GLP-1 weight loss medications are game changing.  Outside of bariatric (weight loss) surgery, there isn’t another diet, exercise or lifestyle modification program that can help you achieve a 15-25% weight loss.  Yet, these medications do have some serious and uncomfortable side effects.  On today’s episode, The Nutrition Grouch provides his take on these blockbuster medications and talks aboutWhy weight loss medications were excluded from The Paper Database (0:00)Questions to be answered/explored in this podcast (8:50)What is GLP-1 and what does GLP-1 do in the body? (12:51)The carbohydrate/insulin hypothesis (19:35)How do these medications work? (27:45)Hedonic Hunger (31:00)Names of GLP-1 medications and who makes them (34:00)How much weight you can lose on the different types of GLP-1 medications (36:18)Do you need to diet and exercise on GLP-1’s to lose weight? (38:04)Can you quit taking the medication after you lose the weight? (42:28)What are the medication side effects? (44:28)How much do the medications cost? (51:00)Would I take them? (53:05)Why Lifestyle Interventions/Behavior Modification still matters (53:18)

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