blood glucose level

Hi,

I am a researcher at NYU Langone Medical Center. We are developing a non-invasive method to measure blood glucose levels for diabetic patients in real-time but would also like to know if such a method would be useful for the high-performance athlete like you.

We are testing our technology but need to raise capital for further research (translation to application), so we like to carry out some market research to see if our technology can generate enough interest from the public.

I like to ask a few questions:

1. At what level (competition vs recreational level) an athlete will want to monitor their blood glucose level?

2. Is it useful to measure the blood glucose level during a competition?

3. How often do you currently handle your glucose monitoring - how many times/day do you check? How do you do it?.

4. Are there things about the current methods that are painful/inaccurate/inconvenient/expensive/slow and/or any other related problems or challenges?

5. How much do the current method cost (if you are using it)?

6. How much do you want to spend on monitoring your glucose per year?

It's a lot of questions. You don't need to answer all of them but I hope that you can give us your insight.

Cheuk Hei Ho