Question 52 of 433
Should I wear a continuous glucose monitor if I do not have diabetes?
The short answer
As a two-to-four-week experiment, it can teach you something. As a permanent accessory for a healthy person, there is no evidence it improves health.
These sensors became available without a prescription in 2024. Wearing one will show you that a bagel spikes you and a walk after dinner flattens the curve. That is a real lesson. The danger is turning normal ups and downs into anxiety and cutting out healthy foods such as fruit and oats because of a brief rise. Glucose going up after a meal and coming back down is not disease. It is physiology.
“This book is for education. It is not medical advice, and reading it does not make you my patient or create a doctor-patient relationship.” From the book’s medical disclaimer. Full disclaimer
LIMITED HUMAN STUDIES — Adults without diabetes: glucose feedback; sustained clinical benefit remains unproven.Evidence grade (draft mapping)BLimited or small human studiesPart 4, Q52 · Part sources
From Longevity Unmasked by Afshine Ash Emrani, MD, FACC. Medical disclaimer. This book is for education. It is not medical advice, and reading it does not make you my patient or create a doctor-patient relationship. Nothing here is meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Medicine is personal: a test, drug, supplement, or exercise plan that helps one person can harm another. Do not start, stop, or change any medication or treatment because of something you read in these pages. Talk with a licensed clinician who knows your history first. If you think you are having a medical emergency, call 911. The author disclaims responsibility for any loss or harm arising from use of the information in this book.