Biotechnology
Your glucose monitor is not measuring your blood, and that explains almost every reading you disagreed with
4 Sept 2026 · 8 min read
The sensor on your arm reads the fluid between cells, not blood, using an enzyme wired to an electrode. The lag, the disagreement with a fingerprick, the fourteen-day lifespan and the mysterious 3 a.m. low all follow from that.
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