05/08/2025
âHow CGM Helps Manage Prediabetes and Diabetesâ
Have you ever wondered why your blood sugar seems high one day and low the next, even when you eat the same thing?
Managing diabetes or prediabetes isnât just about diet and medicationâitâs about understanding your bodyâs unique patterns. And thatâs where Continuous Glucose Monitoring, or CGM, changes everything.
A CGM like the Sibionics GS1 gives you real-time insightsâtracking your glucose levels 24 hours a day, without the need for constant finger pricks. But more than just numbers, it creates an Ambulatory Glucose Profile, or AGP.
This profile is a powerful summary of how your glucose behaves across your dayâand over weeks or months. It shows your average glucose levels over 7, 14, 30, and even 90 days. These averages give a clearer picture than a single test canâshowing whether you're improving, stable, or heading toward risk.
But one of the most useful features is something called Time in Range.
This measures how long your glucose stays within the healthy targetâusually between 3.9 to 10.0 mmol/L.
The goal is to be in that range at least 70% of the time, or roughly 17 hours out of every 24.
Spending more time above 10 means your risk for long-term complications is increasing. Spending too much time below 3.9 can be dangerousâcausing dizziness, confusion, or even blackouts.
And hereâs the game-changer: this data helps you respond, not just react.
Youâll start to see patterns. For example:
⢠If your sugar spikes after lunch, maybe you need to swap that chapati for something with more fiber.
⢠If your evening walk brings your sugar down, youâll know itâs helping.
⢠If your medication causes frequent lows, it may be too strong.
⢠If youâre always high despite taking meds, you might be undermedicated.
Butâand this is importantâmedication changes should always be made with your doctor. The CGM simply provides clearer evidence to guide those decisions.
In just 14 days of using a CGM, you can gain insights that might otherwise take months to uncover.
So whether youâre newly diagnosed, managing prediabetes, or just want to feel more in controlâthe Sibionics GS1 CGM can help you understand your glucose, your habits, and your health.
Itâs affordable, PPB-registered, and now available in Kenya.
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