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Sometimes it doesn't quite get it right, but we try and highlight those moments in the episode notes!
The Nine Sensor Samba. A deep dive into the experiment, the outcomes and the implications
In this episode, our hosts take a deep dive into the Nine Sensor Samba, an n=1 experiment that pits a variety of newly released CGM systems against the incumbents, Dexcom and Libre.
With 9 sensors, 15 days and 150 fingerpricks, the outcomes aren't quite what you're expecting!
13 Aug 2025
Snaq. A deep dive into AI for Carb Counting and Glucose Prediction
In this episode, our hosts discuss the review of Snaq undertaken over at Diabettech, noting the benefits and frustrations of using it, and the conclusions the reviewer drew.
The two articles this is drawn from are:
https://www.diabettech.com/ai/snaq-a-diabetes-ai-to-help-you-carb-count-badly/
https://www.diabettech.com/diabetes/beyond-snaq-qing-digesting-your-glucose-patterns/
15 Jul 2025
In Conversation With... AIs review user data and pump settings to help with diabetes care...
In this episode, our hosts discuss the attempts that LLMs made to analyse a series of images describing outcomes and pump settings, highlighting the benefits and issues that arose in the experiment.
Suffice to say that it wasn't all sweetness and light and they won't be replacing healthcare professionals just yet.
8 Jul 2025
Our AI friends discuss Carb Counting with AI: A Deep Dive into How Different Models Stack Up
Our hosts discuss how Large Language Models manage when presented with images of foods to analyse and determine the carb content.
It turns out that they are about as good as humans...
4 Jul 2025
Our AI friends review AI responses to factual questions about T1D
The Diabettech twins analyze an internal study evaluating how different AI models respond to factual inquiries regarding Type 1 Diabetes, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of AI in diabetes education; this is a discussion.
19 Jun 2025
AI's Diabetes Advice: A Model Comparison Study
The AI hosts on Diabettech AI outline a study that compares how well different AI systems provide advice related to diabetes.
17 Jun 2025
Incretins: Shielding Against Diabetes Complications? Beyond Blood Sugar
The hosts of Diabettech AI explore the potential of incretins to protect against heart issues and reduce the broader complications associated with diabetes.
15 Jun 2025
Diabetes Device Shake-Up: Spin-Offs and Strategic Shifts
Industry experts analyze the implications of Medtronic and Ypsomed spinning off their diabetes divisions, impacting the future of the diabetes device industry in this insightful episode.
7 Feb 2025
CGM. Is more better?
Our favourite hosts discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the "more accurate" and "more data" CGMs on the market at the moment and draw some interesting conclusions.
Discussion generated by Google Gemini AI.
7 Nov 2024
Location, location, location. Does cannula site affect AID performance?
In this episode, Mac and Lin discuss infusion site locations and the potential effects on AID systems of changing between abdomen, arms and thighs.
it's worth noting that they haven't quite understood that the predominant study referred to in the article used a rapid acting insulin rather than regular human insulin to arrive at the numbers provided.
Original article at: https://wp.me/p7O2EL-2uK
2 Nov 2024
Exercise, Insulin and Automation. The challenges.
In this episode, Mac and Lin discuss the challenges of managing exercise with automated insulin delivery systems.
https://www.diabettech.com/insulin/exercise-insulin-and-automation-the-challenges/
31 Oct 2024
The wild, wild, west of the CGM head to head study
In this episode, we discover that Lin also has type 1 and Mac and Lin discuss the head to head study between the Abbott Libre3 and Dexcom G7 study published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology in March and highlight some of the challenges with it.
https://www.diabettech.com/cgm/welcome-to-the-wild-wild-west-the-cgm-head-to-head-study/
17 Oct 2024
GLP1-RAs and Type 1 Diabetes: Real world use with Automated insulin delivery systems
This episode discusses the findings a small study looking at incretin-based therapy used by people with type 1 diabetes who are also using Open Source Automated delivery systems.
11 Oct 2024
GLP1-RAs and Type 1 Diabetes: dosing schedules and Pharmacokinetics
In this episode, Mac and Lin dig into the pharmacokinetics of incretins and how they might affect glucose management in type 1 diabetes.
Original Source:
https://wp.me/p7O2EL-2t0
10 Oct 2024
Using smart device data to gain an insight into life with diabetes
This episode discusses a couple of posts on diabettech.com that dive into the data derived from CGM, pump and smart watch and offers some ideas on how that might help with diabetes management.
Sources:
https://www.diabettech.com/biological-data/diabetes-and-data-what-more-can-we-learn-part-1/
https://www.diabettech.com/biological-data/diabetes-and-data-what-more-can-we-learn-part-2/
10 Oct 2024
Open Source Automated Insulin Delivery. Looking at the choice and why it matters.
This episode looks at Loop and AndroidAPS, published studies on their performance and a study on pigs that compared the algorithms and discussed why options are important and how these open source solutions are safe.
Source Data at:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33226840/
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203913
https://www.diabettech.com/artificial-pancreas/automated-insulin-delivery-why-choice-matters/
10 Oct 2024
To patch pump or not patch pump?
A look at the differences between the types of pump and some of the non-obvious reasons why you might want to choose one or the other.
To note: Google's AI wasn't quite aware of what tunneling is...
https://www.diabettech.com/patch-pump/to-patch-pump-or-not-to-patch-pump-that-is-the-question/
10 Oct 2024
GLP1 Receptor Agonists and Type 1 Diabetes: More than meets the eye?
This episode features a discussion on GLP1-RAs, what they do physiologically and how they might affect Type 1 Diabetes.
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