What's the deal with continuous glucose monitors?
About this episode
Emily and Perry discuss the implications of continuous glucose monitors for diabetics and the general public, along with related health topics.
This week, Emily and Perry discuss continuous glucose monitors -- a gamechanger for diabetics and just kind of an overabundance of information for everyone else. What does glucose do to the body and what's the value of tracking it, along with everything we eat? Should we be using this data to regulate our intake? And what are the risks of knowing so much? Plus: rising and falling birthrates, Jay Bhattacharya's politicized Covid vaccine report, and welcoming folate into our corn tortillas. Registration link for Emily's interview with Jay Bhattacharya. Submit a question for our weekly mailbag at wellnessactually.fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Emily Oster, Perry Wilson
Topics covered
- continuous glucose monitors
- diabetes management
- tracking glucose levels
- birthrates
- Covid vaccine report
- nutrition
Keywords
- glucose monitoring
- diabetes
- health tracking
- nutrition
- birthrates
- Covid vaccine
- folate
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Covid vaccine, Wellness Actually
Products: continuous glucose monitors, folate
Places: corn tortillas
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