So I nicked a sensor from a friend and monitored my blood sugar levels continuously for the last 2 weeks. This is the spring-loaded spike that stayed in me for the 2-week period, feeding data to a cell phone app. I ran some experiments, like eating Stevia packets on an empty stomach, and looked for patterns (graphs below). Here is what I learned

1) Liquid sugar is the worst. I have heard the same conclusion from everyone I know who has monitored themselves. High-end fresh-pressed juice and Chic-Fil-A’s frosted lemonade spiked my blood sugar like nothing else… super fast and super high relative to any food.

i wish more people did these kinds of experiments, we’d learn so much so quickly about our metabolisms. i did the same for 2 weeks as part of a viome study, but they were lame and only shared the data as pdf, not raw.

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