Brain & Body Things

Is hormone imbalance a thing? Hormones and more with Dr. Arti Thangudu.

July 25, 2022 Dr. Natasha Mehta Season 1 Episode 8
Brain & Body Things
Is hormone imbalance a thing? Hormones and more with Dr. Arti Thangudu.
Show Notes

Arti Thangudu, MD, is a triple board-certified physician and endocrinology, diabetes, and thyroid specialist who provides high-level, well-rounded care at Complete Medicine in San Antonio, Texas. She takes an evidence-based approach to care, focusing on the whole patient, not their disease or symptoms. At her membership-based practice, Dr. Thangudu offers direct access, frequent coaching, and continuous blood glucose monitoring to patients all over Texas through telemedicine. 

She received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, internship in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and residency at Tulane University.  She completed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, one of the busiest endocrinology training centers in the country. 

She has received nutritional training at Cornell University’s Center for Nutrition Studies as well as a 200-hour yoga training so she could coach her patients on using mindfulness to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic disease. 

Dr. Thangudu holds board certification in internal and lifestyle medicine, as well as endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. She’s also certified in plant-based nutrition.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • What is hormone imbalance?
  • Common myths and sales tactics around hormone imbalance.
  • Normal hormone variance.
  • When to check labs.
  • What labs are needed and what labs are unnecessary.
  • Beware of scams and misinterpretation of labs! See an endocrinologist.
  • Lifestyle approaches in endocrine disorders.

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