Continuous Glucose Monitors in Ultramarathon with Amy-Lee Bowler, PhD (c) | KoopCast Episode #190

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Episode overview:

Amy-Lee Bowler is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Bond in Australia. Her research seeks to understand the current practice pathways and subsequent dietary management used by sports dietitians when assessing and managing energy availability in athletes.

Episode highlights:

(25:45) Personalization of blood glucose: new study on standard glucose levels in athletes, “metabolic flexibility”, lipid oxidation, tighter glucose control in endurance athletes, intensity, duration, diet, and training level all change blood glucose

(35:41) CGMs for identifying acute low energy availability: subjective assessments might be more valuable, examples

(55:30) CGMs are not tools for athletes: it is difficult for athletes to determine anything useful from the data, examples, currently CGMs must be used with practitioners

Additional resources:

The Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors in Sport: Possible Applications and Considerations-https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/33/2/article-p121.xml
Low Energy Availability in Female Athletes: from the Lab to the Field-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33832385/
Sports Dietitians Practices for Assessing and Managing Athletes at Risk for Low Energy Availability-https://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(22)00036-6/fulltext
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