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Postprandial Glucose Spikes: Are We Missing the Most Actionable Metric in Diabetes Care?

Glucose meter showing elevated post-meal blood sugar with healthy meal and CGM device illustrating postprandial glucose control

When managing diabetes, most people focus on A1C or time in range. However, what if the real opportunity lies in something more immediate and actionable? Managing post-meal blood sugar, often called postprandial glucose control, may hold the key to better outcomes. While long-term markers still matter, post-meal spikes often go …

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CGM in Primary Care: Bridging the Endocrinology Gap

A smartphone displaying CGM glucose data surrounded by diabetes monitoring tools including a stethoscope, insulin pen, syringe, and CGM sensor on a clinic desk.

Could continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) soon become the norm in primary care? Once considered a specialty tool reserved for endocrinologists, CGM is now recommended far earlier in diabetes treatment — even for patients with type 2 diabetes on basal insulin alone. Despite these guideline shifts, primary care adoption has lagged. …

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