been fantastic. Also, seeing how when I eat at certain times of the day it changes things, and so much more. I can’t get all those other metabolic tests as often as I would need to get that type of data, but the glucose seems to be a decent surrogate for learning that information. I’m not sure that around my study to show how CGM affects health would actually work in this case, as it depends a lot on how that individual patient is using the data. I certainly can see your concern about too much data or too much emphasis on one data point being an issue, but I also think we need to question diet advice when people following the American heart Association diet are seeing an increase in heart attacks. I think the better study would be to see if glucose spikes, the size of them, and how often people get them, have any correlation to heart disease. they could randomly assign people to change the order in which they are eating, low-carb, diets, keto style diets, low-fat diets.
@SuperDflower
Ай бұрын
There might also be another reason why there’s been such an uptick in heart attacks, and Inflammatory issues of the heart. Possibly some thing that started to occur around the year 2021. Just saying we have to factor everything in
@9snaga
3 ай бұрын
Miracle cure is in the vegetable isle.
@theFijian
Ай бұрын
An island of vegetables?
@Maninawig
3 ай бұрын
I remember Anne Reardon using one to show the science of pasta. I remember how she mentioned it wasn't always accurate, but that it was good enough to visualize what the studies already proved.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
It’s not intended for the average person without diabetes. That’s the point
@Maninawig
3 ай бұрын
@@DrKaran yes, she mentioned that, too. Her point of using it was to show a visual graph to debunk cold pasta as a superfood (if I recall, it could have been another food). The point of the graph was to show how, yes, freshly cooked pasta does have a much higher glucose spike, but the cold pasta spike fell more gradually which also needed to be accounted for in measuring the glucose intake, then backed it up with other research data to conclude the same thing. I believe she posted the video about the same time that you posted a short on the same topic with the same conclusion. I meant my comment to be an agreement with your message, not a contradiction. I apologize if it came out differently.
@jessicawolf786
3 ай бұрын
As a pre-diabetic who is insulin resistant and pregnant the cgm has been a game changer for me. I can see what affects my blood sugar the most and stay away from it. I mostly see that ultra processed foods and sugar spike my glucose way too high.
@robmarshallofficial
3 ай бұрын
I’m type 1 diabetic and been diabetic for 35 years. I’ve used these freestyle CGMs and there are some more information you can add. 1) If you sleep with your arm (where the sensor is) is in or outside of the bed duvet at night. It can alter the reading. I tested this over a month and found it can alternate between to high and to low. 2) depending upon where you attach it also makes a difference in the reading. About 2 years ago, I changed to a new insulin pump (tandem) and it has a counter part of a CGM which the pump uses to regulate my blood glucose. However, because the reading of the CGM can be out by +/- 2.5 or more, every morning and every night I have to recalibrate the insulin pump to make sure it is as close to each other as possible. I will also point out, that with my old pump, which relied upon me doing blood tests several times a day, I was able to get my blood glucose between 6.0 and 6.5 mmol/L which is what someone who isn’t diabetic should be (throughout the day, not after meals), with this new system with the CGM, I have found it no where near as reliable and have found the pump and CGM to try and keep my blood glucose levels about 10.0 to 12.0 mmol/L which is double what I am able to keep it at. I personally would not recommend CGM’s even for diabetics as they are not accurate enough and if you are not a veteran diabetic like myself and know diabetes inside and out, they can cause more harm than good. What infuriates me is you have all these idiots who say they make better health from social media etc, who have no medical back ground or even experience in things like Diabetes, so recommend these things and for those who they do work for, then have to pay more for what they need for their health. A good example is if you have IBS and suddenly these same people said to go on a gluten free diet and suddenly all the IBS food shot up in price making it impossible for some to even be able to afford them. So don’t listen to internet influencers, as most talk out their rear ends and wouldn’t know a healthy diet if it slapped them in the face. Oh and Dr Karan, can you do a video on IBS etc and the FODMAP diet, I think this will help a lot of people, and also in the video touch on things like Guar Gum and Xantium Gum which is worse than eating a full box of wheatabix for people with IBS. Thanks in advance
@Meskarune
Ай бұрын
I wish I could upvote you twice.
@warbler1984
3 ай бұрын
I love that youre giving this info for free meanwhile Peter Attia charges 300 USD for a STUDENT subscription to his podcast
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Wtf! I will never charge for my KZitem or my podcast
@user-ij8no5zw6u-
3 ай бұрын
CGMs are good if you know how to use them. People are vastly metabolically sick, healthy individuals don't have high blood sugar spikes. High glucose in the blood is not a good thing.....how come it is a bad thing to measure that? Getting my levels in check indeed changed my life and I was never even prediabetic - I now have energy, 4years now with NO headaches (that is amazing to me), no joint pain, a lot better bloodwork, ect... Know how to use the technology and get healthy!
@karmallama7957
3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video. I've been incredibly angry at these uneducated fools using something that wasn't made for you. This little this is one of the few things that's happened for us and we unless you have done the same, puncturing your finger 6-10 times a day is exhausting but there's never been an option. I've been type 1 efor 30 years and tho im not a doctor, fitness freak or a nutritionist but being type 1 is like having a full time job on top of whatever you do in life. I can never take a break from this and being able to calculate carbs, fat, sugars isn't a choice but part of what we have to be able to do because we are doing the job the pancreas does. If you have a pancreas, then our bodies doesn't work the same way. Just like type 1 and 2 are NOT the same tjing. Both groups of people have to be in control,e ducate themselves because there's NO ONE to do it for you. It's a horrible thing to live with but it makes me so happy that the things that are crucial for me to stay alive can help people loose weight or be completely used wrong while actually not understanding what its for so your fitness journey is better 😂
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Good points!
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see that there are people out there who want to take charge of their health and try to prevent type2 diabetes and all its nasty complications. I don't begrudge them using modern tech to achieve this goal. Too many people don't care to take responsibility. My daughter is a pharmacist/ diabetes educator and runs into this a lot. A lot of them say, just give me a pill. Drugs don't fix everything and aren't the answer to everything. I'd rather see people taking control of their health than having that attitude.
@lunasmokezim1718
3 ай бұрын
People using diabetic supplies for artificial weight loss and social media acceptance drives me crazy. As a type 1 diabetic, these supples are essential and extremely expensive. All these pharmaceutical companies are just laughing all the way to the bank. This stuff should be going down in price, but they have no incentive to do that with these muppets buying this stuff for the wrong reasons.
@Kiihhu2
3 ай бұрын
This Dr. just doesn't understand, got annoyed by it and made this video to rant about it. Healthy people use CGMs to understand how their body reacts to things in terms of blood sugar, as well as to bust some common myths and claims. For example, say doctors recommend me to eat oatmeal every morning and claim it'll be good for controlling my blood glucose, with a CGM I can check if their claim in true and when I would see my blood sugar rise heavily (compared to alternative breakfasts, like scrambled eggs), I could conclude they were wrong and not be mislead by them and make different choices. This way, I can make choices that help me in life to never ever become prediabetic or worse. It's a preventive action, just like excercise, except one would only use a CGM temporarily until you have learned how your body responds to things. I would love to experiment with a CGM for 1-2 months, but sadly I can't get a CGM in my country without becoming diabetic first... :(
@sinisterhipp0
3 ай бұрын
Preach Preach! 🙌 spread the truth! Down with scams!!!!!
@ames522
3 ай бұрын
Video followed with an ad for "energy " and "detox" supplements 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ ugh, KZitem
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Bloody hell haha
@wanderingspark
3 ай бұрын
Yup, I also got an ad for supplements.
@Applemangh
3 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the trap some people fall into of treating their weight like it's the sole measure of their health. Health is just too complicated and too individualistic to be boiled down to a single "health number".
@glitteringmaze
3 ай бұрын
I’ve been a 1-on-1 nurse for a T1D kid the last 2 years and it ticks me off to see people who don’t need to buy CGMs or use Ozempic. I didn’t even know people were buying CGMs to do this until now! The point you brought up about disordered eating is probably the scariest part of this to me… this tech should not be readily available for people to buy… Influencers pushing this need to lose their followers.
@TheEmily1218
3 ай бұрын
yes about disordered eating. t1d made me so disordered that I needed therapy. total headfuck.
@jfvira9844
3 ай бұрын
At least loose any monetization!
@leas128
3 ай бұрын
Some people need to know the “why” before they can make changes. If these weren’t readily available, as a prediabetic I really have been in the dark about the magnitude of how different factors are impacting my glucose (sleep, cooked vs raw/lightly steamed veggies, exercise, eating slowly). Everyone can misuse a tool, doesn’t mean tools should all be locked up.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
Don't you think it's worth it for people at risk of developing diabetes to use these tools to prevent it? By the time you find out, in most cases, it's too late. Now you have to treat a disease you could have prevented for the rest of your life. Which only gets progressively worse if you don't take care of yourself. I wish these had been available 15+ years ago. I might not be a diabetic today.
@glitteringmaze
3 ай бұрын
@@Carol120454 it’s fine if people are prediabetic and need to monitor, but that’s not what this video or comment are about. This is about influencers pushing this and diet culture.
@recovertreedragon7322
3 ай бұрын
I definitely don't think people without diabetes need to be using CGMs. By this information, I wonder how good it is even for diabetes. I had one dialysis patient that I did recommend use a CGM, but that is because he absolutely did not manage his diabetes because he refused to stick his fingers or do any testing. He kept going in and out of the hospital with low glucose levels. I managed to get him a small supply of CGMs and it helped him a little. But I definitely agree the price needs to drop. $55 for a single 2 week monitor is too much.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
Many people hate sticking their fingers, and it takes time. It's also very inconvenient at work or public places. I'm lucky to have 5 minutes to go to the bathroom, and that's not to do a finger stick. My CGM has been a godsend. All I had time for was one finger stick in the morning, and that really didn't tell me what was happening during the day or how I responded to food, medication, exercise etc. I won't go back to not using one. Former Medical Lab Technologist and 15+ years a diabetic.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
I think this dr. Is misleading people.
@TeresaMichelle1970
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this amazing video Dr Karan. I have been a slave to ketogenic diet and blood glucose monitoring. I have lost over 60 pounds and I’m off all diabetic medication but I’m learning that it is ok to eat some complex carbohydrates ❤
@Eet0saurus
3 ай бұрын
I only know of one situation where someone without diabetes has benefit of wearing a glucose monitor. It was my professor that is a diabetes specialist. She always wears the new glucose monitors herself. It makes her aware of the comfort and (lack of) hassle to wear one and check multiple times a day. She said the statistics were really boring because she has a normal body so the glucose is always within normal range. So that is the main thing. If you don’t have diabetes glucose levels will stay relatively stable
@Mrmayhembsc
3 ай бұрын
As someone who has worked in glucose monitoring (the device I worked on was for the ICU), I find stuff like this annoying. We do our best to create devices to help diabetics and those recovering from surgery, etc... Then people do this. hmmmpth.
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Yep!
@helenstaniskov4570
3 ай бұрын
I feel you’re missing the point! Dr Karan is simply stating that glucose monitors don’t provide a true picture of what is going on! Hence the apple, KFC comparison! It’s like saying all fats are the same, it all proteins are the same!
@bingewatchforever1587
3 ай бұрын
@@helenstaniskov4570 I think the original poster meant that they are annoyed by healthy people using CGMs - not by Dr. Karans Video. Or did I misunderstand?
@helenstaniskov4570
3 ай бұрын
@@bingewatchforever1587 I think you understood correctly, I just wanted to put my 2 cents worth in, meaning if we’re a healthy unprocessed whole food diet, you wouldn’t need glucose monitor (obviously not for those who have diabetes already)!
@bingewatchforever1587
3 ай бұрын
@@helenstaniskov4570 True.
@I_Am_SciCurious
3 ай бұрын
Dr Karan, thank you so much for this! I’m prediabetes and was looking at these devices. You just saved me a small fortune and tons of time processing useless information. You’re the best!
@k8eekatt
3 ай бұрын
They are very helpful for showing you how you personally react to various foods. Tips to blunt glucose spikes: 1 TB of vinegar in water before meals, eat leafy greens at the start of a meal, walk for 15 min. After eating, avoid flour, sugar and processed foods. Best of luck to you!
@TrojanMD93
3 ай бұрын
This is a good device for diabetics and pre-diabetics. You don't have to wear it for months. 2 to 4 weeks would probably be enough for you to learn how your body interacts with your daily intake of food. You might want to check out Ben Bikman. Knowing what food spikes your sugar can give you the chance to lower your metabolic syndrome score.
@Carol120454
3 ай бұрын
The information is not useless, and if you're prediabetic, you're at risk of developing diabetes. The cgm is useful, it could help you avoid it. I've lowered my A1C with mine by beginning careful about what I'm eating, and that's led to weight loss. Nothing else has enabled me to have this much control. Type 2 meds don't provide this much control. They either work or they don't. You can't really customize them either.
@azyx100
15 күн бұрын
terribly being influenced by misinformation. It's very important for prediabetic to monitor one's sugar level.
@tanmayfadnis5440
3 ай бұрын
Get your HbA1c, C-peptide, HOMA-IR, or fasting insulin tests. If the results from two labs show elevated levels within a 6-month period, it's time to consult your doctor and take immediate action.
@edwardevans8685
3 ай бұрын
Very good advice Dr Karan, I wear one for my T1 Diabetes and i know it's not 100% accurate
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
Very useful for diabetics - I concur
@shl6367
3 ай бұрын
So early butt bots are still here
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
lol yep
@01SaltyWitch
3 ай бұрын
Actual comments from real people get deleted, butt (pun intended) not the bots
@thogan
3 ай бұрын
I used a CGM and found out that my blood glucose after initially rising was dropping after meals down as 50 mg/dL causing the faintness that I was experiencing, hypoglycemia. My fasting A1c and blood glucose were always in the normal range. The fact is how do you know that you are perfectly healthy unless you run tests? Answer you don't know. That is why we get colonoscopies, mamograms, etc
@scottessery100
3 ай бұрын
9:33 it’s all about money 💰
@songbird3094
3 ай бұрын
I purchased the kit from Zoe, which includes the monitor. I have yet to use it, and really dont think I will now. A few hundred pounds down the drain 🙄
@DrKaran
3 ай бұрын
A few hundred?! Wow
@mfenderson2714
3 ай бұрын
If you can't return it, maybe you should still use it but with a grain of salt per this video.
@songbird3094
3 ай бұрын
I might try it, just for the sake of using it lol. I know I was to get 3 months support regarding diet etc. I haven't been well with depression and it all seemed like too much work.
@jodybogdanovich4333
3 ай бұрын
Maybe donate it to a diabetic?
@gemmacruz8529
3 ай бұрын
@@jodybogdanovich4333, excellent idea!
@valerief1231
3 ай бұрын
When a diabetics glucose spikes it can easily go well over 300, when a health person sees their spike it’s still in a safe range to recover from.
@azyx100
15 күн бұрын
What is safe range? Who defines it? High glucose level will cause damage, that's a known face. If I can avoid high spike why do I want them? A CGM can't be very useful for avoiding high glucose spike
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