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Lesson #22: "The Human Gap"
Stephen W. Ponder MD, FAAP, CDCES In the era of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), staying “in range” competes with the hemoglobin A1c...


Lesson #21: Microdosing. It's just a "day in the life" of the Sugar Surfer.
Stephen W. Ponder MD, FAAP, CDCES 2018 ADCES Diabetes Educator of the Year Over treating a low blood sugar can be frustrating. It starts...


Sugar Surfing Lesson: Awareness drives action
“There isn’t any good or bad, everything is either a product of pure awareness or sheer ignorance” Ramana Pemmaraju The first step of...


Sugar Surfing™ Visual Quiz
Sugar Surfing™ is based on rapid visual pattern recognition as one glances at a CGM trendline pattern. The interpretation of the trend...


Sugar Surfing™ in the post Covid-19 era
Many questions get sent to me regarding living and managing type 1 diabetes in the Covid-19 'new reality'. I will preface this by saying...

Accept no substitutes...
From the beginning, I've taught that Sugar Surfing™ is NOT a diet. It's a decision making system based on rapid visual analysis of common...


Sugar Surfing Lesson #19: Setting the record straight
In addition to being a practicing endocrinologist, I also mentor young physicians how to practice pediatric medicine. I’ve had this honor...