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Peripheral Neuropathy: Why Your Toes Are the First to Feel It9:22

Peripheral Neuropathy: Why Your Toes Are the First to Feel It

If your symptoms started in your toes, that isn't random. The nerve fibers that reach your big toe are among the longest cells in your bo...

Neuropathy Medication Not Working? What to Check Next6:55

Neuropathy Medication Not Working? What to Check Next

If you take a medication for nerve pain and you're still hurting, you're not doing anything wrong. In a large trial of four common nerve ...

Neuropathy Supplements Not Working? What to Check First9:32

Neuropathy Supplements Not Working? What to Check First

Many people taking supplements for neuropathy are taking reasonable ingredients in ways that don't match the research: the wrong form, a ...

Why Weight Loss Stalls After 40 (Even With Normal Labs)9:57

Why Weight Loss Stalls After 40 (Even With Normal Labs)

If you're over 40, eating the way you always have, and the scale won't move, it's probably not a willpower problem. For many people, what...

Don't Get Fooled by Nerve Supplement Marketing: A Surgeon's Guide15:23

Don't Get Fooled by Nerve Supplement Marketing: A Surgeon's Guide

The nerve supplement aisle is full of bold promises, scientific-sounding buzzwords, and labels designed to impress rather than inform. In...

The Hidden Cause of Foot Numbness: 5 Clues to Reveal the Truth10:24

The Hidden Cause of Foot Numbness: 5 Clues to Reveal the Truth

Numb feet are easy to brush off — but the pattern of the numbness often points straight to the cause. In this breakdown, Dr. Fitz walks t...

7 Neuropathy Home Remedies: Which Actually Work?8:02

7 Neuropathy Home Remedies: Which Actually Work?

Search "neuropathy home remedies" and you'll get dozens of suggestions — but which ones hold up, and which are mostly hype? In this break...

Why Your Nerve Pain Won't Go Away: The Hidden Inflammation5:43

Why Your Nerve Pain Won't Go Away: The Hidden Inflammation

When nerve pain won't let up, the problem may not be the nerve alone — it may be the inflammatory environment around it. In this breakdow...

How to Tell If Your Neuropathy Is Improving (4, 8 & 12 Weeks)4:45

How to Tell If Your Neuropathy Is Improving (4, 8 & 12 Weeks)

Nerve changes rarely happen overnight — they tend to unfold gradually, which makes them easy to miss or misjudge day to day. In this shor...

Neuropathy Exercises: What Nerve Biopsy Studies Actually Show6:18

Neuropathy Exercises: What Nerve Biopsy Studies Actually Show

Should you exercise with neuropathy — and does movement actually do anything at the nerve level? In this breakdown, Dr. Fitz looks at wha...

Why Your Nerves Won't Heal — and What May Help8:29

Why Your Nerves Won't Heal — and What May Help

Peripheral nerves are slow to recover — and several everyday factors may quietly work against them. In this breakdown, Dr. Fitz explains ...

Neuropathy vs. Poor Circulation: How to Tell the Difference8:24

Neuropathy vs. Poor Circulation: How to Tell the Difference

Numbness, tingling, and cold or aching feet can come from nerve trouble, poor circulation, or both — and the two are easy to mix up. In t...

The Truth About Nerve Pain and Blood Sugar: What Doctors Don't Tell You6:07

The Truth About Nerve Pain and Blood Sugar: What Doctors Don't Tell You

Nerve pain and blood sugar are closely linked — but the full story rarely fits into a routine appointment. In this breakdown, Dr. Fitz ex...

Nerve Pain and Blood Sugar: Why You Need to Look Beyond A1C7:58

Nerve Pain and Blood Sugar: Why You Need to Look Beyond A1C

If you have nerve pain and your A1C came back "normal" or only slightly elevated, that number may not tell the whole story. In this break...

Burning Feet Doesn't Always Mean Neuropathy — Here's How to Tell7:58

Burning Feet Doesn't Always Mean Neuropathy — Here's How to Tell

Burning feet feel like nerve damage — but they don't always mean neuropathy. In this breakdown, Dr. Fitz explains the other common reason...

Normal EMG Doesn't Rule Out Nerve Damage — Here's Why8:18

Normal EMG Doesn't Rule Out Nerve Damage — Here's Why

Your EMG came back normal — so why do your feet still burn, tingle, or go numb? A normal result doesn't mean your nerves are fine. In thi...

The Diet That's Destroying Your Nerves (And You Don't Even Know It)5:42

The Diet That's Destroying Your Nerves (And You Don't Even Know It)

The foods doing the most damage to your nerves usually aren't the ones you'd suspect — and they're probably in your kitchen right now. In...

Your B12 Is "Normal" — So Why Do Your Feet Still Burn?5:48

Your B12 Is "Normal" — So Why Do Your Feet Still Burn?

Your bloodwork came back "normal," but your feet still burn — so what gives? In this 5-minute breakdown, Dr. Fitz explains why a "normal"...

You Took Alpha Lipoic Acid and Nothing Happened — Here's Why5:19

You Took Alpha Lipoic Acid and Nothing Happened — Here's Why

You bought alpha lipoic acid, took it for a few weeks, and felt nothing. Before you write it off, Dr. Fitz explains why the version sitti...

The Best Exercise for Fat Loss Isn't What You Think5:38

The Best Exercise for Fat Loss Isn't What You Think

Most people chasing fat loss do more cardio — longer sessions, more miles, harder effort. But the exercise that moves the needle most may...

The 10-Minute Walk That Beats a 30-Minute Walk for Blood Sugar6:54

The 10-Minute Walk That Beats a 30-Minute Walk for Blood Sugar

A 10-minute walk the moment you finish eating does more for your blood sugar than a 30-minute walk started 30 minutes later. Same person,...

Neuropathy Diet: The #1 Household Item Destroying Your Nerves8:21

Neuropathy Diet: The #1 Household Item Destroying Your Nerves

Neuropathy diet matters more than any supplement — and the #1 household item damaging your peripheral nerves is sitting on millions of ki...

The 3-Hour Fat Loss Hack6:16

The 3-Hour Fat Loss Hack

A 2026 Northwestern Medicine study just proved something that's going to change how we think about fat loss after 40. Adults who stopped ...

Will Lowering Your A1C Reverse Your Neuropathy?8:21

Will Lowering Your A1C Reverse Your Neuropathy?

Will lowering your A1C reverse your neuropathy? The honest answer: lowering A1C alone won't fully reverse nerve damage — but that's not t...

At What A1C Does Nerve Damage Actually Start?8:31

At What A1C Does Nerve Damage Actually Start?

If your A1C is 5.9 and your doctor told you you're fine, this video is for you. The standard cutoffs — 5.7 for pre-diabetes, 6.5 for diab...

Your Labs Are Lying — The Insulin Resistance Most Doctors Miss7:58

Your Labs Are Lying — The Insulin Resistance Most Doctors Miss

By the time your doctor tells you your blood sugar is high, you've probably had insulin resistance for ten years — maybe more. The standa...

A Nerve Surgeon Reviews 7 Supplements for Neuropathy15:13

A Nerve Surgeon Reviews 7 Supplements for Neuropathy

If you've been told there's nothing you can do about your nerve damage, the clinical evidence tells a very different story. Dr. Michael F...

If Your Fasting Insulin Is Above 10, Your Body Can't Burn Fat Between Meals6:19

If Your Fasting Insulin Is Above 10, Your Body Can't Burn Fat Between Meals

If you've been eating less and the body fat still isn't moving, the problem may not be your effort — it may be a hormone your doctor neve...

Why Your B1 Isn't Working: The Benefits of Benfotiamine1:41

Why Your B1 Isn't Working: The Benefits of Benfotiamine

Most B1 supplements hit an absorption ceiling — and your nerves never get what they need. Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble form of B1 that b...