Jeffrey Jaime, CISSPServant Leader & CEO Driving AI Innovation and Team Excellence

Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor Values

22 Jun 2018 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by Jeffrey Jaime demonstrating a Freestyle Libre continuous glucose monitor. The speaker shows the sensor (applied with a needle), notes it reads glucose for about 10 days, and walks through readings before and after a workout. He recommends keeping blood glucose roughly 70–90 mg/dL most of the day, says levels above ~120 mg/dL for extended periods suggest reviewing meal choices, and reports a post-workout sauna that spiked his glucose by ~30 points followed by a drop after a cold pool plunge.

Questions this video answers

About 10 days.

About 70 to 90 mg/dL.

Above about 120 mg/dL for an extended period.

About 30 points.

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Now checking my blood glucose. Freestyle Libre. Check that out. See, I got one there and it's attached with the needle. And every time I wave the sensor, it tests my blood glucose for the next 10 days. Did a workout and this is what it looks like right now. And this is how it's looked all day. Kind of up and down. It's pretty good though. Try to keep your blood glucose between about 70 and 90 most of the day, and if it goes up above 120 for an extended period of time, you should probably reconsider whatever meal you ate. Check that out. My post workout sauna session actually spiked my blood glucose 30 points. That's crazy. Probably a little bit of glycogenolysis from the liver. See? Then I jump in the cold pool and 10 minutes later, after the cold pool, looks like this.