Dr Federico Fontana - Science innovation in a startup, how Supersapiens approaches scientific development and glucose rushes from legumes.

The Supersapiens Podcast

In this episode we chat to Dr Federico Fontana and get a behind the scenes look into how Supersapiens approaches scientific development.

00:48 – Interview
02:30 – Fede’s academic path to get to his current position.
03:43 – Fede’s PhD studies and how it influenced his decision to move into industry
06:30 – How Supersapiens is using statistics to drive understanding of glucose metabolism in people without diabetes and develop innovations for users
08:42 – Fede’s involvement in rugby and Olympic weightlifting
11:02 – How Fede got interested in Olympic Weightlifting and his sporting background
13:40 – How Fede got involved in Supersapiens
15:30 – Fede’s process for helping the science team at Supersapiens develop scientific innovations
20:14 – How the scientific community were wrong in assuming glucose levels were stable and tightly controlled in individuals without diabetes
23:15 – Using large field-based studies vs smaller tightly controlled lab-based studies
25:04 – How Supersapiens is supporting scientific institutions in their research.
30:21 – How Fede’s role at Supersapiens is a dream role for him
35:00 – Sneak peaks for upcoming developments from the Science team looking at training load, recovery, CGM in athletes and more.
40:20 – Fede’s research and involvement in Tor des Geants
45:46 – Fede’s current training regime
47:12 – Fede’s biggest surprises and learnings since starting with Supersapiens
49:58 – Inter-individual differences in sensitivity to glucose and rebound hypoglycemia
51:16 – Fede’s personal glucose patterns and what learnings this has informed
52:38 – Fede’s biggest learnings around glucose since starting using Supersapiens
55:27 – Fede’s glucose behavior since becoming a new father
57:13 – Fede’s fueling given having to train before breakfast in intense or easy sessions
60:20 – Rush Round
66:22 – Outro