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Jan 2023
44m 46s

238: Ozempic and Wegovy: Weight Loss Mag...

Erin Holt
About this episode

Today Erin is talking about Ozempic and Wegovy, popular medications used for Type 2 Diabetes and weight loss.

Today is *not* a show to convince you to do anything or not do anything. Instead, Erin recorded this for people interested in these drugs to better help you understand the potential risks, and for practitioners to better help their clients/patients understand these medications.

Erin also provides ways to naturally increase the GLP-1 hormone in the event that you don’t want to spend thousands of dollars injecting yourself every week with a pharmaceutical.

We hope this helps you better understand these super popular drugs, and if so - please share it with friends & family who are talking about it.

In this episode:

How are Ozempic and Wegovy different? [2:50]

What is the mechanism of action of Ozempic and Wegovy? [3:29]

GLP-1: what does it do? [9:14]

How do Ozempic and Wegovy help you lose weight? [13:57]

The downsides (and why playing the long game matters) [16:01]

How to naturally increase GLP-1 & Satiety [27:33]

Specific macronutrients to enhance GLP-1 [29:36]

Specific foods to include to increase GLP-1 [35:41]

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