Cast your minds back a couple of years, and it was commonplace to see folks wandering around with small plastic discs on their upper arms. No longer the preserve of diabetics, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) were everywhere, as the trend for monitoring our blood sugar response to foods took off.
In case you missed it, the rationale behind the trend was threefold: to detect (and avoid) developing pre-diabetes, to optimise blood sugar levels to enhance mental and physical performance and to understand how our bodies uniquely respond to food and drink.
