Quantified Diabetes

"Quantified Diabetes" (QD) is the pseudonym of a self researcher that has shared various self experiments, primarily focused on using blood glucose tracking to study the effects of foods in the context of Type 2 diabetes. Experiments are primarily shared on a personal blog, and via links to these entries within a subforum on Reddit.

People Infobox
Tools of interest	FreeStyle Freedom Lite, FreeStyle Libre
Topics of interest	Diabetes, Blood glucose tracking
Linked pages on this wiki	Projects (0)

About

According to a post in January 2020, QD developed Type 2 diabetes at the age of 29. QD decided to engage in self-tracking and self experimentation at the age of 38 in the hopes of improving managing the condition, as well as hopefully collaborating with others that have similar interests.

Self Experimentation

QD's experiments have a strong focus on rigor, with attention to controlling for various variables. In particular, food test experiments are conducted in the context of an extended overnight fast, skipping "breakfast", testing a single ingredient in place of a typical "lunch", and observing blood sugar response.

Blood Glucose Experiments

Influenced in particular by Dr. Bernstein's book, Diabetes Solution, QD became interested in the effects of specific food ingredients and "low carb" foods.

Experiments related to blood glucose & impact of foods and behavior

Topic	Date	Description	Blog link(s)	Reddit link(s)
Device testing and calibration	2020-01-20	Testing reproducibility of FreeStyle Freedom Lite glucose measurements.	Experiment #1: Measurement Reporducibility
Data observation	2021-01-27	Testing frequent measurements during a 48 hour period, to see what this looks like.	Experiment #2: 48 Hours of Blood Sugar Tracking
Effect of exercise	2021-02-02	Follow up based on seeing "sharp drops" after cardio exercise in 48 data data.	Experiment #3: Exercise Effect	Glucose Tracking to Determine the Effect of Exercise
Effect of hot showers (group experiment)	2021-02-01 to 2021-02-16	Small group experiment testing effect of hot showers on blood glucose, based on a Reddit post (by someone else) reporting an effect.	Recruiting for Community Self-Experiment: How do Hot Showers Affect Blood Glucose? It Might be Real! Initial Analysis of Hot Shower Effect on Blood Glucose (N=8 Community Self Experiment)	Recruiting for Community Self-Experiment: How do Hot Showers Affect Blood Glucose? Hot Shower Effect: Results Thread Hot Shower Effect: Analysis & Discussion It Might be Real! Initial Analysis of Hot Shower Effect on Blood Glucose (N=8 Community Self-Experiment)
Effect of 24 Hour fast	2021-02-09	Testing effect of 24 hour fast.	Experiment #4: Tracking blood sugar during a 24 hour fast	Questions from tracking blood sugar while Fasting
Effect of Food Ingredients on Blood Glucose	2021-02-22	Experiment design, using a FreeStyle Libre. Protocol includes skipping breakfast and replacing lunch with tested ingredient.	Please Critique my Experiment Design: Measuring the Effect of Low-carb Ingredients on Blood Sugar	Please Critique my Experiment Design: Measuring the Effect of Low-carb Ingredients on Blood Sugar
Effect of Food Ingredients on Blood Glucose	2021-03-01	Testing fasting protocol for establishing baseline blood sugar.	Effect of Food Ingredients on Blood Glucose: Establishing a Baseline	Effect of Food Ingredients on Blood Glucose: Establishing a Baseline

Other Self Research

Other self research includes collective research into the effect of hot showers on blood glucose, as well as intervention to potentially improve sleep quality.