Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) are small devices, that are worn for 14 days at a time on the upper arm. They give direct feedback, on your phone, about how your blood sugar levels respond to food, exercise, stress and more.

Unfortunately we live in a world where pre-diabetes, diabetes and obesity are exponentially on the rise, with many people walking around unaware of any blood glucose problems and conventional blood tests often not picking them up until there is a "diagnosis"."Luckily" pre-diabetes and diabetes develop over years and well before average glucose levels go up, looking at daily glucose curves (spikes, crashes, etc) with a CGM, can give an indication of potential trouble ahead and allows for corrective, preventative action. Short term they can also help reduce immediate symptoms, like cravings and energy slumps, by helping us avoid glucose spikes and crashes.

The CGM Revolution aims to bring awareness to the "early screening" and correction power of CGMs and runs online group programmes to help women assess and correct their own glucose levels.

How will your services support ladies' in the menopause?

Symptoms caused by unbalanced and/or elevated blood sugar levels have a lot of overlap with

(peri) menopausal symptoms and they can aggravate each other. These are symptoms like weight gain, cravings, constant hunger, energy slumps, poor sleep, poor memory, anxiety and low mood.

By first assessing and correcting glucose levels, before starting possible hormone treatments, many or all symptoms might improve/disappear and eliminate the need for hormonal interventions or can make them more targeted to the actual hormonal imbalances.

Furthermore, controlling glucose levels plays a big roll in weight loss and this makes Continuous Glucose Monitors a great tool to support and accelerate the reduction of your waist line, by giving direct feedback on how well your glucose levels are kept in check. Also, having direct feedback is very motivating for making "healthy choices" and the group setting (and optional connection to my software) is great for accountability as well.