Blood Sugar Better But Your Feet Burn? What TIND Is
Your A1C came down and now your feet burn. Treatment-induced neuropathy of diabetes explained, what the research really says about pace, and what to ask.
Prevention Medicine
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Your A1C Might Be Wrong: 5 Reasons It Doesn’t Match Your Meter
Your home meter says 85. Your A1C says 6.2. Here is why the two disagree, what pushes the number off, and the five questions to ask your doctor.
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What to Do When Your Breakup Broke Your Health
So, I’m going through a breakup right now, and I cannot believe how easy it is to turn to comfort food. I can, and I can’t. After all, if science is correct, we are going through withdrawal in these moments. And I’m sure our brains are looking for cheap dopamine to fill the void. So…
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1 Piece of Toast Spikes My Blood Sugar (But Not Yours): Understanding Insulin Resistance
Okay, so how is it that somebody can eat a piece of toast and their blood sugars seem perfectly fine afterwards, and then you end up eating that same piece of toast and it goes on a giant roller coaster ride? It doesn’t make sense, and a lot of people are frustrated. Understandably so. There…
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Which GLP-1 Is Best for You? Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound?
All right, let’s say you meet up with a friend and they look phenomenal. They lost a whole bunch of weight. They look vital. They have so much energy. And you can’t help but ask them, “What did you do?” And they tell you, “Oh, my doctor prescribed me,” and they name the GLP-1 they’re…
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Lower A1C Report: 3 Questions Your Doctor Wishes You’d Ask
Congratulations. We’ll see how long it lasts. That’s such a pessimistic view and maybe even passive aggressive, isn’t it? Out loud, I never finish that sentence beyond congratulations. And yet, whenever I see a patient come in with a huge drop in their A1C and they’re super excited, or whenever I see someone post a…
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Is Type 2 Diabetes a Moral Failing (It’s Not Your Fault)
Do people with type 2 diabetes have fake diabetes? I was reading an online forum and someone with type 2 diabetes had posted that their friend who has type 1 diabetes called them a fake diabetic. The idea being that if they had exercised properly and dieted properly, they would not have type 2 diabetes….
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The Hidden Long-Term Risk of Medications (4 Questions to Take Control)
What if a medication you stopped more than six years ago left something behind that is waiting for a small trigger in order to cause big problems for you? It looks like that seems to be the case for Dr. Jordan. Michaela was strong enough to provide us with an update. And it looks like…
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Retatrutide: How to Think About It Before It’s Available
So, there is a new weight loss medication that’s being studied right now and it’s getting a lot of attention because it seems to be faster and better than Ozempic or Mounjaro. We’re going to talk about what this medication is, why it’s different, and how to talk to your doctor to figure out if…
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Amber’s Important Message for Self Advocacy and Positivity at 25
Learning from Amber Woods: A Message of Self-Awareness, Advocacy, and Positivism Hello everyone. Welcome back. By now, you’ve probably heard of Amber Woods’ story. It’s pretty scary because you kind of wonder to yourself, “How does a young woman with her whole life ahead of her have a disease that usually appears in people that…
