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 at the end of using Free Style Libre 1’s flash glucose monitor, I have learned a lot about how my food intake and activities affect my blood sugar levels. my conclusion is that I can regulate my blood sugar levels by eating small portions of good carbs, sizeable portions of veg and fruit and some  protein. when the carb portions are too great, my bs levels spike past the target of 3.9 to 10 mmol/L.

 Exercise will also cause spikes if I don’t wait until about 2 hours after food or if I’ve eaten something that spiked my bs levels. Sometimes that causes a longer lasting high bs level.

 Sleep seems to always bring down my blood sugar levels, whether it’s overnight or just an hour nap.

 I move to the Free Style Libre 2 upgrade tomorrow night for another 14 day trial and about mid-way my dietician will show me how to use the standard non continuous glucose monitor which requires blood samples.

 One thing Charles and I have observed is that if I wait two hours after meals before scanning the FSL1 sensor, my blood sugar levels will be within target. The FreeStyle sensors are constantly monitoring and keep 8 hours worth of data in their little brains, so we can see the spikes that usually happen an hour after consumption, and except in rare cases return to in-target range by two hours after consumption. Does this mean that it isn’t an issue when my blood sugar spikes an hour after eating or does it mean that two hours is too long to wait for the blood sugar needle prick? This is the question I have for the dietician.

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