This video discusses GLP-1 and GIP hormones, which are important for weight loss and blood sugar control. The speaker explains how these hormones work naturally in the body and also talks about popular GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic. While these drugs can help with weight loss, the video highlights their potential downsides, such as muscle loss and high cost. It then offers several natural ways to boost your body's own GLP-1 production, including diet changes, exercise, and certain supplements.
Key Takeaways
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GLP-1 and GIP are incretin hormones that help reduce food intake, decrease appetite, increase fullness, and slow stomach emptying, leading to weight loss and better cardiovascular health.
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Medications like Trulicity, Victoza, and Ozempic are GLP-1 agonists, which are manufactured versions of these hormones and have become popular for diabetes and weight management.
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While GLP-1 drugs can be effective, a major drawback is the significant decrease in muscle mass, which is a key predictor of longevity and metabolism, and losing it can worsen metabolic health over time.
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Other downsides of GLP-1 medications include their high cost (up to $15,000 per year), the need for injections, and potential side effects like nausea, vomiting, constipation, and increased risk of intestinal obstruction.
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Natural ways to boost GLP-1 production include intermittent fasting, regular exercise to build muscle, and ensuring adequate protein intake (30 grams per meal).
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Certain foods and supplements like psyllium husks, coffee, berberine, green/black tea, curcumin, cinnamon, and resveratrol can also naturally stimulate GLP-1 release.
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Maintaining good gut health by eating organic foods, taking probiotics, and consuming plenty of vegetables is crucial for natural hormone production and overall well-being.
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Monitoring body composition with a scale that tracks skeletal muscle and body fat, along with using a continuous glucose monitor, can help personalize your health journey.
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Achieving health and weight loss success requires a holistic approach that includes diet, exercise, stress management, a positive mindset, toxin elimination, and adequate sleep, as there is no single magic bullet.
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into a deep dive into a topic that is
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creating ripples across our medical and
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nutritional Landscapes The Incredible
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World of these newly popularized
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incretin hormones maybe you haven't
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heard of that word but it's like the new
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glp1 and Gip Agonist you've heard the
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advertisements I'm sure because it's
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really hot in the news like even Oprah
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admits to using it but they're critical
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things you need to know and think about
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as well as I'm going to give you some
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natural things that you can use that may
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just be the ticket to metabolic Health
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you've heard the names of these meds I'm
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sure and and I'm sure you know some
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people who have enjoyed the benefits
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trulicity bi Victoza semi glutide or or
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OIC these are
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glp1 agonists and those are like
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manufactured hormones called in cretans
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that have effects all over the body glp1
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is super popular because it has been
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responsible for so many people losing
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weight because it reduces food intake
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that reduces the appetite increases
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satiety and it also slows down gastric
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empty so you stay full longer you can
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see the rapid weight loss and the
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benefits to the cardiovascular system
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and really throughout the whole body
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like we would normally see with weight
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loss after all obesity is the enemy to
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health excess weight increases the risk
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of just about every chronic disease we
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Face these drugs have not only
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revolutionized the way doctors approach
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condition like diabet diabetes and
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weight management but really have thrown
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the spotlight finely on the pivotal role
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of optimizing the body's own hormone
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production like the title of my book get
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out of hormone hell it really is about
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balancing these hormones honestly as you
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can see if you've ever been a weight
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loss client of mine you will know why
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you were so successful at attaining your
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weight loss goals and I'm going to tell
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tell you today how you all can naturally
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boost your own production of these
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little miracle peptides so whether you
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want to be on the drugs or not you may
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just want to naturally do it so all the
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things that can naturally increase your
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own hormones of the glp1 and Gip that's
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always been part of my programs this
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show is going to Spotlight also how
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sugar and a process processed diet is
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going to just disrupt glp1
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and will hormonally push you to overeat
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and of course all the other metabolic
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disorders that affect 88% of the US
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population so first a little background
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so you kind of understand these peptides
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these hormones you know in
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hormones are these marvelous little gut
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peptides bits of protein chains that
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spring into action when we ingest food
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nutrients it's going to stimulate
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insulin secretion in response to rising
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blood sugar so go1 is secreted from the
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lower gut and Gip is from the upper gut
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so they really play starring roles in
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the whole Orchestra of hormones when I
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do weight loss counseling I always tell
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my clients about the balance of glucagon
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and Insulin insulin brings down blood
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sugar and then glucagon is going to
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bring it back to prevent a drop in blood
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sugar so you don't feel weak High
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insulin it's going to make you feel
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hungry and put you in fat storage
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diabetics know then when they have to go
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on insulin weight gain is the side
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effect even if the food intake stays the
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same on the other hand by boosting
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glucagon it's going to put you in fat
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burning and keep you from being hungry
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we love
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glucagon so whether you consider going
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on the drug or do it naturally it it
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really is a commitment to
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longterm transformation we're talking
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diet and exercise and lifestyle that
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we're going to go into but if you go
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back to the bad habits the weight's
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going to come back even worse so it has
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to be a commitment to change you know
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you really have to iron in the changes
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so it needs to be a holistic shift
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towards health and I I really kind of
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like this it's it just but I do it make
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sense to the pharmaceutical companies
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cuz when they're asked what should you
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eat what shouldn't you eat the official
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answer is yeah you should avoid regular
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consumption of foods high in fat sugar
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and calories and you must
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exercise well I guess yeah that makes
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sense to them but these changes would
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eliminate the need for the medication
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all together anyway so glucagon peptides
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whether naturally occurring or with
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medication
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AIDS weight loss in so many ways first
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way prevents or promotes satiety so it
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keeps you from being hungry and it keeps
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you satisfied a long time after a meal
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you're just not hungry second thing it
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slows down the emptying of the stomach
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you know cuz when those little hormones
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are secreted it's going to control
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appetite so that's going to promote
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weight loss that's a useful tool when
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you're trying to lose weight and after
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after all 3/4 of Americans are either
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overweight or obese so weight loss has
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always been a hungry market so to speak
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number three it reduces food intake yeah
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just keeps you from wanting to eat so
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glucagon is a friend to weight loss
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because it almost effortlessly helps you
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stop eating and lose
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weight but I personally am wary of
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artificial means no doubt it can work
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heck I have some friends that told me
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that they absolutely had no desire to
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eat and they really didn't want to eat
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protein and as I'm going to go into
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later that's a real downside glucagon
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you know it just works my old weight
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loss clients can always comment how they
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just weren't hungry and you know some of
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them I had to encourage to eat a little
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bit because it's really a balance of
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glucagon and insulin
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so whereas you know you may think it's a
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magic pill there's some potential side
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effects with the medications so I
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wholeheartedly say if it sounds too good
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to be true it probably is so let's let's
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look at the first downside and I'm going
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to have to say it's probably the biggest
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one because it can cause it does cause a
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huge decrease in muscle mass if you're
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not careful
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it's probably the most dangerous one
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because latest research shows that
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muscle mass is the biggest predictor of
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longevity very important if you want to
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live a long healthy life rapid weight
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loss when you're going to have that
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muscle mass it
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also lessens bone density lowers your
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metabolic rate and when you lose the
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muscle mass you're also losing the
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strength and the function which as a
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Associated to getting really old so we
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don't want that you've got to prevent
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the muscle wasting because you know
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remember the body is Shifting to fat
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burning when glucagon is high and when
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you take this drug once a week it's
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staying High the whole week which is far
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different than how the body naturally
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produces it you know naturally
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production goes like this it just goes
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for a short period of time between
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meals when it stays hot High all week
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the body is breaking down everything
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starting with fat but then it goes to
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muscle and we're finding it's a
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tremendous amount of muscle and that's a
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big problem CU muscle is your metabolic
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engine it is the metabolism keeps it
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humming along and these gp1s you know
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sometimes it's a 50/50 fat muscle so
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muscle being the metabolic engine if you
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lose that you're going to lose your
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metabolism so that's the biggest concern
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for a lot of us that's involved in
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Health and Longevity because we know how
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important that muscle mass is you know
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and then you know you go off the
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med and what you regain is going to be
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mostly fat you've lost all this muscle
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and it's really hard to build muscle you
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got to work at it so you know you're
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going to be worse off than when you
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started metabolically sicker insulin
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resistance type 2 diabetes coronary
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disease fatty liver blood
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pressure okay second drawback of the
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drug is the significant cost you know
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they're really expensive it can cost up
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to $15,000 a year and maybe insurance
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will pay but in the long run our
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premiums are going to go up third
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downside it's an injectable refrigerated
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medication fourth downside you know
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potential increased risk for intestinal
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obstruction you're slowing everything
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down and then you've got the common ones
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that can be up to 25% of the people
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nausea vomiting diarrhea constipation
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stomach ache headache fatigue dizziness
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gas buildup belching low blood sugar
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gastroenteritis gird gastro esophageal
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reflux heartburn because the stomach is
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emptying so slowly you know and then
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they talk about no one with the history
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of gallbladder or thyroid cancer so yeah
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there's some downsides there because you
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are artificially keeping this high for a
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week and and you're changing a lot of
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the natural process of the body okay so
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you know I think the biggest downside is
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that when you go off the drug you've got
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to really be careful because that weight
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wants to come back faster than ever the
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body wants to rebound to prevent against
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starvation so an almost r aous appetite
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can emerge and I've heard people say
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this and then there's the Cosmetic you
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know there's the phenomena caused OIC
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rear end or moonaro face because your
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body loses that subq fat and that's your
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rear end that's your face so that's both
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sets of your cheeks so yo not good so
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you spent a lot of money to lose 35 45
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55 lbs half of it can be muscle and you
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saw stop the drug and it comes back
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mostly fat and then you know you've got
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lower testosterone because you've lost
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the muscle you've got increased Frailty
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because you lost the muscle not to
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mention muscle is related to your brain
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and
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memory okay I'm biased I admit it okay
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so how can we do this
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naturally okay you know you want to lose
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the weight and I want to optimize your
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journey so
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got a weight loss program coming up here
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to help everybody but you might want to
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jot these things down intermittent
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fasting number one you can go back and
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to listen to all my shows I'm a huge
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proponent of intermittent fasting so
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many benefits okay that just
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metabolically makes you so much
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healthier number two good old exercise
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biggest predictor of longevity and when
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you increase your muscle and strength
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you're increasing your metabolism and
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you can lose 1% of your muscle every
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year after age 30 number three you got
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to have protein and I'm talking 30 gram
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of protein with every
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meal lot of lot of research coming out
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on this and and it's it's huge we really
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need to focus on protein and now some
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some some boost natural things you know
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adding compounds to naturally stimulate
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this is like the humble but powerful
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pelium husks I love that it's a fiber
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that naturally boosts your own
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secretions number five coffee with its
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chlorogenic acid which I've done whole
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shows on it emerges as a natural
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enhancer of
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gp1 and then we have some supplements
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that are coming on strong there's this
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one that I I just Scott from the IHS
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it's called cow curb natural extract of
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hops for appetite control we've used it
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for intermittent fasting but it
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naturally regulates appetite cravings
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and caloric intake then number seven in
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a current study it's been found that
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berberine green or black tea curcumin
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cinnamon Resveratrol all can influence
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glp1 release yay all these things that
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help everything else also helps with the
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glp1 release good gut health of course
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is important you know you've got to eat
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organic foods because you've got a lot
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of those pesticides and herbicides that
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kill the healthy bacteria not good you
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know so many people are ending up with
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SEI and eoli and all sorts of gut
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infections that should not be so taking
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some good probiotics eating lots of
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vegetable vegetables really important
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and then I think monitoring is so
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important you got to get a good scale
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that will monitor not only body fat but
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skeletal muscle I had a client one time
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lost a lot of weight and she was
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building muscle and and the some of
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these scales will even give your
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biological age I think she was 20 years
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younger than her biological age just
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because of her muscle mass and of course
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I love a continuous glucose monitor you
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know doing that for several weeks I
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think is a great way to learn how to
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personally manage your response to food
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and of course sleep you know success any
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weight loss any health Journey hinges on
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a multifaceted approach there is no
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magic bullet diet exercise Stress
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Management mindset toxin elimination
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sleep all are essential basics of why I
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wrote my book get out of hormone hell
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you know we can control 90% of our
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destiny so let's do this nothing more
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important than taking care of your body
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wherever you start start there just keep
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building remove the obstacles and
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replace with good strong healthy habits
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I believe health is the best hobby you
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can have and in today's culture you may
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need a little support and structure so
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if you need help don't hesitate I'm
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putting together a program it is my
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greatest pleasure to help people make
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these changes that transform their life
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Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Mar 18, 2024
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Today I dive deep into a topic that's been creating ripples across our medical and nutritional landscapes: the incredible world of these newly popularized incretin hormones, specifically GLP-1 and GIP agonists. You have heard the advertisements I’m sure and it is ‘hot in the news” for weight loss