Glynce Blog

Understanding your glucose, one pattern at a time

Plain-English guides to type 1 diabetes, CGM data, and the patterns worth looking for. Educational, never a substitute for your care team.

Product

Introducing Glynce: The All-in-One Diabetes and Glucose App for iPhone and Apple Watch

Meet Glynce, the all-in-one diabetes app for iPhone and Apple Watch. See live glucose, log food, track your time in range and trends, share reports.

8 min read·24 July 2026

CGM & Glucose

Why Your Blood Sugar Rises Hours After Eating (Fat and Protein Explained)

Your CGM looked flat two hours after dinner, then climbed. Here's why high-fat, high-protein meals cause a delayed blood sugar spike in type 1 diabetes, and how to dose for it.

11 min read·3 July 2026

CGM & Glucose

Dawn Phenomenon: Why You Wake Up With High Blood Sugar (And How to Spot It on Your CGM)

Waking up with high blood sugar you can't explain? Here's how to recognize the dawn phenomenon in type 1 diabetes, why blood sugar rises overnight, how to confirm the pattern on your CGM, and what to do about it.

12 min read·3 July 2026

CGM & Glucose

What Is an Extended Bolus, and Why Do Fatty Meals Need One?

An extended bolus spreads mealtime insulin over time instead of all at once. Here's what it is, why high-fat, high-protein meals may call for one, and what to discuss with your diabetes team.

9 min read·3 July 2026

CGM & Glucose

How to Read a CGM: Meaning of Glucose Trends, Arrows, and Patterns

Learn how to read your CGM: what the number, trend arrow, and curve each tell you, how to spot common glucose patterns, and why the shape matters more than any single reading.

12 min read·3 July 2026

CGM & Glucose

Pizza and Blood Sugar: Why It Spikes Hours Later, and What Helps

Why pizza spikes blood sugar hours after eating in type 1 diabetes, what makes it so hard to dose for, and how to learn your own pizza response on a CGM.

10 min read·3 July 2026