The data only really makes sense if you provide content of what you eat, so services such as Nutrisense require you to log your food. There’s a health range band, and you’ll see any excursions outside of these ranges. In the app, you’ll see a graph of your glucose level. I did start to get gaps in my data in the second week, once the novelty has worn off and I started forgetting to tap. You need to scan at least once every 8 hours, which means that you’ll need to pair as soon as you wake up. I was surprised by the short memory of the CGM. It’s all about tapping your phone to your CGM throughout the day and examining trends in your glucose. Rather than some laborious Bluetooth pairing, you simply tap your phone to the sensor using NFC, to load unsynced blood glucose data into the Nutrisense app. Once it’s on the skin, and we were set up in the Nutrisense app, it was ridiculously easy to pair the two. It meant it was permanently visible and easy to knock against things and next time I’d position it further up the tricep. I also managed to place it too low on the arm, which we’re sure is a mistake you’ll only make once. And while it *barely* hurt, it still wasn’t pleasant. The CGM is pre-loaded inside, so you choose the location on your arm and press down to have it stamped onto the skin, and that flexible ‘needle’ sit under the skin. The CGM itself comes with a large applicator (above) that does look a bit scary. The set-up process was pretty easy, if a little daunting. > January CEO talks AI and glucose tracking Setting up I used Nutrisense, a nutrition service designed to offer insights into your glucose data. The two key CGM manufacturers are Abbott and Dexcom – but plenty of third-party services will pair with those CGMs to analyze data.
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