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2025-03-15
2 min read

I wore a glucose monitor for 6 months. Here's what Indian food actually does to your blood sugar.

I wasn't sick. I wasn't pre-diabetic. I just wanted to understand what was actually happening inside my body every time I ate dal chawal.

I wasn't sick. I wasn't pre-diabetic. I just wanted to understand what was actually happening inside my body every time I ate dal chawal, a plate of rice, or my evening chai.

So I wore a continuous glucose monitor for six months and tested the Indian food I actually eat — not a textbook diet. The patterns surprised me, and a few of them changed how I eat for good.

The full experiment is in the short below.

Watch the experiment