Are you struggling to lose weight? Tune in to hear from Pratik Patel, a Human Performance Coach and Registered Dietitian, as he shares his expertise on the latest weight loss drugs. With experience as the Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for the New York Giants, Pratik is an expert in all things nutrition, hydration, supplementation, sleep, and recovery related to health and performance.
In this episode, Pratik delves into the potential long- and short-term effects of these weight-loss drugs, their benefits when paired with exercise, and the potential drawbacks for those striving to attain their weight-loss goals. Don't miss out on this informative discussion.
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Episode 1 Quotable moments:01:06: “Weight loss is a big way to help control blood glucose levels. And, you know, as opposed to metformin, these GLP-1 agonists work, you know, against gluons. Obviously, glucagon breaks down glycogen molecules to get glucose in the blood, but if you're having issues with glucose control. That's the last thing you wanna have happen.”
2:34: “So a lot of these people that are taking the drug are seeing anywhere from five, 10% even greater than that in terms of their body weight and weight loss. You can imagine if somebody's overweight or obese and they're. Pushing almost 300 pounds, you lose 10% of your body weight. That's 30 pounds.”
4:13: “So what they found was everybody had made some type of progress, but it was definitely pretty significant what the differences were. Exercise in the control group didn't really move the needle on these individuals losing much weight. Those that actually took the drug lost a decent amount of weight, but those, that combined exercise with the drug lost the most.”
5:58: “That's one big concern is when you're on medications for a long time. We don't know the long-term issues with it. What actually is gonna happen to some of these people because, you know, it can affect your different organs, it can affect the kidneys, it can affect, potentially the heart and brain.”
7:19: “I would wanna look at is, cool you lost weight, but what has it done to your internal systems? Do you have excessive inflammation? Has it affected your testosterone, your hormone function? What is it doing to your blood glucose control over time? But I think, and again, We have to look at this objectively.”

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