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

Jul 30, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

CGM's in Sport

6min

The Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors and Sport Possible Applications

6min

The Importance of Fueling in Endurance Sport

2min

The Cascade of Events That Happen When You Eat Carbohydrates

4min

Fuel Engaging Bond: A Fueling Strategy for Sporting Athletes

5min

How to Personalize Your Blood Glucose Monitor

6min

The Importance of Metabolic Flexibility in Running

5min

The Future of Endurance Training

3min

10.

How to Assess Low Energy Availability

3min

11.

How to Measure Low Energy Availability

5min

12.

The Effects of Low Energy Availability on Glycemic Variability

1min

13.

How to Monitor Continuous Glucose in a Low-Carbohydrate Population

3min

14.

The Importance of Fuel Gauge Valuation

5min

15.

The Future of Glucose Monitoring

2min

16.

The Functional Use Case for Interventions

3min

17.

The Importance of Understanding Low Energy Availability in Athletes

3min

18.

How to Use CGM's and Sports Effectively

3min

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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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