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💬 All your GLP-1 weight loss questions answered in this AMA with Dr Karan. Should you take them if you’re not overweight? Can you stay on them forever? How can you eat better when your appetite is gone?
⚡ Answering the questions sent in by you, Dr Karan explains the science, benefits, risks and ethics of using drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy Mounjaro and Tirzepatide.
🎧 Stay tuned to find out:
➡ Whether BMI matters when you’re thinking about going on GLP-1s
➡︎ If it’s safe to stay on GLP-1s forever - and how to come off safely
➡︎ Are maintenance doses and microdosing effective?
➡︎ How weight loss drugs affect the gut microbiome
➡︎ What to eat to hit fibre, protein and calorie targets when you have no appetite
➡︎ How hormones and women’s health conditions are impacted
➡︎ Why GLP-1s benefits extend way beyond weight loss
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📕 Chapters
(0:00) Introduction
(1:10) What is a GLP-1 agonist?
(2:00) Can fit people use Tirzepatide during a fat loss period to target visceral fat?
(3:58) What BMI do you need to have?
(5:22) Is everyone secretly on GLP-1s?
(6:03) Using GLP-1s for food noise, even if not overweight?
(8:00) Will the NHS soften the criteria for GLP-1s?
(8:55) Can you stay on GLP-1s forever?
(10:37) How to safely come off weight loss drugs
(12:03) Can you stop food noise once you come off the drugs?
(13:53) Are maintenance doses effective?
(14:57) Is microdosing GLP-1s an option?
(16:42) Short term vs long term side effects
(19:10) Is nausea a permanent side effect of weight loss drugs?
(20:16) Should you force yourself to eat?
(22:51) How to deal with “Ozempic face”
(24:13) Effect of GLP-1s on the gut microbiome
(26:32) How to eat enough while working out when you have no appetite?
(27:52) Can you build muscle on GLP-1s?
(29:56) Are hormones affected by GLP-1s?
(31:16) Can it help with endometriosis?
(32:53) Why LOAM can help while using GLP-1s
(34:29) Tips on high fibre, low calorie foods for GLP-1 users
(35:30) Inflammation, heart health - and other benefits of GLP-1s
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About Dr Karan:
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