GLP-1s, Explained Clearly

We break down what GLP-1 medications are, how they work in your brain and gut, and why they can help you feel full sooner and stay full longer. We share practical coaching tips, discuss side effects and dosing, and touch on research suggesting these drugs may also dampen other cravings.

• GLP-1 as a natural hormone and drug mechanism
• Appetite regulation via hypothalamus and reward pathways
• Slower digestion and steadier blood sugar
• Why weight loss improves when biology changes
• Lived experiences and “food noise” quieting
• Side effects, medical oversight, and safe titration
• Who benefits and how providers assess fit
• Protein-first meals, hydration, and strength training
• Myths on muscle loss, sickness, and diabetes-only use
• Emerging research on addiction and craving reduction
• Long-term success with maintenance or tapering

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Transcript

What GLP-1s Are And How They Work

Appetite, Digestion, And Blood Sugar

Why Weight Loss Happens On GLP-1s

Lived Experience & Food Noise

Common Side Effects And Oversight

Who GLP-1s Are For

Building Habits For Long-Term Success

Dosing, Titration, And Risks

Myths Debunked

GLP-1s And Addiction Research

Key Takeaways & Next Steps

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Welcome to episode 2 of 247 Health News, hosted by Health Coach Chat. These are topics from my blog at 24health uh health news.com or topics that I think are important to health and fitness. Because these topics are important to your health. I try to break them down so that you can apply them to your daily life and make informed decisions. Again, I'm Health Coach Shay. I'm a master trainer and a holistic health coach. Let's do a few disclaimers. My information is not meant to be not meant to prescribe or be taken in lieu of a discussion with your doctor or healthcare professional. You should always speak to your healthcare professional before making any nutrition or fitness changes. I'm a health coach and I'm making recommendations only in that capacity. And that's if I make a recommendation. So I'm very excited about the topic today. This topic is where science meets strategy. So let's get started for the topic today. Today we are diving into a topic that has exploded in the world of health and weight management. GLP medications. They're everywhere. They're on social media, they're in doctor's offices, they're in conversations about sustainable ways. But what exactly are GLP ones? How do we, how do we, how do they actually work in your body? And why are they so effective for people? And what should you know before considering them? We're gonna break that all down today, hopefully clearly, uh, maybe not as calm as I would like, and in a way that makes sense, whether you're brand new to the topic or you already know and you're curious about how to start treatment. So let's get into it. What exactly is a GLP1? Um, GLP1 stands for glucagon like peptide 1. Guess what? It originally was not a drug, it is a natural hormone your body makes. I mean, let that sink in for a minute. It is a natural hormone that your body makes. I was really surprised when I started digging into this a little while back. Your intestines release GLP1s every time you eat. Think of it as your body's built-in meal manager. It helps regulate appetite, blood sugar, digestion, and fullness signals, which some of us have problems with, right? Well, all of those we have problems with. So the medications we're we're talking about today are GLP1 receptor agonists. I wanted to take a look and see what agonist meant. I I um my former life I was a teacher, so I like to make sure I say all the words right. So agonist is a substance which initiates a physiological response when combined with a receptor. So it does this thing with, which means it mimics the GLP1 hormone, but it lasts a lot longer and works more powerfully in your body. So instead of your natural GLP1 disappearing after a few minutes, as it does, the medication version stays active in your body for days or weeks, or just depending on the type. Uh, this this longer action is what leads to the benefits for people. So so let's let's talk a little bit about how they affect the body. Let's break down the three biggest side effects. So let's start with appetite regulation, right? GLP1 medications communicate directly with the appetite centers in your brain, specifically the hypothalamus. Okay, another big mouthful word. The hypothalamus is a small but critically important region of your brain that acts as the body's master regular, keeping internal conditions stable and balanced. It sits below the thalamus and above the pituitary brain and is about the size of an all-mair. Its central job is maintaining homeostasis, or also known as your body, your body's equilibrium. So remember that your your hypothalamus sort of keeps things balanced and tries to help you stay at equilibrium. Now I know when we're talking about equilibrium, it's real interesting because uh women who have menopause, you know, equilibrium has gone away. Uh but people often often describe when they're on the GLP ones, they feel full sooner, they feel full full longer, and they're less interested in snacking. They have fewer food cravings, um, and they're especially not interested in sugar or late-night eating. Now, what I want you to realize in your mind is this is not willpower, it's biology. So you're biologically supposed to control those things through your hypothalamus. So I think that's one of the interesting things about this. This biology is going on, trying to help you control these things. And people are being guilty about not having control of all those various things, and that's a bummer. We're gonna talk a lot uh later about your um emotional response to these as well. So let's talk about slower digestion, though. Let's keep moving through three things. DLP1s also slow down gastric impact, so that's physically. Um stays in your stomach longer, and that leads to more stable blood sugar, longer lasting fullness, and a reduction in hunger between meals. Um, it's one of the reasons why people naturally start eating smaller portions uh without feeling deprived. So it physically, physically keeps the food in your belly longer, right? And that helps you feel full so that you don't want to keep showing in the food. So your your equilibrium is then protected because the GLP1 is slowing down the food emptying out of your stomach. Now, when the food slows down, you get to number three, which is improved blood sugar control. Did they help the GLP1s help your pancreas release insulin only when needed and reduced the excess glucose produced by the liver? This is why the medications were originally created for type 2 diabetics. The weight loss benefit was discovered later. So the blood sugar hanging out in your belly, I mean the blood sugar, the food, hanging out in your belly longer, helps you stay full, slows down the blood sugar control, you know, the release, so that that helps your your your body regulate that blood sugar, which helps with everything, right? So those are the big three in um for GLP wands. I'm sure there's lots of others, and I'm gonna give you a bonus uh little bit of information that I found that I couldn't believe as well when we start talking about the uh some of the other effects of GLP wands. But this these three things are the biggest things that everybody are is looking at. And that when this first happened, this affected the diabetics because people was like, let me get at the GLP1 so that I can uh lose some weight. Um so why exactly uh does GLP1s lead to weight loss? Um weight loss happens because GLP1s address root causes, not symptoms. Um, and that's it that's a big thing. When you reduce your biological hunger, not just your emotional hunger, but your biological hunger, that changes things. When you stabilize the blood sugar size, and that reduces your prayers. So they help break the cycle of overeating by making smaller meals feel satisfying. They support more consistent eating patterns, help you begin to start to, you know, make those long-term changes biologically, and then you're seeing them mentally, and so you're able to continue those practices later. That's a lot of what you hear about um health coaches talking about. That you hear health coaches talking about, having these healthy habits helps you continue on this practice for a longer period of time. So you have to establish them so that when you get when you're going forward, they're they're muscle memory. And so once your body is handling these things at the root cause, you can mentally establish them as well. So most people on DLP1s naturally shift to eating slower, eating less, and they feel satisfied with the smaller portions, making more intentional food choices. And because the medications work on your brain's reward system, food stops feeling like an um, like the only source of comfort or stress. So I want to repeat that signal because that's that's super important. And because the medication works on your brain's reward system, food stops feeling like the only source of comfort or stress. So that is that is what I'm saying when we start talking about those um that that muscle memory. You want to make sure that once biologically these things are done, you find your other comforts and your other things that relieve stress. DLP1 medications mimic a natural gut hormone. We mentioned that before, that helps balance blood sugar and appetite. They signal, they signal your pancreas to release insulin when needed, which helps your brain recognize fullness and slow digestion so that you stay satisfied longer. This means you feel less hungry, avoid big blood sugar spikes after meals, and have steadier energy levels, making it easy to manage cravings and energy throughout the day. So, I mean, that last part is is really thoughtful, right? Have steadier energy levels. I mean, I know I had I used to have like these major energy tanks in the middle of the day where I had to eat something or I felt like I had to eat something with like sugar or well, mainly caffeine for me. And think about that, this regulates. So think of a GLP one like your body's traffic cop for food energy. When you eat, many things happen all at once. Hunger signals, blood sugar changes, digestion, cravings, it can all get chaotic. But the GLP1 medications step in like a well-trained traffic cop. Um, they slow down digestion so food doesn't speed through. This gives your uh your body more time to absorb the nutrients and feel satisfied. They signal your brain early, hey, all good to go, no need for more fuel. In other words, you feel full sooner. They manage the traffic flow of insulin, only letting it through when the body really needs it, keeping blood sugar from spiking and then crashing. Um, this is this is why people often say that famous phrase, um, for the first time I feel in control. So this is this stuff is really important and kind of and something that we don't think about when we start talking about being overweight. We start talking about people not having self-control and they don't, they can't do this, and they're not blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, right? When all of this stuff is going on biologically, and it's not necessarily just you mentally having some problems. So, what about the research, right? What about the research? Um, so clinical studies have some significant results. Many people lose anywhere from 15 to 20 percent of their body weight overall. Some lose 30 pounds in three months, depending on lifestyle and dosage. People with insulin resistance often see improved energy and fewer crashes. And long-term studies show improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol, and inflammation. So, as we know, when we control all of those things that I mentioned above, and your insulin is everything gets to equilibrium, then your blood pressure stabilizes and goes down. Your cholesterol goes down, and certainly the inflammation in your body goes down with the control of what you're eating, how you're eating it, and when you eat it, and the addition of exercise. So, but I do want you to understand that these medications are not magic. Um, they are a powerful tool when paired with healthy habits. So, the medication is going to help you start to formulate those healthy habits biologically so that they become mentally embedded in there. And if you continue them, you will stay with it. So, what does it actually feel like to be on a GLP1? Now, let's talk about that because the big phrase has been food noise as well. Quiet that food noise, and many people have issues with the food noise. Everyone's experience is different. I want you to understand that people hear different food noise, different combinations of things bother various folks. But, you know, the common themes include feeling full faster, forgetting to snack, that's great, forgetting to snack. This is what it feels like to be on DLP once. You feel full faster, you forget to snack, um, less emotional eating. Wow, that's a big one. Um, more stable energy, reduced cravings, and a calmer relationship with food. I know it's hard to really think about a relationship with food, but that's what this is, right? If you're emotional eating, then you have a relationship, right? Some people describe all these things as, well, people describe various these things, any combination, of quieting the food noise. The constant mental chatter about what to eat next is not there because all of these things have been silenced or calmed down. Talking a little about the side effects in general, when we are using any medication or any man-made thing is introduced in our body, we have to consider the repercussions. So, you know, after you applied all of this food noise, what what's going to happen to my body afterwards? I've seen lots of conversation, you know, on the you know, the internet about what happens next. Um, I must say, as I was doing my research, this has been an interesting journey into what these are and how they work. And I think it's a smart medication. That's my two sides. But anytime you say the word medication and man-made, there are going to be some side effects. And there's always going to be a way, well, I say always. In this case, there's there are ways to circumvent some of these side effects. So they include nausea, bloating, mild constipation, fatigue, changes in appetite, which some of you like. Um, but usually your body adjusts. That's why you need to be dealing with a licensed doctor when you deal, when you take a medication. I I see um ads online sometimes, we'll ship it right to you, 150 bucks. I'm scared of that. I'm not ordering no medication and having you ship it right to me, and I don't know, you know, how much I'm taking and if this is good for me and what my body's gonna do. I would like to have some sort of input from a doctor before that, and then I want to have it so I can come back and ask him about my combination of side effects, if any, at all. I would say, as everything, um, you have to drink your water, work your body out still. Um I wrote this, uh I wrote, I I did this quick podcast about weekend warriors, and you know, that that's still good movement for the week. Um, and staying staying true to working out, you know, three days a week, and those three days might be Saturday and Sunday, is okay. Okay, you have to move your body and it has to fit into your schedule. But I do say at the end of some of my podcasts that you have to take care of your health, that your it's your wealth in the end, you know, because you have to get up and go to work on Monday, but you can't do that if you're sick. So you have to look at this from a different point of view. So, who are these GOP1s for? GOP1 medications are typically considered uh for two adults, uh, for I should two adults, for adults who can struggle with weight loss despite trying multiple approaches, have a BMI that is considered overweight or in the obese range, have weight-related concerns, experience strong cravings or appetite dysregulation, and want a medically guided structured program. A licensed provider, see, I started on that train earlier. Licensed providers should always review your health history to discuss with you if this is appropriate. So you have to make sure you're talking to uh a good provider, a good doctor, and it's convenient for you. I have a couple of suggestions that I'll do at the end of this chat, but I want you to make sure that you're always going. Through a licensed provider. When someone says the word medication to you, you have to get a provider to help you figure out if it's okay for you to take. I I don't understand people who just want to get it and and start sticking it, sticking it in their body. I don't understand. So what happens after you lose weight? One of the biggest questions is will I gain it back? So here is the absolute truth, and I'm down with that. I'm always trying to do some research and find out what the absolute truth is. GLP wants to help you learn new eating patterns, they help you break old habits, and they give your body time to reset hunger signals. So did you hear what I'm saying? I know Oprah did this thing, and she was like, it's like uh heart medicine, you know, like your blood pressure medicine, you might need to be on it forever. I don't think so. I don't necessarily agree with her on that, but she was with a specialist when she was talking. Um but what I think the part that's missing in there for me is you have to learn the new eating patterns, you have to consciously break the old habits, and you have to give your body time to reset hunger signals. So listen, as I said before, it doesn't work the same for everybody. Somebody might take 30 days to reset hunger signals. I doubt it, but some people it takes 60, some people it takes 90, some people it takes six months, some people it takes a year. When you feel secure in yourself that you can hold on to your new eating habits and break your old patterns that you had before. If you feel like it's settled and that's and it's going to do, it's going to you're gonna be able to do what you need to do to keep it down, then maybe you don't need anymore. But long-term success depends on maintaining muscle, eating enough protein, staying active, and continuing healthy habits, right? Some people stay on a maintenance dose, others transition off with support. It is not a one-size fits all. Let me transition over to the health coach situation. To get the best results, you need to focus on protein first at meals, strength training two to three times per week, hydration, hydration, hydration to reduce your possible nausea. Do you know how many things I tell people uh to hydrate about? Hydration is so important. I use this really silly, and everybody always looks at me when I say this. I use this really silly um formula about drinking enough water. If you weigh 200 pounds, you need to drink a hundred ounces of water. Half your body weight in ounces of water is what I set as a goal for people to be drinking as a health coach. You need to slow your eating down. I'm going back to my transition as a home health coach because these are lifestyle tips that help you maximize. So I'm gonna start back at the beginning just because I'm crazy. Protein first. Protein first. Strength training two to three times per week. I'm gonna stop at that one again and go off on a tangent. It is really hard when you are a working human to get these workouts in. Strength training can be, you know, I did a hundred squats thing. You worked on your leg strength, didn't you? Um, I did um 10 push-ups in the morning, the afternoon, and the evening before I went to bed. You gotta get the strength training in. You gotta do more and try to move a little. Actually, to be honest with you, you gotta make your health first. And I know that job and we all need money because the economy right now is rough, and we are working, working hard. But you will not be able to do that. I want you to let that sink in. You will not be able to do that if your health is poor, right? You won't be able to go to work if you if you're sick. So, hydration, strength training, and then slow your eating gear to match the slower digestion and balanced meals to stabilize energy. These habits will help you protect the muscle and support long-term weight stability. So, I I I I also want to touch on a couple of other things about GLP1s. You know, remember I told you you have to talk to a doctor. You have to. You gotta, you know, discuss your your family history, whatever you have going on right now, diabetic, height, high uh blood pressure, whatever you have going on right now, and and discuss what's going on with you so you guys can get to the right GLP1 for you. These higher doses of the GLP1 medications tend to anticipy the same biological effects that the natural GLP hormone has, because the medication lasts longer in the body and it effects can feel stronger and more noticeable. So if you want to just go to the high medication because your thought process is to get this weight off your body, which is not wrong, because the weight on your body is causing other stuff cholesterol, blood pressure, and high diabetes. I get it, I get it, I get it, but you want to get that stuff off and you want to, you know, take the higher GLP1 medication because you want to do it fast. That is, well, that's okay, but it should also always be done with the healthcare professional. So before you make any decisions about medication or dosing, um, because individual responses are are different and safety concerns vary, you need to talk to a doctor. You know, my my friends over at My Healing365 are very serious about talking to a doctor and very serious about how you dose, uh, how much you dose and and all of that. So you definitely want to talk to a doctor about these um high higher effects because you're gonna have stronger appetite suppression. You're gonna flow faster, uh, be full faster, you're gonna have a lot fewer cravings and reduce interest in snack. It's gonna slow your digestion down. The same stuff that happens is gonna happen on a very amplified, um, a very amplified way. Uh more impact on blood sugar regulation and a greater weight loss effect. Now we hear all that at the end, the greater weight loss effect, right? But we have to be mindful that everything comes with consequences, right? So all of those things are gonna be, you know, these effects, everything's going to be amplified, which means all of the side effects also could be amplified. So you've got to be on your P's and Q's when you find that, you know, when you need to raise your dose up. These effects are consistent with how DLP agonists works biologically, and higher doses tend to intensify, intensify all of these things. More common things that can happen is more nausea or bloating, um, fullness after very, very small meals, fatigue or low appetite, and changes in bowel habits, maybe constipation or diarrhea. So you have to be careful. It might even happen for a short period of time. You know, let's say you're on 0.5 milligrams and you go up to 1 milligrams to go ahead and you know continue. Your body has adjusted to the 0.5, because that can happen too. We know what happens with medications if you take them over an extended period of time. The next thing you do know your body's adjusted and you got to push it a little harder. You might feel those things. Again, if they get out of control, then you have to talk to your doctor because um the higher doses can, you know, lead to some other more scary things: skull bladder issues, pancreatic pancreatitis, increased heart rate, worsening nausea or vomiting if the doses escalate too quickly, right? That's why you want to do gradual, gradual dose increases. Your health care provider typically increases your DLP1 doses slowly because the body needs time to adjust to slower digestion. Gradual increases help reduce nausea and gives your GI system time to adapt. Appetite changes can be overwhelming if the dose jumps too quickly. Um, we are a right now society, and um that habit is not so good for us sometimes. Um, so this step approach is part of how these medications are usually prescribed to balance effectiveness with tolerability, right? You've got to be able to tolerate some of that stuff that happens, so your doctor will increase it slowly. Um at higher dosage, GLP1 medications do not replace the need for balanced nutrition back on my health coach kick, and they do not guarantee a specific amount of weight loss. Um, they do not work the same for everyone, and they do not eliminate the need for medical oversight. Did you hear me? They do not, do not, do not, do not eliminate the need for medical oversight. A healthcare professional can help determine whether a dose is appropriate based on your health history and how your body responds. So, again, my friends over at My Healing365 can help you with this, have a very simple process. You schedule with a doctor, you do the intake form, he redo, he reviews the intake form, he talks you, you you go to the appointment, or not go, you you meet with him online because they're a telehealth company. You meet with him online, you guys talk through your intake, any body issues you have and your concerns, and you come to a thought process on what's the best place for you to start with what medication. Okay, so you have to you have to go simple with this. Um you can't jump up too fast, and you can't think that this is a get rich pre quick program. It's not a, you know, it it helps you lose weight, that's for sure. We know that because all the studies prove it. But you have to be mindful of your body. So let's talk about the myths. So GLP1s are not cheap. I told you at the beginning of all this, a GLP1 is actually a hormone that your body produces. It's just not producing it in enough, it might not be producing it enough to help you with some of these issues. These medications treat biological pathways that make health, uh, that make weight loss difficult. Um, so they help you with biological stuff so that you can form some really, really good habits in your go forward. Muscle, you will lose muscle automatically. So listen, health coach hack back on. Muscle loss happens with any weight loss unless you eat enough protein and stay acting. So that's the deal. While you are dropping the weight, you want to make sure that you are building the muscle as well. So you got to be working out. Most of the side effects, um, one of the other myths, I'm on myth number three, incidentally. Uh, you'll be sick the whole time. Most of the side effects are temporary and manageable. What did I say? If you're nauseous, you need to be drinking the water. You probably weren't a hydrated person in the first place. You gotta be drinking the water. My health coach uh silly uh formula for water is half your body weight and ounces in water. You weigh 200 pounds, you need 100 ounces of water. You weigh 150, you need 75 ounces of water. You need to make sure you get that hydration in your body. You're gonna feel it. You'll feel better. Okay, so myth number four, it's only for people with diabetes. Well, we talked about that as well. It was initially used as a as a uh diabetic treatment, and oops, they found out DLP ones are FDA approved now for weight management in people without diabetes. So, isn't that something? It is a they found found out that this was helping the the diabetic folks who were taking it were losing weight as well. And so I guess they gave it a shot on people who just wanted to lose weight, and the next thing you know, they were losing weight without being diabetics. So I'm gonna throw in a bonus article I just read, and I couldn't believe it. Um, the article is GLP1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of now, this is a lie, 600,000 people. This article is on 247healthnews.com. It was written by, gosh, I'm gonna mess this name up. He's a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. This is a trip. Okay, this is off the chain. Um, so it is fighting uh addiction across every major substance. So think about it though. Think about what we said when we were talking about that food nose. And that's how I had to start drawing my line to really understand that they it is helping, if we go back to the the receptors that it's working on, the cravings that it's uh it's it's working on, and what it does, um that's how, and I don't think that they finished this study, but this gentleman says he had a patient who smoked cigarettes, and he got on the GLP1 drug for his diabetes, not even if we lose weight, he got on the GLP1 drugs to for his diabetes, and he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use the pack, he didn't set a quit uh a quit date, he just lost interest, and it happened without effort. That's crazy. Another person who was taking the drugs for weight loss told me, not me, him, that they lost interest in alcohol after years of failed attempts to quit drinking. They were taking the GLP1 for weight loss, and the next thing you know, they didn't want alcohol. So it is helping you with almost all cravings. Now, people struggling with many addictions ranging from opioids or gambling are reporting similar experiences in clinics on social media and around the dinner tables. None of them started these drugs to quit that stuff. They probably started it for weight loss or was on it for diabetes, um, but they lost the cravings across the board. So I just think that that's that's that's awesome. Uh people taking GLP1 drugs often talk about food noise managing, uh, the constant manage mental chatter about food that is dominating their days, it's going quiet. But these patients are reporting that it's not just food. They were noticing that the preoccupation with smoking, drinking, and using drugs that drives people back despite their best intentions to stop was going quiet as well. That's crazy, right? I'm I am like really like shocked by that. Um that because it's you know, but it's it's supposed to give your body that go back to that equilibrium. So it must be regulating all of your craving receptors. That's a trip. I mean, I think that's awesome. Um there are a few medications that exist and are massively um across all substances. So, you know, the the fact that this is working um is is is crazy. I mean, 600,000 is not a lot of people in the big scheme of things, but that is a a huge test group. Um so he he he has set out to test whether GLP1 drugs like semiglital, zempic wigovy, trusepitide, um, which were originally you know set up for diabetes, as we said, then approved for obesity, um, could now do what no existing addiction treatment does curb the craving itself. I mean, that is, and they're saying um that it can, that it it possibly can because of the 600,000 people that they they've been checking with. So there's a biological basis for cravings. Remember, I was talking about that. The hormone that these drugs mimic is not only produced in the gut, it is also active in the brain, where the receptors it binds to cluster in regions governing reward and motivation and stress. The same the same. I can't even say this word. The brain gets hijacked by addiction, and these GLP1 drugs cross the blood-brain barrier and dampen the dopamine signal in the brain's core reward center, making addictive sus substances less rewarding. I have to say, that is just crazy if that's true, right? That just makes it just out of sight. Because when you think about it, don't you think when you see like when you see a drug addict on the street, be real with yourself. You're like, that stuff makes you look terrible. Don't you see yourself? How could you still want it? Because your brain has been jacked up, hijacked, right, by the addiction, by the drug, and now you can't get away from it. So um, I guess they're doing their animal testing, right? And and all that. They're using it on cocaine and nicotine and alcohol right now. Um and then they have this big old, you know, health, they have this big old pool of people, the$600,000 paid, 600, 600,000 patients that um, and these guys all had, I guess, type 2 diabetes. Um, and they are now checking into what happened with these folks to find out did they just stop with this other stuff? And now they're designing, of course, studies. Um, just to check in with people and see, you know, and so it's gonna be a hard way to go as far as I'm concerned, because talking to people who were on something else too, they don't necessarily want to tell you about that. But then in the end, they might want to tell you about it because now they're off it too. And so I I just think that that is phenomenal and and can really help the world. Out it it it it makes me put my um my my happy for humanity uh hat on it takes my health coach hat on because you know they're asking people who are already struggling with addiction um and they're trying to figure out what is going on and what addictive substances they were on and how it um is being affected by them taking the GLP1. Um in the group they've already tested, they found 50% fewer deaths due to substance uh among the people using GLP1 drugs uh compared to those who were not. They also found 39% less overdoses, 26% fewer drug-related hospitalizations, and 25% less suicide attacks. Over three years, this translates to roughly 12 fewer serious events in total per 1,000 people using GLP1 drugs, including two fewer deaths. So that's really important. Um they they believe that this is a huge um reduction, and they want to keep testing and finding out what's happening. Um I imagine in a few years we'll find a lot more. Um, the article on My24 Health News has a lot more evidence-based information. I'm not going to run over, but I what I want you to know is GOP1 medications are one of the most significant breakthroughs in weight loss we've seen in decades. They work by aligning your body with your goals, reducing your hunger, stabilizing blood sugar, and helping you build healthier habits with without constant struggle. Um, if you're curious about whether a GOP1 treatment is right for you, the best next step is to speak with a licensed medical provider who can review your health history and help you make an informed decision. And that's all I'm here to do is always help you make an informed decision. I recommend MyHealing365 at MyHealing365.com. They have a guided program you are looking for and there's no hidden fees. So I want to thank you today for spending time with me. This was one of my longer podcasts, but I was super excited about talking about this. Um, I'm not recommending them for everyone, um, not at all. I'm saying if you're struggling with weight loss and you want to take a look at if this will work for you, um, it's not horrible. It's not terrible, and it's doing a lot of things. Um it's a medication, um, but it is a hormone that is produced in your body. So take a look at it and see if it'll help you. Um, again, so thanks for spending time for with me today. And if you found this episode helpful, share it with some someone who might be exploring their own weight loss journey. And as always, take care of yourself. Your health is so worth it. All the links will be in my description of the the uh podcast. And thanks to all again of all of my supporters and and my uh folks that uh help me out with this podcast, my healing 365, Sage Life Therapeutics, and and um everyone out there. Have a great day.