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How Real-Time CGM Feedback Is Changing Eating Habits

If you use a CGM, food decisions can start to feel different. Not because you are following a new diet, but because y...

January 30, 2026

How CGM Alerts Affect Workdays (And How People Manage Them)

You are in the middle of a workday that already feels full. Meetings stack up. Messages keep coming. Then your CGM al...

January 28, 2026

Why Some People Still Struggle to Access CGMs in the UK

For many people living with diabetes in the UK, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are no longer seen as emerging tec...

January 23, 2026

Why January Health Resets Often Backfire for CGM Users

January arrives with a familiar message; reset, restart, be better. For many people living with a CGM, this pressure ...

January 22, 2026

Returning to Work or School With a CGM After the Holidays

The holidays often loosen routines. Sleep shifts, meal timing changes, activity levels fluctuate and your Continuous ...

January 20, 2026

The Type Strong 2025 Wrap-Up: Impact, Community Growth, and What’s Next

Every CGM user knows the feeling of quietly carrying a heavy load while trying to keep life moving forward. You balan...

January 19, 2026

Merry Christmas from Type Strong

The end of the year often brings mixed emotions for people living with Type 1 diabetes. Christmas can be joyful, chao...

December 24, 2025

How to Extend the Life of Your Dexcom Sensor: Tips and Best Practices

If your Dexcom sensor has ever peeled early, loosened during a workout, or lost accuracy before the session ends, you...

December 22, 2025

What your CGM might show after popular holiday treats

If you have ever checked your CGM after a Christmas biscuit or a handful of festive chocolates, you know the feeling....

December 19, 2025

Real-life CGM readings in December: What changes and why

December has a way of turning your usual routines upside down. One week you are eating balanced meals at your desk, a...

December 17, 2025

Alcohol at Christmas: what CGM users should know before celebrating

Christmas tends to change people’s eating and drinking rhythm. Lunch turns into dinner, snacks appear without warning...

December 16, 2025

Holiday stress and your glucose levels: what your CGM might show in December

December is known for celebration, yet it also brings one of the biggest emotional loads of the year. Travel plans, f...

December 12, 2025

Tyson Major: Turning Type 1 Diabetes into a mission of strength and community

In 2017, Tyson Major’s life changed forever. At 30 years old, after weeks of feeling unwell and not recognising the s...

December 11, 2025

Flying home for Christmas with your CGM: what to pack for stress-free travel

Christmas travel can feel exciting, chaotic, and exhausting all at once. When you live with diabetes, that mix of cro...

December 09, 2025

How long should a CGM patch last through Christmas travel & festivities?

If you have ever started the Christmas holidays feeling excited but secretly worried about your CGM patch lifting, pe...

December 05, 2025

Intermittent fasting 2.0: What your CGM data really says

Many people try intermittent fasting with the expectation of smooth, predictable glucose lines. But once you start ch...

December 03, 2025

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