Weight Loss

You can fill in a form online and have a prescription in your inbox fifteen minutes later. Nobody examined you. Nobody ran a laboratory test. Nobody asked what else you take. Here is what should happen instead, and why it is not just a matter of being thorough. Some of it decides whether your insurance […]

You are thinking about stopping. Or you already have, and the weight is coming back faster than you expected, and you are wondering what is wrong with you. Nothing is wrong with you. But something is happening, and almost nobody explains it before they hand over the prescription. So let us have the real conversation.

I have said the same sentence in exam rooms for years: Let’s find out what you are made of. In July I finally ran the test on myself. I want to be honest about why I am publishing what came back, because it is not flattering and it is not a success story yet. It

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

What if breakfast isn’t actually the most important meal of the day? Dr. Lindsey VanDyke, DO, FACOI, FEAA, a board-certified endocrinologist, shares how fasting, hormones, and a cellular process called autophagy can work together to support meaningful and lasting fat loss. Backed by years of clinical practice and patient-centered endocrinology, Dr. VanDyke offers a refreshing,