Advanced Institute for Diabetes & Endocrinology
“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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“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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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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