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Hidden Carbs in Low Fat Foods — What CGM Screenings Reveal | 2026

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Hidden Carbs in Low Fat Foods — What CGM Screenings Reveal | 2026 She'd been eating the same low-fat yogurt for breakfast every weekday for three years. Strawberry flavor, packed with fruit, proudly displaying "99% Fat Free" across the lid in bold pink letters. It felt like a responsible choice, the kind of habit that someone trying to manage their weight and health would build. Then she joined a workplace wellness program that included continuous glucose monitoring for two weeks. The small sensor on her arm tracked blood sugar patterns around the clock, capturing responses to every meal, every snack, every supposedly healthy choice. The yogurt sent her glucose skyrocketing. Every single morning. A sharp climb starting about twenty minutes after she finished eating, peaking somewhere she never expected, then crashing back down by mid-morning, leaving her foggy and inexplicably hungry despite having just eaten breakfast. She'd been following the label's ...