If you want to learn more, check out Levels here: levels.link/kevinjubbal, or watch my interview with Josh Clemente: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4iVyQ_vF4iQ.html or Dr. Casey Means: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n9MCDw-GyTE.html
sir i pray you or someone with a medical background shall read this... I don't know if my age and the intercourse is a factor but my life was perfect before it and after it's been awful and need a dr. My gp is bad and i've offered to pay to talk to a doctor at my local hospital and they are "too booked up". please help. Also i shall try to be as brief as possible but it seems impossible as there's much to say. Feb 25th first intercourse. Instant rash on right thigh, which used to come back with heat and disappear in cold. blocked throat, sweating 3x normal amount. My skin was beautiful and without blemish. And instantly moles and freckles all over my torso and face. Cuts and spots what used to take 2/3 days to heal now take months. Excessive body hair growth all blonde when i'm dark haired. March 4th second intercourse, blocked throat. March 17th final intercourse. Had to have a day off work as i couldn't stop sweating 4 days after. blocked throat again. Developed a balanitis like rash which i self medicated with hydrocortisone after 10 days had a 85% clear up. I have what looks like lichen sclerosis formed under my genitals, on my arms and my skin has aged horribly. Beginning of May i went and had all sti tests and they found a problem with urine. I was told i had chlamydia or syphillis and given doxycycline. A week later they said i had nothing but i had taken the antibiotics. They also dismissed my moles etc so at the time i didn't feel the need to discuss with a dr. Within a month i was in agony urinating and my downstairs was on fire. July i went to my doctors and she felt impossible to discuss anything with and seeing the elderly in the waiting room i felt guilty taking up time. i was given antibiotics, treated for UTI and no examinations were performed. After a week the burning had gone and until december i was fine, only problems were my urine differed in smell between 3 smells. Fishy, sweet and disinfectant. And secondly, it was hard to pull my foreskin back, my urethra felt blocked and my urine sprayed terribly. I noticed this all used to occur after showering so stopped using soap down there. On december 4th my balanitis like rash returned and had been in agony all month in that area. On the 12th i returned to the sti clinic for an examination, she confirmed the lichen sclerosis but she was obviously not a dermatologist. I was given emollient cream and a different type of hydrocortisone. I had constant tingling in my glans and pelvic pain all month but noticed i was fine when i woke up and until i ate or drunk. I've cut out almost all excess sugars and no treats and i am now 95% better and feeling great. I'm honestly lost as to what's happened to me and seriously need advice and help. Am i diabetic? is the lichen sclerosis the cause and does sugar affect the condition? please help. Thank you for anyone that's read.
Thank you for addressing food order. I recently started insulin and I also noticed that if I eat carbs first, I will spike quickly, but if I eat protein and/or veggies first, my blood sugar goes up slower. Also, I am amazed at the effect of a good sleep and a nice walk will do to manage my blood glucose.
@sasha_markovsky I drink my coffee with half & half and 2 packets of Stevia and I don't have a spike. It just goes up a little. If I use sugar, then I WILL see that spike. I prefer sugar in my coffee, but I'd rather save that spike so I can eat some type of carb with my coffee.
meal timing and meal composition changed my health and productivity forever. previously i just followed the gymbros advice of "just hit your calories and protein bruh", but after reading circadian code by satchin panda and watching contents like you've made, i realized the importance of time restricted eating, delaying caffeine, low carbs meal (but not keto), etc.
Just want to note, as an internal medicine physician with a focus on diabetes and metabolic regulation, interstitial glucose can be 15-20% off from actual blood glucose levels so keep that in mind.
So is this worth trying? My sister who is diabetic uses a glucometer similar to this one. It has changed her entire approach to diabetic management. She is more conscious of her diet and manipulates her diet to control her insulin needs. As a result she has lost a significant amount of weight and the doctor has reduced reduced the amount and frequency of insulin injections. I compare this device to a blood pressure monitor at home. They are not all a 100% accurate but are usually in the ballpark. So how do you feel about this device as device as at least at least an aid, especiallyfor pre-diabetics?
@@followp The libre 2 costs me 35 per sensor or 70 per month. I heard the FDA wouldn't approve the Libre 3 until fall 2022. Are you talking USA because thanks to government regs EU gets libre years before America
Every Type 1 Diabetic: "Finally, people get to know and feel what we go through each day! Poor sleep? Blood sugar. Tired and worn out? Blood sugar. Anxious and overwhelmed? Blood sugar. This is T1D lives with!
24/48 hours a full time job with no vacation whatsoever! I am not type1diabetic but sadly my son got diagnosed at age 9, almost 3 years ago...its a constant fight. We have not had an enough sleep almost in 3 years. Its sad that there are many misinformation and confusion about type1diabetic and type 2.
Yup.... T1D Dad: Everything he was saying about we expect T1D children to understand and be able to treat with insulin... which can seriously injury you if done wrong.
This is super helpful. I have a son who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2 years ago and have noticed these things with his blood sugar management. Recently we went to an Orlando theme park and when combining huge amounts of walking with higher carb foods *really* helped. I was surprised at how much better the management was. One other item that he did not mention was the impact of water on blood sugar regulation. It’s HUGE. When dehydrated it is much more difficult to bring down high blood sugars and when we’ll hydrated it’s like magic. Water alone or especially with exercise can drop a blood glucose level like a rock. 👍🏻
Retired Medical Technologist and Type 2 Diabetic (20 years) here... achieved diet control in 4 months after following "Beat Diabetes" challenge on RU-vid! I firmly believe that the CGM management will be THE WAY to go, and would have loved to have had the opportunity to join a trial... my phone, however, will not "comply", neither would Medicare!
I used a CGM for 37 days and learned enough to start reversing my insulin resistance. A lot of people think it's as simple as just eating better and exercising, but in my case, it was my gastroparesis. The "standard" gastroparesis advice to eat small meals throughout the day was causing my bg to stay elevated almost all day and all night. If food is in my stomach, I'm usually up around 120. Which isn't that high, but when you're 120 all night, every night, your a1c will go up. I started VERY strict intermittent fasting and my numbers look better, my overwhelming sugar cravings disappeared, and I'm losing weight without trying. I'm not counting calories or anything. Both my parents have type 2 and I'm hoping to avoid it. If anything changes like I start having sugar cravings again or stop losing weight, I'll use a CGM again to see what's changed. These shouldn't be just for diabetics. With so many people becoming diabetic, shouldn't we be trying to PREVENT some of those cases? Both my parents use a CGM all the time, and probably will till they die. Imagine if they had a CGM for just a month or two, years ago, and managed to avoid type 2 altogether. My bf has type 2 and I convinced him to wear one. He's learning a lot about how he reacts to various things. Not just different foods but exercise, stress, etc. His insurance won't pay for it though so we're gathering as much data as possible while he has it.
Why are CGMs not available to the general public over-the-counter without a prescription? Are processed food companies lobbying against? Are medical associations lobbying against? Is Big Pharma lobbying against? With greater demand comes competition, lower prices, and innovation.
@@lilah8487 That seems like a very poor reason to keep them from healthy people who would like to understand what their diet and exercise does to their blood sugar. If these were freely available much greater usage would push the price down as there would be greater efficiency and savings in mass production.
Interesting and informative video. I have had type 1 diabetes for 7 years now, with a CGM for most of that time. I could relate to pretty much all of what you said in the video, most notably the energy drain I feel after experiencing a sudden rise and fall in my glucose. I had always suspected that was the case, and this only confirms this. Being diabetic my sugars naturally are quite a bit less controlled than the normal person, but with the help of my CGM I can lead almost a normal life while not sacrificing on eating (most of) the foods I love (a1c of 6.2!). Overall loved your video and it was incredibly interesting to hear the perspective of a non type 1 diabetic analyzing their glucose levels during the day.
CGM's need to be Over The Counter-OTC. It should not be illegal for us to track our own glucose. Game changer for my diet and fight against Type2. Speaking of "fight", I have to do that with my doctor and go around him to get a prescription. Says I dont need it cuz I'm "managing it and only need to test once per day". What a quack.
Regarding point 3. The reason the BS doesn't spike is because the body has used up your sugar reserves in the muscles, which are going to be filled up before letting sugar get into other cells. The muscles can take in sugar without any insulin, so the time-lag between sugar -> insulin normally expected will not happen. This intake of sugar into the muscles is also why you need to eat much more after exercising than normally. You want to eat a meal + the amount required to fill up the muscle sugar reserves. The reason walking also works in reducing spikes is due to muscles using some of the sugar entering your blood. For diabetics these are the reasons why we need to reduce the amount of insulin if we exercise after eating (within 2-3 hours) or if we have just exercised intensely (light exercise doesn't use up sugar reserves to any large extent (normally)). I am not a doctor, just a T1 diabetic.
well said. Also let me add that ,if u cycle or do light exercises for 15 min after 15 min of food , its blunts ure sugar peak the most compared to other timings
GLUT 4 receptors are most significant on muscle , which are insulin dependent ( moderate affinity ) , GLUT 1 maybe present on skeletal muscle ( insulin independent) which are way too insignificant. So , u need insulin in order to glucose enter the muscle fibres. U r right about glycogen reserves in muscles getting used up during exercise. Muscle fibre glucose source can be either through breakdown of glycogen r GLUT 4. Post meal glucose peak blunts --- dietary glucose enters through GLUT 4 , is used for ATP in muscles rather than breakdown of muscle glycogen , also exercise increases insulin sensitivity to some extent. In case of high intensity exercise ( post meal) leads to activation of sympathetic system -- epinephrine-- glucose peak .
This CGM has changed my life..earlier my sugars never used to come down to even 150 and always were 25 but now they are very much in range after using such great informative features which blucon nightrider has..i can relate my sugars with food , medicines , exercise and insulin and it has just changed everything
You might want to rethink referring to type 1 diabetics as “unhealthy”. I can assure you that because of my diabetes I monitor my health much more closely than those you refer to as “healthy” resulting in a much better diet than most, regular daily exercise, of course a CGM, and total awareness 24/7 of my health. I am healthier than most of the people you would refer to as healthy because I’m paying attention. Type one Diabetes doesn’t make you unhealthy, how you choose to deal with it might though.
This is an excellent video and actually addresses some of the questions I have had for while. I am using a Free Style Libre 2 and the results have been interesting so far.
CGM devices are very helpful these days. My sugar levels were generally high after breakfast meals then I decided to find a solution to maintain my sugar levels and eating habits. I started using libre sensor with blucon nightrider to get my readings on phone and how my body reacts to a daily activites. It also helped me to track how a particular food item affects my blood sugar.
Great concept and works well but still too expensive to use regularly for non - diabetic people. The tech will get cheaper as time goes on and I see it eventually being some sort of permanent implant in the future.
@@ineedhoez on a regular day my fasting blood sugar is 79. If I eat a high carb meal my fasting sugar is usually 116. I'm 23 though so idk. I've only had a high a1c one time and that was when I was on meth for 3 years.
@@ineedhoez just fyi no matter how healthy you are, your blood sugar will never stay below 85. Sometimes your fasting sugar will be 80 and other times it'll be 100. Optiomal health is having blood sugars between 80 and 120 just like your blood pressure. Plus a healthy cholesterol plus healthy lifestyle choices like boxing and jogging and staying fite. Been type 1 since I was toddler. I've always have had good control. No complications. Just an addiction to methamphetamine.
being type1 how is that you are maintaing those levels ? very good and stay happy. please share your diet and workout schedule here for a 18+ type 1 boy
Very good video with good info. I am a Type 1 diabetic which occurred a few months before my 66th birthday when my pancreas decided to quit working. Over these last 4 years I've researched tons of info on T1D and what causes it especially so much later in life but I've always wondered how a 'healthy' persons BG works throughout a typical day and this video gave me that observation. Exercise has lots to do with controlling BG and is a tool we type 1s use to help control spikes after heavy meals. I used to avail myself to lots of high carb meals in my earlier life and as I aged greatly reduced my exercise/activity so I wonder if all those high carb meals and reduced activity levels led to 'burning out' my pancreas later in life. Anyway, much appreciation for the video and appeasing my curiosity on how normal functioning pancreas and body's function with a CGM.
Would love to try this but the price is outrageous! I do OMAD with alternate day fasting so it would benefit someone who eats more often than I do. I would still like to try it but not until they can make it affordable.
Just learned that there are States in the US that you cannot get Levels in at least per their website. "Levels is available in all US states, excluding Alaska, Arizona, DC, Hawaii, and Nevada."
Not an athlete but a regular cyclist and I noticed I often crash in the evenings on days I do >30 mins running or cycling despite a wholefoods diet and meeting nutritional values + small snack before/after a workout. Googled nondiabatic blood sugar in athletes and it’s super common
I believe the feeling of tireness just after a heavy meal is not due to the hypoglycemia after a peak of hyperglycemia, but instead hypoglycemia due to fact that the body is still processing the food, so consuming energy, and it hasn't yet released all the sugar to the blood.
I am using ambrosia's blucon with libre sensor and its food insights function is amazing which helps me observe real time effect of diffrent foods, exercise and medicine on my sugar levels
My CGM not only sends my blood glucose levels to my smartphone, it also sends it to anyone within about a 100' radius, whether or not they care to know what it is. It also sends it to my doctor's office, so when I get there, I don't have to "tell my doctor," and therefore am able to save some time for both of us. .
I think it is a bit too expensive for the average person. However the benefit may be that it doesn't require a doctor's prescription. So if it were affordable it could help those that are insulin resistant or just people wanting to improve their health.
My doc writes me a script and it is 140 for a month supply. Insurance doesn't cover it at all. I plan to use it for the next year or so. I gotta get this excess weight off. I figure I can stop once I get to a maintenance phase. Also, samsung and apple are coming out with cgm tech on the smart watches soon too
Thank you for this information. I found out a year ago that I am diabetic. I am wearing a monitor and I love it but I want to try the levels now. I am looking for ways to prevent going on loads of medication. I am seeing how what I eat is causing the problem. I want to change the condition not medicate.
Wow! I haven't heard of Levels, and I've been searching for CGMs to wear for this very reason. I don't have diabetes or any tell tale symptoms of metabolic syndrome. I'm just intensely curious how exercise and certain foods, sequences, timing, fasting schedules will effect my glucose levels. Thank you for sharing this information. I'll click on the link.
Can't wait till we have technology like this to monitor other important levels that affect us, glucose levels are a great start but a small part in a much larger picture. Imagine knowing your vitamin C levels are low and that you need to have some particular fruits, or your iron levels being low etc.
I’d love to have one, unfortunately you can’t get them without a RX, and no insurance will sign off on them unless you’re already way to far into diabetic status to use them as a preventative measure.
Diabetics can now check their blood sugar levels 24/7 with continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). They're tremendously helpful since they can show you how your blood sugar responds to insulin, diet, exercise, and other factors. T2DM participants can use this meter while taking medications strictly. Also, gluconize helped a lot of diabetics through their customized treatments, results from CGM becomes incredibly stable if food intakes and physical activities are accounted.
Very informative video, I have been using the FreeStyle libre sensor with Nightrider Blucon. It allows me to read my bloods without having to prick my fingers. I can see exactly the state of my bloods and what has happen. It provides a clear picture of how food and exercise affect my bloods. I feel I can control my diabetes a lot better.
Dr. Jabbal: Surely you know you’re not supposed to have sugary drinks and all of that… but do you actually follow that. Me: [surprised pikachu face] I’m feeling super called out (jk, I know I need to fix it). As an aside, have you reviewed the Oura ring? Would love to hear more about that too.
Haha. This video is a Home Run. It just cuts through, no messing .... "Do This, Here's Why!!!!" (But to be fair, I played it at 1.7 speed, so it sounds like he's on a rampage!! Get it Done!!!). And I will. Perfect, thank you.
@@kevinjubbalmd Check out NutriSense! I made a video on it, but I'd love your expert opinion. Their differentiation factor from Levels is an actual Nutritionist will chat with you through the app.
yes even i cannot imgaine my day without wearing my Blucon on..every minute then i keep thinking what must be my level now..as my blucon gives me every 5 minute update about sugars. it tells me which foods cause a rise in my levels, which type of activity suits me.
Kevin, please explain this to me. I opened the link you shared here and there is a choice to receive a new CGM kit monthly, every 2nd/3rd month or to receive just a single kit? I don’t understand what would be the point of getting new kit regularly? Does it work for only a month? Thank you in advance for an answer
I'm utilizing Ambrosia's real-time Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system, which incorporates the FreeStyle Libre sensor in conjunction with the BluCon and LinkBluCon applications. This setup has significantly contributed to my weight loss journey, helping me shed 15 lbs within a span of 30 days. The 'food insights' feature in the application has been instrumental in my progress as it allows me to understand how different foods affect my body. Consequently, I've been able to limit intake of foods that significantly raise my glucose levels. This, in turn, has been highly beneficial for my intermittent fasting regimen.
My head cannon is that after years of stress and intellectual abuse endured throughout medical school Doctors have no idea how to handle any ounce of free time to varying degrees leading to one single extreme circumstance wherein any doctor suffering to such lengths eventually succumbs to the idea of starting a youtube channel.
Nice video, I bought Ambrosia Nightrider cgm to monitor glucose which works great with the Libre sensor, their alarm feature is very helpful during night, it also gives alarm alerts when readings are not in range.
Hi Kevin, Im guessing the reason the sugar doesnt spike in that time period after intense exercise even when eating simple carbs is the body is busy soaking up the freely available glucose to replenish the glycogen stores. It would be interesting to know roughly how long this window is but like many things its probably greatly varies between individuals but I would image a high level athlete who's body has adapted to storing a large qty of glycogen then this window would be quite large
its wierd bc i didnt have a high carb meal today to make me feel tired, i had a big bowl of raw cabbage with fat free/low sodium/sugar free, a very clean dressing and i felt so very slumpy and drained for the rest of day. i couldnt perform at work and i wanted the day to fastly get over with. i honestly feel like i gained 10 lbs of weight gain and still feel uncomfortable. however, i salivate and enjoy all vegetables until after.
