Are continuous glucose monitors a new fitness fad?
Live MintLast April, ahead of the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games, the pharma giant Abbott issued a press release announcing that the world’s fastest marathon man, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, was using their Libre Sense glucose sport biosensor. Now, wellness start-ups have repurposed the continuous glucose monitor as a health and fitness tracker that can track your metabolic health through blood glucose levels. “We track the spikes, drops and how long you stay in the target blood glucose levels in real-time to determine your metabolic health through the continuous glucose on your body and app on your smart phone,” says Manan Chandan, senior director for new initiatives, HealthifyMe, a health startup. Glucose monitors measure your blood glucose levels, and the app you’re using collates other health data like steps, heart rate and exercise from other health apps on your phone. “Now, it is becoming a new technology thing backed by social media that otherwise metabolically healthy persons, especially fitness enthusiasts, are wearing continuous glucose monitors to measure their blood glucose variation to time their nutrition according to the effect on their blood glucose,” she says.
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