Weight loss involves many factors. Insights and expert advice [provided by a tool like/from] Lingo can be helpful tools along your journey.
Put simply, weight loss is the result of a negative energy balance over time, or burning more calories than you consume. Lingo provides metabolic insights, nutrition and exercise tips/expertise, and event tracking, which can help support your weight loss journey. Timely feedback on glucose levels can help you understand how your body responds to your current lifestyle choices.
In research, CGMs have been used for hunger training, and to monitor dietary adherence to low glycemic index diets which may aid in weight loss by reducing after meal glucose levels, leading to more steady glucose and therefore a reduction in hunger.
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