Advanced Institute for Diabetes & Endocrinology
“I’m 20-some years out from losing my thyroid. Now I just feel like I’m in my 40s. That’s just how it is.” Patients want to know what it’s actually like to lose your thyroid. I get the question every week. I’m in a better position than most endocrinologists to answer it, because I had my […]
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“Surgery is a tool that travels with you. If your insurance changes, your job changes, your surgery is your surgery. You get to keep it.” GLP-1 medications have changed weight management. But they haven’t replaced bariatric surgery, and a lot of patients don’t know when one is the better tool, when the other is, and
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If your doctor just told you that you have a thyroid nodule, your first instinct might be to freak out. I get it. I’ve been there. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 21 and I’ve been on full-dose replacement thyroid hormones ever since. But here’s what most people don’t know. Even some doctors don’t
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Here’s a conversation I wish more people were having before they ever picked up their first GLP-1 pen. What happens when you stop? Not if. When. Because this is one of the most common questions I get in my office, and the honest answer is one most patients have never heard from the provider who
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Yogurt is one of the most aggressively marketed “healthy” foods in the grocery store. The packaging tells you it’s good for you. The aisle placement tells you it’s good for you. The brand name often has the word “light” or “fit” or “Greek” right there on the label. But some of these yogurts are functionally
And Why That’s Actually Better for Your Outcomes “Why don’t you take insurance for weight loss?” It’s a fair question—and an important one. Many people assume that if insurance doesn’t cover something, it must be optional or unnecessary. But in weight management, the opposite is often true. The insurance model isn’t built to support the
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Direct Care vs. Insurance-Based Clinics: What’s the Real Difference? One of the most common questions we get is: What’s the difference between being seen at Advanced Institute and going to a regular insurance-based clinic? And right behind it: Do you take my insurance? Both are fair questions. But the more important question is this: Is
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Smoothies: Healthy Choice or Sugar Trap? Smoothies have a health halo. They’re marketed as clean, nutritious, even “detoxifying.” And for a lot of people, they’ve replaced cereal as the default breakfast. But here’s the truth: some smoothies are legitimately great for your metabolic health—and others are basically candy in a cup. The difference comes down
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How to Read a Label and Predict What Your Glucose Will Do Dr. Lindsey VanDyke MD | Endocrinologist | AIDENDO Protein bars are everywhere. They line the checkout aisle at Target, fill entire sections at Whole Foods, and show up in gym bags across the country. But if you have insulin resistance, prediabetes, or diabetes,
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How Fast You Eat Matters as Much as What You Eat Here’s something most people never think about: you can eat the exact same meal—same ingredients, same calories, same macronutrients, same time of day—and get a completely different blood sugar response depending on one variable. How fast you eat it. It’s not always about what
Same Meal, Different Outcome: How the Speed You Eat Changes Your Blood Sugar Read More »