Lori Esarey MS, APRN-C, ABAAHPGoing Beyond Weight Loss to Achieve Wellness For Life

Unlock Better Health Track Food & Glucose

4 Oct 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief exchange from the video "Unlock Better Health Track Food & Glucose," Speaker A emphasizes the importance of having patients measure and track their food intake, noting that this practice helps identify trends in dietary habits. Speaker A then asks whether continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is being used to evaluate glucose management as a proxy for insulin and cortisol activity. Speaker B confirms that employing CGM is the first step they take, indicating a clinical workflow that starts with real‑time glucose data to inform metabolic health assessments.

They're not doing better. So, so you mentioned measuring the food or having them measure and track their food. I love that. That's one of the things that we do too, is having them track and trend. Are you using any continuous glucose monitoring to see like what they're doing in the way of glucose management as a reflection of insulin and cortisol? Absolutely, yes.
That's the first thing I do.