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I did keep thinking I'd try Supersapiens too, but never got around to it. I'm going to have a look at Zoe, being coeliac complicates things a bit though, so I do wonder if it's worth it.
Edit: from their FAQ
Unfortunately, if you have a gut disease (e.g. Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or celiac disease) then you are not eligible for the ZOE membership.
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Just seen this. I started doing Zoe in January.
One thing that got me interested in it was that I had a pre-diabetic blood test result a couple of years ago. It was a few weeks after I had done the Transcontinental, then been on a family holiday with booze every day (not loads but more than I'd normally drink). A retest a few weeks later was back in normal range but I wanted to understand more about it.
Test results were interesting. My fat management was good - but that is entirely down to medication so no credit to me - it would be very bad without. And my blood sugar was bad. It turns out that if I do so much as look at a potato, rice, pasta, bread, beer or white wine, my blood sugar spikes right up.
I did a 5-6 hour ride while I had the blood sugar monitor on and that was really interesting. It showed that the bars that I normally eat were really spiking my blood sugar, and I could keep it in a normal / performance range by eating way less than I normally would.
I'm planning to explore that more. I was thinking of doing a couple of months of supersapiens but clearly won't now - but I think the latest BS monitors can give you data straight to your phone (probably undermining the SuperSapiens business model) so will look to try that instead. I'd like to think that I am not doing something that over the long term, will push me into diabetes.
Otherwise, I'm enjoying Zoe, enjoying the food, not missing carby stuff. Lost a few kg - not all due to Zoe but maybe a bit more than i would have expected to at this time of year anyway. I can eat some stuff that I always thought was a bit indulgent - like I now regularly have kippers or a (vegetarian) fry up for breakfast - both score way better than porridge or museli. And dark chocolate scores way better for me than virtually all fruit.
Only problem is eating out, for which I pretty much have to forget Zoe as hardly anything works. Especially with a glass of wine or a beer.