The ultimate guide to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and how they work
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we're joined again by Isabel Reckson, a Diabetes Digital Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. Together, we explore the benefits of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in diabetes management, discussing their real-time tracking and emerging innovations. We address utilization, potential risks, and staying informed, along with financial considerations and insurance coverage. Join us as we uncover the impact of CGMs and diabetes technology, transforming the way we manage diabetes.
In This Episode We’ll Cover:
- Benefits of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in diabetes management
- Emerging promising and innovative diabetes technologies
- Utilization and potential risks of wearable devices and smartphone apps
- Staying informed about new developments in diabetes technology
- Financial considerations and insurance coverage for diabetes devices
- Approaching discussions about diabetes technology with hesitant or older patients
- Strategies to prevent CGM sensors from detaching during daily activities
- Guidance for newly diagnosed individuals interested in exploring diabetes technology
- Addressing concerns about privacy and data security related to diabetes technology + MUCH MORE!
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the podcast, we're super excited to talk with Isabel again all about CGMs, also known as |
| 0:07.2 | continuous glucose monitors. And the reason we want to talk about these is because it is an |
| 0:11.9 | advancement in technology when it comes to managing diabetes. And we'll go into the traditional |
| 0:18.2 | way that many people still are checking their blood sugar and why |
| 0:22.4 | CGMs or continuous glucose monitors might be a better tool, especially for people with diabetes. |
| 0:28.4 | Welcome to the Diabetes Digital podcast. I'm Wendy and I'm Jess and we're best friends, |
| 0:34.0 | registered dieticians and diabetes educators. Through our telehealth platform, DiabetesDigital.co, we offer accessible and personalized virtual |
| 0:42.2 | nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and prediabetes. |
| 0:45.6 | Visit Diabetesdigital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. |
| 0:50.3 | We accept insurance and offer affordable self-pay options. |
| 0:53.5 | Now, let's get into today's episode. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another weekly episode of Diabetes Digital. We have one of our |
| 1:05.2 | dietitians back on the podcast, Isabel, full name Isabel Rexon, and she is a dietitian and also a diabetes |
| 1:13.2 | educator. We had her a few weeks ago talking about insulin and just destigmatizing insulin |
| 1:18.9 | use and ways to effectively incorporate insulin into your treatment if that is something |
| 1:24.2 | that your doctor thinks that you would benefit from. So make sure that you |
| 1:27.7 | scroll on up and listen to that episode if you haven't already. And for today, we thought that |
| 1:33.6 | we would bring Isabel on to talk about innovations in diabetes technology. She has a public |
| 1:39.7 | health degree to which she obtained to promote health equity. She specializes in hypertension, chronic |
| 1:45.9 | kidney disease, kidney stult, and has so much experience, including clinical, pediatric, |
| 1:52.4 | telehealth experience. She's all about prioritizing individual needs and preferences, and we are |
| 1:58.2 | just so lucky to have it as part of our diabetes digital team. |
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