Unless you’re acutely attuned to your body, metabolic services such as continuous glucose monitor, or CGM, can serve as helpful trackers. While they’ve been around for decades, the fitness industry is honing in on these devices right now, and the latest that’s got the experts talking is the Ultrahuman M1 Live. We decided to put it to the test.
What is Ultrahuman M1 Live?
Ultrahuman M1 Live is a metabolic fitness platform that allows users to monitor their glucose levels in real time. It was founded by Mohit Kumar and Vatsal Singhal with the aim to help athletes train smartly. “Having data in your hand gives you the ability to customize your diet and lifestyle in a way which is unique to you,” explains Kumar. “Out of a list of biomarkers that are available, glucose seemed really interesting primarily because it had a more direct way to give feedback on your food than anything else. With metabolism tracking, we’re more focused on overall health than just fitness.”
How does the Ultrahuman M1 Live work?
Users attach a continuous glucose sensor to their arm. The sensor monitors glucose variability and metabolic score in real time transmitting data to the Ultrahuman app via Bluetooth. These results are presented in the app as percentages as well as in a line graphic, clearly depicting the peaks and troughs throughout 24 hours.
To better understand the cause of results, users are encouraged to log their food and activities throughout the day. Your activity can also be automatically updated if you link the Ultrahuman app to your health apps. All meals are rated out of 10 with a score of eight-plus being optimum. By ranking your meals you can make tweaks to your diet accordingly.
The more you log the more feedback the app can provide, for example on the best time to have your evening meal and also the optimum hours to workout.
What is metabolic score and glucose variability?
Your metabolic score is a factor of your food consumption, activities performed, stress levels and quality of sleep, and is measured on a scale of 0-100. Ideally you want to be in the range of 90-plus. Regular exercise and eating food eliciting a lower glycemic response can help improve your score. Low glycemic foods include green vegetables, kidney beans, chickpeas and lentils.Glucose variability tracks the ups and downs present in your glucose levels graph.
By tracking their health via the patch, we’ve seen users reverse pre-diabetes…
