Dr Howard Zisser: The History of Glucose Monitoring

The Supersapiens Podcast

Dr Howard Zisser joins us for a look at the origins of monitoring glucose and the evolution of technology in the field, specifically touching on the difference between blood and interstitial glucose.

2:15 - Community Shoutouts
12:46 - Early Continuous Glucose Monitors
15:37 - Accuracy and Precision of CGMs
19:55 - First time Glucose was Discovered
23:36 - First Glucose Measuring Device
25:18 - First Report of Measuring Glucose at the Boston Marathon (https://blog.supersapiens.com/the-first-evidence-of-glucose-monitoring-boston-marathon-1924/)
28:03 - Transition from Measure Glucose to Measuring it Continuously
31:18 - Using CGM to Learn About Your Body
33:48 - Glucose Measures in Those with and without Diabetes
36:28 - The Best Timing of Your Meal Pre-Exercise and Supersapiens’ Data (https://blog.supersapiens.com/best-time-to-eat-before-exercise/)
39:10 - Difference between Blood Glucose and CGM (https://blog.supersapiens.com/measuring-glucose-blood-versus-interstitial-fluid/)
41:20 - Is Blood Glucose Better than CGM and What is Most Important for Athletes
43:40 - How Howard Joined Supersapiens
50:18 - How Howard started using CGM technology and Exercising More
52:33 - What Howard has Learned from Using Supersapiens
55:00 - How Supersapiens is Learning from our Data and Athletes
55:58 - Advice for New Supersapiens Users (https://blog.supersapiens.com/play-with-your-food/)
60:05 - Advice for Advanced Supersapiens Users
63:20 - “Frequency Trumps Accuracy”
71:27 - Importance of CGM on Recovery
72:48 - Principles of Glucose Monitoring
74:48 - You Should Worry More About the Pattern than the Number
75:24 - Don’t Worry as Much about the Specific Number
76:50 - Use the Dashboard to Analyze your Glucose Patterns (https://blog.supersapiens.com/how-to-use-the-supersapiens-dashboard/)
78:08 - Analyze Deeply on Occasion, Glance Superficially Often
81:18 - Celebrate Defeat as Learning
82:28 - Figure Out How you Can Positively Influence your Glucose
84:22 - Rush Round