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These are so interesting and not just for diabetics who benefit from them the most. Top athletes have been using them for exercise to make sure their blood sug
by NoPicklez 3y ago
These are so interesting and not just for diabetics who benefit from them the most.
Top athletes have been using them for exercise to make sure their blood sugar remains in the correct ranges.
But Diabetics are using them to help identify how particular foods impact their blood sugar levels (obviously). The reason being is that whilst some foods might be considered high/low in sugar, each of us reacts differently in how we absorb those foods or drinks. So a bagel you eat might not spike your blood sugar like someone else, or conversely it does. You can then correlate that spike or reduction in blood glucose with how you're feeling throughout the day, how your blood sugar levels impact exercise.
Also it allows you to see how combinations of foods and the order that you eat them in impacts blood sugar. If you eat a chunk of white rice without any fibre you might find it spikes, if you each a bunch of vegetables in the bowl before hand you might find it doesn't rise as high or give you a steadier release of blood sugar.
I'd use one for a few months just to see how foods impact my blood sugar and how I can make different choices. It's one thing to interpret a label, but it's another to see it's impact on your body in real time.