Last week, ŌURA announced partnerships with January AI , Supersapiens, Veri - three of the world’s most innovative Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) companies. Each has adopted ŌURA’s API to pull in sleep and health data, allowing people to understand the powerful connection between glucose metabolism and sleep quality. Your glucose levels can impact your sleep quality — and vice versa.
Many of us are familiar with CGMs in the context of diabetes management, but these devices can also be used to improve athletic performance, recovery, weight management, and energy levels. By integrating sleep and activity data with tracked meals and snacks and the metric of blood glucose, members can learn more about how their bodies react to various inputs and actions.
Using a CGM and ŌURA, I learned that my blood sugar surges about an hour before I wake up and that movement after eating reduces my blood sugar spike after eating. I observed that consuming sugary desserts affected my sleep (and not in a good way) and that I ate more when I slept less, validating the studies that link shorter sleep times with increased levels of Leptin and Ghrelin, the hormones implicated in satiety and hunger. I’ve modified my diet by being more conscious of trying to keep my blood glucose within a certain range. What is measured, is managed.
It’s early days, but I am excited to see what insights and learnings emerge from these collaborations. Everyone’s physiology is different and is changing over time. Learning healthy habits and building an understanding of what works for you - from a diet, sleep, activity, and recovery perspective - is not one size fits all. If you have the appetite to learn more about your physiology, check it out.
Thanks to the good people at January AI, Supersapeins, and Veri!
#WithOura
Many of us are familiar with CGMs in the context of diabetes management, but these devices can also be used to improve athletic performance, recovery, weight management, and energy levels. By integrating sleep and activity data with tracked meals and snacks and the metric of blood glucose, members can learn more about how their bodies react to various inputs and actions.
Using a CGM and ŌURA, I learned that my blood sugar surges about an hour before I wake up and that movement after eating reduces my blood sugar spike after eating. I observed that consuming sugary desserts affected my sleep (and not in a good way) and that I ate more when I slept less, validating the studies that link shorter sleep times with increased levels of Leptin and Ghrelin, the hormones implicated in satiety and hunger. I’ve modified my diet by being more conscious of trying to keep my blood glucose within a certain range. What is measured, is managed.
It’s early days, but I am excited to see what insights and learnings emerge from these collaborations. Everyone’s physiology is different and is changing over time. Learning healthy habits and building an understanding of what works for you - from a diet, sleep, activity, and recovery perspective - is not one size fits all. If you have the appetite to learn more about your physiology, check it out.
Thanks to the good people at January AI, Supersapeins, and Veri!
#WithOura
