The only way for a type I diabetic to stop taking insulin is to get a new pancreas. Tim Ferris claims a lot of skills but I don't think transplant surgeon is one of them. Proper diet and exercise can absolutely reverse Type II diabetes, which is probably where Tim has helped. It's an important distinction as this app appears to be targeted specifically at Type I folks who are dependent on external insulin.
I appreciate what they've done here but most blood sugar meters are already storing the readings and they have some poorly designed mechanism to get at the data. If they could import or somehow work with the data already stored in the meter that would be really, really powerful. Manually tracking each blood sugar test is going to be a limiting factor on adoption. My wife, for example, only looks back at her readings if she is having an issue. She'd appreciate a better interface to do that, but I'm sure she will not take up manually updating an app 8 - 10 times a day. I doubt she is unique in that regard.
A 150 average blood sugar level across all users shown on the front page seems high. Maybe it's an English vs metric measurement thing. I know what a good blood sugar is in the US (80-120) but I don't actually know the units are on that.
Cool app though. Now if they could just incorporate the blood test meter right into the iPhone...
The difference isn't due to being from .au. It's because nobody agrees on what 'in-range' means.
My pump keeps track of all of this and uses a web site (carelink) to track results, and share them with my doctor/care team. I stopped using Diamedic since getting the pump, and it's nice to not have to perform an entry every time I mesure/bolus. It keeps track of everything, dose, carbs, readings, basal rate, etc.
If I apply one of their sensors, it tracks rough estimates of bg every 5 minutes, but it doesn't use blood to do so, making the result somewhat inaccurate. Good for spotting trends.
That continuous monitoring is kind of cool in short bursts. It's only a matter of time until there is a real-time feedback loop that allows to pump to auto-adjust as needed.
My wife is also an insulin-dependent diabetic and will probably try this out and see if it fits her lifestyle.
