The Ideal Nutrition Podcast · Aidan Muir and Torwen Eerkens
E228 - Are Blood Glucose Monitors Useful for Healthy People?
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The hosts share how elite Tour de France cyclists saw orange juice spikes on CGMs and declared it 'bad' despite their ultra-high-carb diets.
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A careful CGM assessment that focuses on specific uses without overclaiming.
Episode 228 takes a measured look at whether continuous glucose monitors are useful in healthy people. It starts with how the devices work and then moves into practical cases: exercise-related symptoms, overnight lows, and the idea that different people can respond differently…
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