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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Health
Adrienne Matei

I’m not diabetic – should I be using a glucose monitor?

The arm of a swimmer wearing a CGM
CGMs tout an edge in personal health optimization, but are they just the latest trend among the worried well? Photograph: Wirestock, Inc./Alamy

It’s easier than ever to monitor our step count, calorie intake and sleep cycles. Now the personal-data trend has come for blood sugar levels.

Biotech companies like Zoe, Signos and Nutrisense are marketing continuous glucose monitors, or CGMs – disposable devices with a tiny, needle-like sensor – to people without diabetes who want to know how their bodies process foods.

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