One of the biggest benefits of CGM’s is the ability to look at your detailed blood glucose data. This gives you a much deeper understanding of the impact of different foods, activities and conditions that all affect your blood glucose levels. In this section, we will explore these features in more detail. Click on the

Congratulations on completing the course ‘Understanding Type 1: Carb Counting and Tech’ course. If you have completed both the Carbohydrate Counting and the Type 1 diabetes and Technology modules and marked all the sections as complete then a certificate will now be available for you to download. Your personalised certificate should be automatically emailed to

In this section, we will cover what continuous glucose monitoring is, the difference between blood glucose and sensor glucose, what the key features are of CGM’s and who is eligible for it. To get started, please click on the first topic ‘What is CGM?‘ below.

This section will provide guidance on how to put carb counting and insulin adjustment into practice on a daily basis and in common situations such as eating out, drinking alcohol and physical activity. We’ll also cover how to check your background insulin, insulin to carbohydrate ratios and correction doses are correct. To get started with

As we learned in the previous section, carbohydrates are the nutrient that will have the biggest impact on your blood glucose levels. In this section, we will cover how this impacts on diabetes and how to balance your insulin with the carbohydrate you eat. Click on the first topic ‘What is carbohydrate counting’ below to

In this section we will cover what carbohydrates are, how our body processes them, what role they have in our diet and which foods contain carbohydrate. Click on the first topic ‘What are carbohydrates?’ below to get started.