Libre for sport not diabetes

Gotta agree with this @Antje77.

Edit: Fix tag

 

I think it’s great that people are starting to use the Abbott libre that don’t have diabetes. I think the more the public sees how blood sugar reacts to food, exercise, and sleep, it will might make them change their habits.

 

The Supersappien sensor was released a few years ago. Perhaps there was a Libre shortage at the time.
The app is different to the librelink app we use and is not developed by Abbott. It is developed by a company who specialise in sports science as it provides training information.
I have no problem with it being used by athletes to improve their performance. However, the professional cycling body (maybe UCI) have banned it from their races. This caused outcry from the NovoNordisk team (a team of elite road cyclists who all have Type 1 diabetes) and I believe it was agreed they could use CGMs

 

If CGM use increases among the general population, it will only help drive down the cost for everybody, including diabetics. It's all good really.

 

FYI - this is Supersapiens system.
It is not a standard Libre system - it is the size of a Libre 1/2 but streams data in real time over bluetooth. (I guess it could be using the equivalent of OOP2 exploited by xDrip+).
As I mentioned earlier, this not a new thing. It has been around for a few years and not had a huge uptake so I doubt if it will cause a big enough increase in demand to drive down the cost or affect the supplies of Libre.

 

People need to be less busybodies. They should keep their noses out of what other people are doing! Be concerned with your own health period!

 

I am a type 2 and have a Libre 2 as I am on insulin (as well as a whole host of cancer drugs that drive up blood glucose).

 

I have nothing against it, but I am very interested in what gives knowledge of BG to athletes

 

I use the Libre every 6 months or so to check everything. Everything for me means averages, post-prandial rises, exercise responses. My main purpose is the post-prandial response, this I think is the key glucose metric (assuming the starting point is good). If only I could keep the unit on to the end of 14 days. What would help me is a sports version, perhaps options for grippier adhesive like the type you get with hospital bandages, or a snug fit over plaster.

In the early stages of diabetes, I believe CGM''s are the very best adjudicator of what foods really work, it's very hard to argue the results with an inanimate object. If there were shortages I think T1's and insulin dependent T2's should get priority, otherwise I think the wider the usage the better... so many bury their heads in the shortbread or should I say sand.

 

As long as there are no supply issues for those requiring it for medical reasons. It really doesn’t matter who uses it. In fact the more who do the More Abbott will strive to perfect as there will be more cash in the pot.