You've heard of CGM. What about CKM?

[helli]

Is there a demand for a Continuous Ketone Monitor?

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I don't think I would bother with a stand alone one but I could see some value for people with Type 1 to have a combined CGM and CKM in one sensor (if possible) but only if it had alerts.

This one seems to be targeted at people on a keto diet but maybe it is the future?

 

[PhoebeC]

I can’t even get my test stripes from my surgery so this might be useful ha!

It is interesting, would be good if libre could do all

 

[Tdm]

It would be good if a cgm would monitor other things that would feed into a more sophisticated closed loop, of that would alter your ratios...cheifly, to my mind, stress.
Ketones would be useful, but as ketones are only as issue with high blood sugars

 

[100cas]

I read about Abbott looking to combine glucose and ketone monitoring into one sensor. I personally think it would be fantastic

 

[Bloden]

Is there a demand for a Continuous Ketone Monitor?

Like you say, for people on a keto diet. Also, there are people that use the Libre that aren't diabetic - the market for expensive tech kit that generates info to analyse is massive these days.

 

[trophywench]

My Libre Reader IS my BK meter!

 

[Tdm]

Like you say, for people on a keto diet. Also, there are people that use the Libre that aren't diabetic - the market for expensive tech kit that generates info to analyse is massive these days.

I just hope they don't start designing for the 'health' people and not for diabetes....it does worry me with the shorages of ozempic, what would happen if there was a sudden demand for cgms from the worried well.

 

[helli]

My Libre Reader IS my BK meter!

But you need a strip and blood and it is not continuous via Bluetooth from a sensor.

 

[SimonP]

It would be interesting to see what happens while I'm cycling, but as I've only done one ketone test in the past 20-odd years (which was earlier this year to test a new meter) I can't really see the appeal of a continuous monitor. I guess I may well be missing something important!

 

[SB2015]

I only end up concerning myself with ketones when I am ill or have unexplained high Bg which is not responding to correction doses. I usually use a few ketostix and only if things are persistent do I switch to using my Libre test kit. Then 6 months later en up throwing away the rest of the ketostix.

I may be missing something but I am not sure I need to know my ketone level constantly.
This may be a higher priority for those on ketones diets.