CGM – Should You Wear One?

by Mila McManus, MD

Wearing a CGM [continuous glucose monitor] provides critical insight into one's unique physiology and how lifestyle choices impact it.

Everyone can benefit from wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor [CGM]. Commonly prescribed for weight management and diabetes management, a CGM can do so much more! Wearing a CGM can give critical insight into a person’s unique physiology and allow the wearer to fine-tune diet, exercise, and other lifestyle choices to optimize results. Plus, learning to stabilize your blood glucose is foundational to preventing all diseases and aging.

Last January, we introduced you to CGMs. Our main article discussed who benefits from wearing one, the reasons why, and the problems created by chronically spiking blood glucose. We also described our CGM program. Here is a link to that article.

But wait! There is so much more. Did you know that wearing a CGM can inform you if…

Your sauna, cold plunge, or high-intensity exercise puts too much strain on your body?
Stress alone is causing glucose destabilization?
Food intolerances are causing unexpected glucose spikes and dips?
Overeating or undereating is resulting in irregular glucose fluctuations?
Portions are too large or small? Even a no-carb meal can cause abnormal blood sugar fluctuations if the portions are inadequate or too much.
during long cardio exercises [running, biking, hiking], your glucose remains consistently high throughout? This can signal chronic blood sugar elevation.
your resistance training is paying off and building muscle? Muscles consume glucose!
a part of your home or workspace is moldy? Glucose can react as the immune system reacts to mold. This is something to explore if glucose rises in certain parts of your home or workspace.
an area of your home or workspace is poorly ventilated? High carbon dioxide buildup can cause inflammation in the body and spike glucose.
allergies to pets, dust, and plants are impacting blood sugar.
chemicals, heavy metals, and sometimes bacteria in the body are harming your blood glucose levels?

If you are working hard to take control of your health, wearing a CGM is one way to gather personal information you can use to adjust your lifestyle for optimal results. Check out our CGM Program and call (281) 298-6742 for more information about getting started.

Know you. Be Well.

References:

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Learning a New Nutrition Lifestyle

By Nancy Mehlert, MS

Your current nutrition lifestyle is a deeply ingrained habit. You are good at it. You do it without thinking. It’s second nature.

Learning anything new takes learning and practice. To learn a new language, sport, or to drive a car requires that you learn it and then practice it, over and over again. Practice will involve mistakes, discovering techniques, recognizing pit falls, learning lessons from mistakes and repetition, until overtime, you become proficient. With even more practice, you will become a pro. Your future Nutrition Lifestyle requires the same effort.

It is unrealistic to expect a 28 day diet or a 40 day program to result in lasting change. Most of us don’t obtain a degree, learn to speak a foreign language or get highly proficient at a new job in 28-40 days.

We become highly proficient at something when we accumulate experiences and then become wise and proficient because we have had those experiences.

Experience is what makes children into adults.

Experience is what makes the amateur into a pro.

Thus, changing your nutrition lifestyle will involve a process that ebbs and flows. It will involve good days and bad, wise choices and poor ones, periods of time where you are mentally strong and other times when you feel drained and unable to control anything. It will involve practicing new foods to eat, new thoughts to think, new ways to plan and shop, new ideas and new concepts. It will involve getting educated, exploring your own body, emotions and experience.

Learning and practice require one more thing…. TIME. Part of the commitment involved when we take a new job or become new parents is the commitment of time. When we decide to make something important, something else may have to take a back seat for a while until we learn proficiency. When we focus on something intently, and make it a priority, we will see learning, growth and change. Learning a new Nutrition Lifestyle will require this kind of dedication until your new lifestyle becomes second nature. It is an endeavor well worth pursuing. When we have our health, we can live fully.