4 News and Experiences

5 News and User Experiences

Self-tracker blog.kto.to documents his extensive food tests, with many links to other useful sources of information.
New York Times Health Reporter Anahad O’Connor wrote about Nutrisense, January.ai, and his personal experience using Levels Health. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/well/diet-glucose-monitor.html
Lydia Ramsey, senior reporter at Business Insider wrote a detailed summary of using a Dexcom G6: https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-to-track-blood-sugar-with-a-continuous-glucose-monitor-2019-11
Eric Jain wrote a short, highly-readable account of his month-long experience: https://eric.jain.name/2018/11/25/tracking-blood-sugar/
- And a Hacker News thread about his post
Quantified Diabetes does rigorous self-experimentation at https://quantifieddiabetes.com/p/experiments.html.
Lily Nichols is a registered dietitian who wrote “What I Learned as a Non-Diabetic”
Jimi S, a 25-year-old diabetic wrote a lengthy review: Review: FreeStyle Libre — Abbott Diabetes Care | by Jimi S.
“Quantified Bob” Troia wrote “How to measure personal glucose response to foods”
Jennifer Wang writes “Am I Crazy Because I Eat Too Much Sugar?”: https://medium.com/@neogeo25/am-i-crazy-because-i-eat-too-much-sugar-a-cgm-experiment-5b310f334f10
Follow Jessie Inchaspe’s incredible Instagram account on her experiences with food and CGM: https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/

Kevin Bass n-of-1: A PhD student kept (2018-19) a live Twitter feed of his CGM data
Why Perfectly Healthy People Are Using Glucose Monitors:Time Magazine article from 2017
Hacker News thread about CGMs and sugar metabolism
Interactive web app with daily updates from the Personal Science glucose monitor.
How accurate it is: a user posts side-by-side comparisons of Freestyle Libre vs pinprick
Reddit forums Lots of posts in diabetes-related forums