Foundayo (Orforglipron): the weight-loss pill you can take any time of day
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GLP-1s, Muscle Loss, and Your Skin: What an Endocrinologist Wants You to Know
From the DC Dermatology Skin Truths Podcast, Ep. 1, Pt. 1: GLP-1s & Your Skin, with endocrinologist Dr. Lindsey VanDyke and dermatologist Dr. Dinh. GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are everywhere right now. They’re on TikTok, in your group chat, and in the before-and-after photos of people you haven’t seen in a year.
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Low testosterone after surgery? Here’s why it’s normal
“Your body is essentially saying: I don’t have time for testosterone right now. I’m dealing with this. We’ll get back to that later.” I want to talk about a hormone pattern that gets people in trouble, usually because somebody saw a low number on a lab and reached for a prescription pad too fast. There
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The 3-second rule: a walk that flattens your blood sugar
“You eat, then you move. That’s the rule. No gym membership. No special clothes. Three seconds after your last bite, you get up.” I preach this rule in every diabetes consult I run. It’s the cheapest, most consistent blood-sugar intervention in medicine. And almost nobody is using it. It’s called the 3-second rule. What is
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Why your “healthy” cereal spikes blood sugar more than a donut
“One cup of raisin bran has the carbohydrate of three slices of bread. What the donut has that the cereal doesn’t is fat, and fat slows everything down.” I hear this all the time in the office. “Doc, I’ve changed my diet. I’m not eating donuts anymore. I’ve started eating a healthy breakfast. But I’m
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What it’s actually like to live without a thyroid
“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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Bariatric surgery vs GLP-1: which one, when, and why
“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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Thyroid Nodules: What You Need to Know
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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What happens when you stop a GLP-1? The conversation every patient deserves
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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I ranked 6 popular yogurts by their carb-to-protein ratio. The results will change how you shop.
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