Lingo Blood Glucose Monitor

[AndBreathe]

I stumbled across this article last night. To be clear it's a marketing article, but it's normies using Lingo, which is the Abbott Libre, re-badged, but with coaching involved too.

A couple of users talked of their experiences. I'm not comfortable that both users relate very normal blood sugar, except, in one case when one had eated a generous portion of porridge and the other ".... spaghetti bolognese one day and my glucose level shot up to 8.9 mmol/L whereas 7.8 mmol/L was the top of my 'healthy' range....."
I just hope they were guided sensible.

Glucose monitors are all the rage... but are they worth it?

Glucose spikes can drain your energy and trigger cravings. Lingo by Abbott helps you track and manage them. Four users tested it - here's their results.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Tdm]

Cures nothing, side affects include health anxiety

On the plus side, larger production runs of cgm may mean economies of scale, as long as it doesn't go the way of ozemic...

 

[goodybags]

Obviously a Diabetic can buy the actual CGM device Including VAT exception
where ss lingo isn't targeted to Diabetic's
my belief is it's more of a educational/ lifestyle choice device targeted at people looking to know and understand rather than monitor their glucose levels will,
Plus I think the Lingo is more expensive than the Libra

having used CGM for the last 7 months I'm actually myself now a big fan of CGM
only wish it had been available and hovenbme this knowledge 30 years ago

 

[AndBreathe]

Obviously a Diabetic can buy the actual CGM device Including VAT exception
where ss lingo isn't targeted to Diabetic's
my belief is it's more of a educational/ lifestyle choice device targeted at people looking to know and understand rather than monitor their glucose levels will,
Plus I think the Lingo is more expensive than the Libra

having used CGM for the last 7 months I'm actually myself now a big fan of CGM
only wish it had been available and hovenbme this knowledge 30 years ago

It is a but more, but does include "coaching", whatever that entails.

I have no issue with people buying the things, but I do hope that these outlier readings are explained to the user. I must admit the 24/7 activity has an increased chance of creating alarm, over finger prick testing, or nothing at all.

I'm sure used properly, there is a population of users who will gain useful information from it.

 

[harbottle]

There’s a paper that’s been recently published that shows that CGMs in non-diabetics are not that much use as the same meal may be different from day to day…

 

[AndBreathe]

There’s a paper that’s been recently published that shows that CGMs in non-diabetics are not that much use as the same meal may be different from day to day…

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Yes, and the article talks (briefly) about impacts of nod food/drink factors

 

[helli]

I thought this was a relatively balanced article about the Lingo

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/29/health/continuous-glucose-monitor-tirrell-wellness/index.html

 

[harbottle]

Yes, and the article talks (briefly) about impacts of nod food/drink factors

I haven't had a chance to read it, but saw Dr Guess talking about it (And she's usually pretty good.)

I found the same when I used sensors. The same meal gave me different results on different days. And switching between low carb to the odd high carb meal sees results go very strange sometimes.