How Does Your Body Handle Sugar?

Continuous glucose monitoring for 10 days — with endocrinologist review

AED 1,300

A blood glucose test is a snapshot of one moment. It shows your sugar level right now, fasting. But it doesn’t show what matters most: how your body responds to specific foods, how quickly your sugar rises and falls after breakfast, lunch, or a workout, or whether there are hidden spikes you’re completely unaware of.

That’s exactly what continuous glucose monitoring — CGM — reveals. A small sensor worn on the skin tracks your glucose every few minutes, around the clock, for 10 days. You go about your normal life — eating, exercising, sleeping — and get a complete picture of what’s happening inside.

What’s Included — AED 1,300

For those starting from scratch who want a full metabolic picture alongside the monitoring.

HbA1c (Glycated Haemoglobin)
Glucose
Total Insulin
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Endocrinologist Consultation
Dexcom Glucose Monitor setup, configuration & training

You can also order the Dexcom glucose monitor (10 days) — AED 370 — following a consultation with the endocrinologist.

Why a Single Glucose Test Isn’t Enough

A standard fasting blood sugar test is one measurement at one point in time. It won’t show:

how your sugar behaves after eating — whether it spikes sharply or stays stable
whether you have hidden glucose peaks you don’t feel but that are already affecting your health
how your body responds to specific foods — rice, fruit, bread, oats
whether there are overnight spikes or drops while you sleep
how efficiently your insulin is working after meals

HbA1c shows your average level over 3 months — but it still doesn’t tell you what’s happening throughout the day. Two people with identical HbA1c can have completely different glucose patterns — and completely different risks.

Who Should Consider Glucose Monitoring

Diagnosed with insulin resistance or pre-diabetes — understand how your diet is affecting your sugar right now
Weight won’t shift despite eating well — hidden glucose spikes may be blocking fat loss
Want to build a diet around your own metabolism, not generic guidelines
Feeling tired after meals, craving sugar, or experiencing energy crashes during the day
Considering Ozempic or Mounjaro — monitoring helps establish a real baseline before any prescription
Active in sport and want to understand how nutrition affects recovery and performance
Family history of diabetes — and want to understand your own risk before it becomes a problem

What You Get at the End

10 days of monitoring produces data that no single test can provide. At your follow-up consultation, the endocrinologist will analyse your glucose curve: which foods cause sharp spikes specifically for you, at what times of day your sugar is most unstable, and how to adjust your diet to match your metabolism. Not general advice — a specific plan based on your own data.