aparsonsmoore
Active Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I just wondered what people thought of Continuous Glucose Monitoring for athletes? As a keen cyclist, I've noticed that this technology has been used by several cycling teams. Articles, such as as this...
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a35541222/cgm-continual-glucose-monitor-levels-supersapiens/
Use language such as "once reserved for diabetics". I don't know why, but I'm uneasy with the wording as it seems to suggest that diabetics are a kind of Untermenschen who have had access to a technology that would be better employed by elite athletes. Am I being oversensitive?
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a35541222/cgm-continual-glucose-monitor-levels-supersapiens/
Use language such as "once reserved for diabetics". I don't know why, but I'm uneasy with the wording as it seems to suggest that diabetics are a kind of Untermenschen who have had access to a technology that would be better employed by elite athletes. Am I being oversensitive?