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− | Blood glucose tracking involves methods and tools to measure blood glucose levels, commonly in the context of diabetes. | + | Blood glucose tracking involves methods and tools to measure blood glucose levels, commonly in the context of diabetes but also by non-diabetic users. A variety of tools exist to measure blood glucose levels, including fingerstick testing and continuous glucose monitors. |
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| + | ==Tools to track blood glucose== |
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| + | * [[Freestyle Libre]]: A common continuous glucose monitoring method. Individual Libre sensors can be worn for 14 days and record for the whole time period. Sensors can be read with a dedicated reader or a smartphone with NFC capabilities. Access to them requires a prescription in the US, but are sold over-the-counter in Europe. |
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| + | == Projects making use of blood glucose tracking == |
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| + | * [[Seth Roberts]] did a project that found that [[Why is My Blood Sugar High?|walking 60 minutes a day improves his blood sugar]]. |
| + | * [[Quantified Diabetes]] did and continues to perform experiments on the impact of different foods on blood glucose |