154 | Diabetes in the Age of Social Media: Are Glucose Spikes Really the Problem?

About this episode

This episode discusses diabetes management and patient education in the context of social media confusion.

Social Media Is Confusing Your Patients. In this episode, I’m joined by endocrinology PA Emily Stevens to discuss diabetes, insulin resistance, and blood sugar control and help you explain it in a way your patients will actually understand. If your patients are asking about glucose spikes, CGMs, keto, or supplements like berberine, this episode will give you clear, practical answers you can use in clinic this week. What You’ll Learn: Why "glucose spikes" are normal and how t...

People in this episode

Host: Colleen Sloan

Guest: Emily Stevens

Topics covered

• diabetes
• insulin resistance
• blood sugar control
• patient education
• social media impact

Keywords

• diabetes
• glucose spikes
• insulin resistance
• CGMs
• keto
• berberine
• patient education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Social Media, CGMs

Products: keto, berberine

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