- An exaggerated ↑ in blood sugar following a meal.
- people who don’t have diabetes, pancreas secretes some insulin all the time. It ↑ its output as blood glucose ↑ following meals.
- people with Type 2 diabetes, the pancreas can be slow about secreting insulin in response to a mealà to postprandial hyperglycemia
- an independent risk factor for the development of macrovascular complications.
- normalizing post-prandial blood glucose is more difficult than normalizing fasting glucose.
- poses a challenge to people with diabetes striving to maintain near-normal blood sugar levels.
- Multiple injection regimens and insulin pumps provide flexibility in handling the challenge.
- A person can take regular insulin ½ to 1 hour before eating so that the insulin peak and glucose rise coincide.