Friday evening we were on the patio at our local brewery when my wife overheard a young person expounding to his two friends about how people wear CGMs to manage their sugar allergies. My wife wears a CGM because she has Type 1 diabetes.

Sugar allergies are not a thing. That would be like an oxygen or water allergy.

My wife was not drinking, which is probably the only thing that saved this kid from an unpleasant encounter with my wife.

Then this morning in the checkout line at Publix, the guy behind her in line, most likely in his 40s, asked her if she was allergic to sugar. When she explained to him she has Type 1 diabetes, he said, "Well, didn't you get that from eating too much sugar?" The store pharmacist, who knows her well, happened to be right there, and he stepped in to try to educate this ignoramus.

So that is two "sugar allergy" encounters in one weekend. I suspected social media, and Claude did confirm that there are a number of wellness influencers, most notably Brittney Bouchard, wearing CGMs and claiming they prove extreme sensitivity to glucose or sugar.

Please don't get your health info from TikTok, unless the influencer also happens to be a medical professional. And even then, be careful. There is a 50% chance the doctor on TikTok finished in the bottom half of their class in medical school.