Are Inaccurate Glucose Meter Keeping You from Reversing Diabetes?
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Dennis Pollock, of Beat Diabetes, discusses the accuracy of glucose meters – and whether their inaccuracy stops you from reversing diabetes.
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“Good enough!” “Mike the Glucose Meter: The cheap glucose meter may not be perfect, but they are Good Enough to prove that a low carb diet will help a person lower blood sugar. Do not use the excuse that cheap glucose meters do not work.” “Glucose meters gave me motivation and inspiration!” Thanks, Dennis, for the giving folks the continued motivation to use a glucose meter…be it expensive or cheap.
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Greetings from Ethiopia. That was really very awakening. Thank you, Dennis.
Eat beef and beans, 2lbs 80/20 + 4 cups cooked black beans, (thats a lot of food) eat OMAD, result? 5.1-5.2, HbA1c. 🙂 takes no brains or discipline.
A glucose meter is more for tracking trends rather than exact measurements. I’d argue, with a slight exception for the fasting glucose number, that trying to figure out your EXACT blood sugar at any given time doesn’t matter all that much. It’s more about the *difference* in your blood sugar pre and post meal. If it went up by 25, 30 (mg/dl) or more after a meal, you should avoid whatever caused it. Less than 25 or 30, you’re good to go.
My meter is the CVS generic model. I’ve tested it against the contour next one and it seems like my CVS one trends lower. That said I used it exclusively and went from 11.8 a1c to 4.9 in just a few months because I learned the trends. So the cheap ones do indeed work 😊
Exactly!!!!! Test yourself!!
I use to watch Dr Bernstein for a few years. I believe that he was type 1. He told of his first years and about the first expensive old meter that he bought. He was a pioneer in his field. I have watched you and wife since then and you have made difference in my type 2 life, thank you both.
We must remember that different foods affect people in different ways. Always wash you hands with plain soap, don’t even put anything sweet in your mouth, and keep your finger sterile before testing, etc..
I use a stelo CGM and also have tested with a Fora and Walgreens meter. The CGM can jump quite a bit when I change it out. Maybe 10-15 different. I use the test strips on occasion just to see about how close it is. They can be anywhere from 10 to 20 off. You are right that it doesn’t matter when you eat a high carb meal all of them will tell you it wasn’t good. By the way I own 2002 Honda Odyssey and a 2010 Chevy Impala😅
I’ve used Stelo as well. When using a CGM, you just have to keep in mind that the changes are relative. For most accurate reading, calibrate against a glucometer.
The first mete I had was a Truetrack and I wasn’t to happy with it and that was because it had a plug in chip that went with the test strips. Those test strips would expire before I could use all the strips I paid for, so I found a different meter that wasn’t like that and that was great. The meter I now use show my glucose (capillary) 10 higher than the lab (veinous) for 3 years + now, but I know what it is and that’s very important. This morning was 119 on the meter, so that equates to 109 if it was a lab draw (veinous). Not as good as I’d like, but at least I’m aware of where it is.