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Josephine Watson

Continuous glucose monitors – health fad or the future of wellbeing?

Woman sat on the side of a swimming pool with a CGM in her arm, using her phone to check the real-time data.

If you’re like me, you might never have heard of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) until the last few months, if at all. However, if your online presence has found its way on to any health or wellness algorithms, you’ve almost certainly encountered at least one or two advertisements or endorsements for the technology.

That’s because these smart glucose sensors are being touted by manufacturers and lifestyle brands as the key to unlocking and improving metabolic health, despite having been invented primarily to provide diabetes patients with real-time glucose readings.

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