The Energy Equation Can AI Supercharge Your Health? Lara Lewington on the Future of Energy & Wellbeing
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Sep 3, 2025 
Lara Lewington, a tech journalist and author of 'Hacking Humanity', joins to share insights on how AI and wearables are reshaping health and wellbeing. She discusses the benefits of continuous glucose monitoring and how wearables reveal crucial health patterns. Lara emphasizes the importance of democratizing health tech, ensuring access for all. She also explores the balance between data use and personal choice, cautioning against over-monitoring while celebrating tech's potential to enhance quality of life.
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AI As Pattern Detector
- AI's core power in health is pattern recognition across vast data sources, not humanoid robots taking over.
- Combining genetics, wearables and lifestyle data will enable prediction and prevention of disease.
Track Patterns Over Nightly Precision
- Sleep trackers have become much more consistent over the last decade, narrowing earlier discrepancies between devices.
- Long-term pattern tracking matters more than single-night accuracy for spotting health changes.
From Elite Tools To Public Health
- Democratising health tech is possible: governments plan wearables for discharged patients and cheap biological tests at scale.
- Wider access could shift prevention from wealthy early adopters to population benefit.
