Game-Changing Weight Loss Medications

Have you been seeing reports of the recent miraculous weight loss medications taking over headlines?

People have questions - and understandably so! So, why don't we take some time to explore this topic a bit further? Join Marchelle and me as we demystify the latest greatest obesity treatment options on the podcast this week!


Episode Highlights:

(07:12) How does your brain know that there's food in your stomach? Well, there are hormones that come from your stomach and intestines, and they go to the brain and they tell the brain, “We just ate, we don't need to eat anymore”. That's what GLP1 does, it gets the body prepared to digest food so we can absorb the nutrients. So, what people report when they're on this medication is that they feel fuller longer with less food, and that's what causes the weight loss.

(16:36) There are specific criteria for when you should use anti-obesity medications. You should use them when the body mass index is 30 or over. Remember that body mass index is just a measure of your weight compared to your height, so there are people who have higher body mass index, they've got lots of muscle mass and they've got heavier bones, and so their body mass index might be high and they don't really suffer from obesity. But if you're somebody who's suffering from obesity and your BMI is 30 or above, that qualifies you to be able to use these medications, or if your body mass index is 27 and you have complications, for example, you have fatty liver disease, sleep apnea, hypertension, or you have prediabetes, these are the kinds of people who would benefit from these medications.

(23:27) There are some people who can't take these medications; Anyone who has had medullary thyroid cancer or who has a family history of medullary thyroid cancer, or multiple endocrine neoplasias, which means cancer of several glands, can't use these medications.