Continuous Glucose Monitors

The ability to measure your blood sugar in real-time is important in patients with diabetes, but it is a tool for non-diabetic individuals, too. Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are small sensors that attach to the back of your arm and insert a thin filament as wide as strand of hair just under the skin - this can continuously measure and report your blood sugar directly to your smartphone and shared with your healthcare provider.

We use CGMs in a number of key ways, including:

  • Insights: Learning about your unique blood sugar response to various foods, exercise, sleep, and stress.

  • Nudging: Translating your insights into deliberate decisions about how you choose what to eat, as well as encouraging better exercise and sleep habits.

  • Caloric Restriction: Finding opportunities to reduce your overall caloric intake without restrictive diets or fasting.

  • Early Warning: Correlating your average glucose levels and daily glucose patterns with other health markers such as hemoglobin A1c levels to identify insulin resistance before metabolic syndrome or pre-diabetes are present.

  • Attach

    Setting up a CGM is easy - simply use the kit to apply the coin-sized monitor to the back of your arm where it sticks with an adhesive. A mobile app connects your sensor to your device where you can check and track your blood glucose levels.

  • Monitor

    Your CGM app will log your glucose and provide you with graphical trends - you can add info like your exercise and food intake to learn your body’s reaction. Your team at 7x7 Health can remotely monitor your levels and generate comprehensive reports for you.

  • Optimize

    Armed with insights from your CGM, 7x7 Health can guide your nutrition, exercise, and sleep to optimize energy balance. Maintaining steady and low glucose throughout the day will avoid unnecessary calories and insulin spikes, improving your metabolic health.