If you’ve spent any time in GLP-1 forums or comment sections, you’ve run into the warning, usually delivered with total confidence. “You’ll gain it all back.” The idea that massive … Continue readingThe Regain Myth, Debunked By Data
123%. That’s how much higher the risk of death was for people over 50 who had both abdominal obesity and vitamin D deficiency, compared to people with neither. A new … Continue readingThe Feedback Loop That Doubles Your Death Risk
For years, the tirzepatide-versus-semaglutide debate has been fought with one hand tied behind everyone’s back. Both drugs had impressive trial results, but no study had ever put them head-to-head in … Continue readingTirzepatide vs. Semaglutide: We Finally Have Head-to-Head Data
We tend to think of aging as something that occurs on a linear, set timeline. Birthdays pass, gray hair shows up, joints get creakier, and there’s not much to do … Continue readingIs Obesity Secretly Aging You Faster?
The list of benefits tied to GLP-1 medications that go beyond weight loss keeps growing, and the latest addition might be the most reassuring one yet for anyone who’s worried … Continue readingMore Weight Loss, Fewer Broken Bones
Semaglutide is one of the most effective obesity medications ever developed, and it’s still teaching scientists new things about how the brain works. A recent Yale study just uncovered a … Continue readingThe Hunger Cells That Switched Sides
If you’re on the GLP-1 medication tirzepatide and someone in your life is still side-eyeing it as “just a weight loss drug,” here’s a study to send them. Researchers just … Continue readingTirzepatide Was Never Just About Weight (A Third Fewer Heart Attacks!)
Starbucks just told its employees that GLP-1s are off the list. It’s part of a disturbing and growing trend of employers dropping GLP coverage. Drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, and Saxenda … Continue readingWhen Your Treatment Becomes a Line Item
Twenty-seven percentage points. That’s how much more likely an unemployed woman was to land a job within a year and a half of starting a GLP-1, compared to a woman … Continue readingLosing Weight Didn’t Make Them Better Employees… It Made Them Hireable
I’m a poor historian. This should be made perfectly clear up front. But I dabble in Ancestry.com anyway, making a mess of my Family Tree. It’s an error-ridden Gordian knot … Continue readingTaking a peek back at the ancestors
Although I have little to say about it I felt like I should mark this occasion somehow. This week I headed out to Walgreens wearing my COVID-19 vaccine “outfit”… a … Continue readingFauci Ouchie Officially Received