The Glucose Edge - by Bill Tancer (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

What if the key to weight loss, better energy, and vibrant, lasting health isn't about following generic advice, but about understanding your body's signals?

Learn how to use continuous glucose monitoring to work with your body--not against it--in this revolutionary guide from New York Times bestselling author Bill Tancer.

Your body is constantly sending you signals about what it needs, but until now, most of us have been guessing. Continuous glucose monitoring technology is changing that, providing unprecedented insight into metabolic health and empowering users to make truly personalized wellness decisions.

In The Glucose Edge, Bill Tancer, chief data scientist for the metabolic health system Signos, leverages the world's first database combining glucose readings, food logs, weight, sleep and exercise data--over three billion glucose data points across ten thousand life-years of metabolic data--to shed light on our wildly diverse metabolic responses, and the eating, exercise, and lifestyle changes that really work.

Tancer combines cutting-edge research with straightforward guidelines that will help you use continuous glucose monitoring to:

• Recognize the hidden patterns driving your cravings and energy crashes
• Learn "appetite training" techniques that use glucose data as your body's personal fuel gauge
• Determine what foods work best for your metabolism--and how simple tweaks in portion, food pairings, and timing can make a big difference
• Understand why and how exercise and movement, quality sleep, and stress management impact your metabolic fitness

Keeping your glucose more stable can lead to better energy, sharper focus, improved metabolic health, reduced risk of chronic conditions, and sustainable weight management. Whether you're looking to lose weight, enhance your athletic performance, support healthy aging, or simply feel your best every day, The Glucose Edge is an indispensable partner in using your CGM to make small, effective, science-backed adjustments that add up to meaningful results that last.

Review Quotes

"What I love about The Glucose Edge is that it turned learning about my body into an adventure. After reading it, I couldn't wait to grab my continuous glucose monitor and start discovering which foods and combinations actually work for me. It gave me renewed hope and energy to improve my metabolic health and a real path to the balance between happy and healthy."
--Emily Cornelius, RD

"Finally! A health book that doesn't make you feel judged. It's smart, approachable, and makes learning about your body genuinely interesting."
--Raven-Symoné

"To maximize our health, it is ideal to minimize large excursions in blood glucose. Wearing a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) is the best way to identify the problem foods that can cause these excursions . . . This much-needed book will help you maintain healthy habits that should reduce your risk for not just diabetes, but a variety of medical conditions from diabetes to cancer and dementia."
--Richard J. Johnson, MD, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Colorado

"Through continuous glucose monitoring, you'll get to know your body on a new level. Bill Tancer will walk you through the science, data, and small experiments that can make a lasting difference on your energy, mood, and more."
--Jay S. Skyler, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and chief academic officer of the Diabetes Research Institute

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Bill Tancer is the chief data scientist at Signos, a company that connects people to their metabolic signals. Bill works across the three billion cells of data that amount to 10,000 life-years of data that Signos has amassed. Prior to Signos, Bill was the senior vice president and general manager of global research for Experian. Bill's expertise in data analysis has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times. He has been a frequent guest on CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, and Good Morning America. His data expertise was the subject of a feature on ABC's hit show 20/20. Bill also penned an online column for TIME magazine.