Continuous glucose monitors helpful or harmful? | The Proof with Simon Hill

I wanted to stay out of this one but enough of you asked… so here we go.

Continuous glucose monitors, in populations of people without diabetes, may have a role to play in health optimisation but for that to occur we need more science, less hype and much more nutritional literacy.

I have friends who use these devices, who have above average nutritional literacy, and even they are making food choices that are arguably heightening their risk of disease in the coming decades.

If used incorrectly CGM’s could worsen diet quality, and health outcomes including one’s relationship with food and their mental health.

I support innovation and technology but to prove these devices are safe and actually improve diet quality and health outcomes.

Hopefully, with the right protocol/instructions, they do lead to improved health outcomes because let’s face it….we need all the help we can get.

In the mean time if you choose to wear a CGM and it helps motivate you to eat well, my recommendation is to use it within the context of a healthy dietary pattern - as outlined by Health Canada’s most recent guidelines.

Simon

Sources:

PMID: 33978710
PMID: 33479499
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/i...

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