WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:02.990 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:02.990 --> 00:00:06.929 here on Safe, Effective, Natural Solutions with 00:00:06.929 --> 00:00:10.330 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.330 --> 00:00:15.300 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.300 --> 00:00:17.600 afternoon. I'm Dr. Todd Bankley, board -certified 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:19.980 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.980 --> 00:00:22.379 of functional medicine. I've got an exciting 00:00:22.379 --> 00:00:23.640 show for you today. We're going to be talking 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:27.500 about weight loss medications like Ozempic, so 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:31.820 -called GLP -1 drugs. Wegovi, Manjaro, Zepbound 00:00:31.820 --> 00:00:34.380 seem to be the most popular brands. There are 00:00:34.380 --> 00:00:36.539 over a dozen of them, and I've been getting a 00:00:36.539 --> 00:00:39.119 lot of questions about them. I'm not a prescribing 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:42.299 physician. My job is to help people avoid medications 00:00:42.299 --> 00:00:45.259 as often as possible. Medications are necessary, 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:49.359 so the title of today's show is Ozempic, Should 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:52.359 You Consider It? I'm mostly going to be talking 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.960 about why most people, people who are not diabetic 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:58.119 and who are capable of losing weight without 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:02.159 drugs, shouldn't take these medications, but 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:06.140 also why some people perhaps should take them. 00:01:06.730 --> 00:01:09.310 I've just competed in an illuminating symposium, 00:01:09.409 --> 00:01:12.230 the Laboratory Endocrine and Neurotransmitter 00:01:12.230 --> 00:01:15.109 Symposium, that included a compelling module, 00:01:15.230 --> 00:01:18.510 some really impressive data on the latest research 00:01:18.510 --> 00:01:21.209 into these weight loss medications and how to 00:01:21.209 --> 00:01:24.109 use them, most importantly, at lower doses than 00:01:24.109 --> 00:01:27.510 most people are doing, combined with healthy 00:01:27.510 --> 00:01:30.540 food. diet, better food, exercise, and supplements, 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.480 lifestyle interventions, so that people that 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:35.680 really need them can reverse diabetes and lose 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.140 weight that maybe they've never been able to 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:40.760 lose with other methods and also keep it off. 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:43.540 So numerous case studies were presented documenting 00:01:43.540 --> 00:01:46.780 the benefits of people who were able to get rid 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:49.560 of diabetes completely and get down to their 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.239 target weight and maintain it while reducing 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.060 the risks of cardiovascular disease, dementia. 00:01:56.810 --> 00:01:59.310 and a host of other chronic conditions associated 00:01:59.310 --> 00:02:03.069 with diabetes and heart disease. And keep it 00:02:03.069 --> 00:02:05.030 off. Keep the weight off and keep the diabetes 00:02:05.030 --> 00:02:07.969 under control. So one of the main purposes of 00:02:07.969 --> 00:02:10.319 this show... or if not the main purpose, is to 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:12.620 educate people on how to avoid becoming dependent 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:16.340 on pharmaceuticals. The very definition of functional 00:02:16.340 --> 00:02:19.819 medicine is using standard diagnostic tests to 00:02:19.819 --> 00:02:21.919 identify earlier signs of stress in all your 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:24.319 organs and systems so that you can reverse diabetes, 00:02:24.620 --> 00:02:28.520 reverse disease, and heal and maintain your health 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.800 with better food, exercise, and supplements instead 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:34.539 of drugs and surgery. But some drugs are important. 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.270 Antibiotics, for example. have saved the lives 00:02:38.270 --> 00:02:40.490 of millions of people who either failed to keep 00:02:40.490 --> 00:02:43.270 their immune system functioning at its peak or 00:02:43.270 --> 00:02:46.270 had the misfortune of becoming overwhelmed by 00:02:46.270 --> 00:02:50.310 some kind of bacteria or virus of such great 00:02:50.310 --> 00:02:53.150 strength or in such great numbers. It sometimes 00:02:53.150 --> 00:02:55.150 is just a numbers game. If you get hit with too 00:02:55.150 --> 00:02:57.349 many bugs at once, then even a healthy person 00:02:57.349 --> 00:03:00.050 can be hard -pressed to survive something like 00:03:00.050 --> 00:03:02.650 that without medication. Blood pressure medication. 00:03:03.539 --> 00:03:06.699 is a whole class of drugs that are hugely important 00:03:06.699 --> 00:03:09.919 for many, many people. It's essential to keep 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:11.639 your blood pressure under control, and if you're 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:14.639 not doing it with natural methods, then you should 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:17.520 take medication until you can. I get people all 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.840 the time that come to me and say, I want to get 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.539 off all my meds. I'm taking this. I don't like 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:24.680 it. I just started, or maybe I've been on them 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.419 for a while. And though I have helped many people 00:03:27.419 --> 00:03:30.500 reduce or eliminate their dependency on blood 00:03:30.500 --> 00:03:34.139 pressure meds, I never tell anyone to stop taking 00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:36.740 medication that was prescribed by somebody else, 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:39.199 number one, without consulting with that prescriber. 00:03:39.419 --> 00:03:42.280 And most importantly, I must always stress the 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:45.020 importance of continuing any blood pressure medication 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:48.599 specifically until you've come up with some way 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.599 of keeping your pressure in the target range, 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:55.360 120 over 80 or less. with things like eating 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.060 more vegetables, doing breathing exercises, having 00:03:58.060 --> 00:04:01.199 some kind of relaxation or meditation practice, 00:04:01.460 --> 00:04:04.319 anything to reduce stress. And sometimes certain 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:06.879 nutrients can help your body with keeping pressure 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:10.460 under control as well. But until then, for any 00:04:10.460 --> 00:04:13.840 period of time your pressure remains high without 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.360 medication, you should take that medication to 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:17.899 make sure you keep the pressure low because you 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:20.199 only get one heart. There are, however, whole 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.519 categories of medications that... In my humble 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:26.000 opinion, very few people need to take like statin 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:29.579 cholesterol lowering drugs because although they 00:04:29.579 --> 00:04:32.519 do work, there's many other ways to lower your 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:34.860 cholesterol and more importantly, reduce your 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:37.579 risk of heart disease independent of cholesterol 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:41.730 without taking statin. cholesterol lowering drugs. 00:04:41.889 --> 00:04:45.290 And the other huge category is bone density drugs 00:04:45.290 --> 00:04:48.069 like Fosamax and Boniva. There are much better 00:04:48.069 --> 00:04:51.170 ways of maintaining your bone density than becoming 00:04:51.170 --> 00:04:55.490 dependent on pharmaceuticals for these. But a 00:04:55.490 --> 00:04:58.670 lot of people have diabetes and have obesity 00:04:58.670 --> 00:05:02.310 and have tried their best with all kinds of natural 00:05:02.310 --> 00:05:06.250 means to lose weight and reverse diabetes and 00:05:06.250 --> 00:05:10.069 without success. And so if there is a medication 00:05:10.069 --> 00:05:12.449 for those people who really need it, that can 00:05:12.449 --> 00:05:15.689 safely enable them to lose the weight, reverse 00:05:15.689 --> 00:05:18.470 the diabetes, and it's going to reduce their 00:05:18.470 --> 00:05:20.410 risk of a whole host of other chronic diseases, 00:05:20.470 --> 00:05:24.089 the main diseases that result in the natural 00:05:24.089 --> 00:05:27.069 death of most Americans, cancer and heart disease, 00:05:27.329 --> 00:05:30.790 dementia, chronic inflammatory diseases that 00:05:30.790 --> 00:05:33.750 afflict all of us eventually but could be dramatically 00:05:33.750 --> 00:05:36.660 delayed. If someone can lose the weight, get 00:05:36.660 --> 00:05:39.319 the weight off, control that inflammation that 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:42.120 is always going to be caused and exacerbated 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:47.439 by excess weight and excess blood sugar. So GLP 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:51.199 -1, weight loss medications like Ozempic, Manjaro, 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:54.980 Wegovi, Zepbound, etc. have been around for many, 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:57.480 many years now, but interest in them has exploded 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:59.199 in the last few years. You've probably heard 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:03.079 about them in the news or on social media. And 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.660 more and more benefits of them keeps showing 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:07.660 up in the literature. In addition to weight loss, 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:10.500 they also improve heart health, which surprised 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:13.240 me. Some of the most recent data that's come 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.839 out about that documenting improvements in cardiac 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.519 output, muscle contractility, and blood flow 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.459 to the heart, reducing the size of arterial plaques. 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.639 The main function that they do is increase insulin 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:31.379 production and delay sugar release from the pancreas. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:35.339 And they also delay emptying of the stomach so 00:06:35.339 --> 00:06:38.699 that you feel full. But new evidence also shows 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:40.540 that they may have a positive effect on nerves 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:44.199 and increase your feeling of fullness also by 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:47.220 direct action on the brain, independent of all 00:06:47.220 --> 00:06:50.620 the effects on the digestive tract. And like 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:54.000 I learned in this symposium I attended over last 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.920 weekend, new complementary protocols are also 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.620 available which help prevent the muscle loss 00:06:59.620 --> 00:07:02.870 that accompanies Taking these drugs and so many 00:07:02.870 --> 00:07:06.269 other diets, any diet involving restriction of 00:07:06.269 --> 00:07:08.529 calories or eating less is going to cause muscle 00:07:08.529 --> 00:07:11.430 loss along with the fat loss. But there are protocols 00:07:11.430 --> 00:07:15.370 available now that enable you to minimize the 00:07:15.370 --> 00:07:18.920 muscle loss while maximizing the fat loss. I'm 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:21.220 Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening to Safe, Effective, 00:07:21.220 --> 00:07:23.860 Natural Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.100 Today we're talking about GLP -1 weight loss 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:31.980 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovi, Zepbound, Monjaro, 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:34.439 etc. And I'm going to be kind of going back and 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:36.660 forth talking about some amazing new benefits 00:07:36.660 --> 00:07:40.040 I've heard about these drugs. and why most people 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:41.660 probably shouldn't take them. There's a whole 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:44.300 host of people, especially people in Hollywood, 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.360 people that are just taking them to lose a few 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.019 pounds temporarily. There's reasons that people 00:07:50.019 --> 00:07:52.279 should and reasons that people shouldn't take 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:55.920 all weight loss drugs, including Ozempic and 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:00.439 its analogs. So the big downside is many people 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.560 do take these drugs thinking that they'll lose 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:04.939 a few pounds and then stop the drugs and keep 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:08.009 the weight off forever, easily. Current available 00:08:08.009 --> 00:08:10.970 evidence indicates that this almost never happens. 00:08:11.689 --> 00:08:14.949 But current evidence also only indicates the 00:08:14.949 --> 00:08:17.589 results of trials that are based on standard 00:08:17.589 --> 00:08:20.990 doses of these medications. And many people get 00:08:20.990 --> 00:08:23.850 amazing results and most importantly may use 00:08:23.850 --> 00:08:26.250 these drugs and then get off them and maintain 00:08:26.250 --> 00:08:29.350 the loss without them by taking a much lower 00:08:29.350 --> 00:08:32.149 dose. So they're not going to lose as much weight. 00:08:33.169 --> 00:08:35.149 It's dose dependent. The more you take, the more 00:08:35.149 --> 00:08:36.429 weight loss you're going to lose. And that's 00:08:36.429 --> 00:08:38.950 why many people take too much. Even the standard 00:08:38.950 --> 00:08:43.149 recommendations for working your way up to, not 00:08:43.149 --> 00:08:45.190 the starting dose, but the dose that they recommend 00:08:45.190 --> 00:08:47.110 everyone work up to. I'm going to get into some 00:08:47.110 --> 00:08:49.009 of the details if we have time a little bit later 00:08:49.009 --> 00:08:52.289 on those numbers. But according to the latest, 00:08:52.570 --> 00:08:55.009 well, the most compelling evidence I've seen 00:08:55.009 --> 00:08:59.269 at the Functional Medicine Conference, is that 00:08:59.269 --> 00:09:00.870 people are taking too much of these things, and 00:09:00.870 --> 00:09:02.610 it's easy to understand why. They want to lose 00:09:02.610 --> 00:09:04.610 as much weight as quickly as possible, but then 00:09:04.610 --> 00:09:06.289 those are the same people that find that the 00:09:06.289 --> 00:09:07.929 weight comes right back as soon as they stop 00:09:07.929 --> 00:09:10.309 the drug, or they find that they simply can't 00:09:10.309 --> 00:09:12.509 stop the drugs. They become dependent on them 00:09:12.509 --> 00:09:16.330 for the rest of their lives. So my primary recommendation 00:09:16.330 --> 00:09:19.909 is always going to be natural solutions. And 00:09:19.909 --> 00:09:22.470 all of the benefits of these drugs are also available 00:09:22.470 --> 00:09:26.129 to most people who are not morbidly obese by 00:09:26.129 --> 00:09:28.309 getting functional medicine testing, identifying 00:09:28.309 --> 00:09:31.690 places where your body needs support, and using 00:09:31.690 --> 00:09:33.889 better food, eating more vegetables and less 00:09:33.889 --> 00:09:37.220 starch. Getting, smoothing your body and in whatever 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:40.120 way you find compelling. And obviously that's 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:41.379 one of the things, that's one of the reasons 00:09:41.379 --> 00:09:44.240 that I'm doing this show and talking about unusually 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:46.820 the benefits of a medication. Because it's really 00:09:46.820 --> 00:09:49.620 important for weight loss and diabetes both to 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:51.879 have exercise as some component. And sometimes 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:54.539 people get tired of hearing that. And it's very 00:09:54.539 --> 00:09:57.980 difficult to exercise if you're in pain or if 00:09:57.980 --> 00:10:01.120 you have weight that you can't shift. It's difficult 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:04.509 to exercise and be comfortable. Swimming and 00:10:04.509 --> 00:10:07.190 walking are the best forms if you have access 00:10:07.190 --> 00:10:09.809 to a pool. And if you don't, walking for people 00:10:09.809 --> 00:10:12.250 who have difficulty exercising otherwise because 00:10:12.250 --> 00:10:15.710 it's low impact. And you're able to do that even 00:10:15.710 --> 00:10:18.309 if you're in pain, especially swimming. But a 00:10:18.309 --> 00:10:20.850 lot of people just are not going to get the exercise 00:10:20.850 --> 00:10:23.549 they really need because they can't shift the 00:10:23.549 --> 00:10:26.450 weight and or because they may be in pain with 00:10:26.450 --> 00:10:30.529 arthritic joints, which is related as well. So 00:10:30.529 --> 00:10:34.690 I am more persuaded. than ever that these medications 00:10:34.690 --> 00:10:36.870 could be an important consideration for people 00:10:36.870 --> 00:10:39.809 with moderate to advanced and poorly controlled 00:10:39.809 --> 00:10:42.789 diabetes and people who are still really struggling 00:10:42.789 --> 00:10:46.610 to lose weight. People who will be healthier 00:10:46.610 --> 00:10:48.370 and live longer if they can lose that weight 00:10:48.370 --> 00:10:51.000 and keep it off. So many people have heard of 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.659 someone who's lost some amount of weight with 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:56.600 Ozempic, Wegovy, Manjaro, and other similar medications. 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.679 Before anyone considers seeking them out, it 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.000 is important to understand the many potential 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.360 side effects. So here's a study that just came 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.240 out, a study sent to potential negative effects 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:10.899 of GLP -1 drugs. on orthopedic patients. So the 00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:13.240 research that's been coming out about this problem 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.940 with people who have surgery after they've taken 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:18.600 these medications, it's not the most important 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.159 side effect, but I just want to get it out of 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.639 the way. At first it said, the research was showing 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:25.379 that no one should take this medication before 00:11:25.379 --> 00:11:29.340 having surgery because if you delay gastric emptying, 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:32.080 if you basically delay your stomach's ability 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.700 to process food, You know, that makes you feel 00:11:35.700 --> 00:11:37.639 full and makes one of the main reasons these 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:39.679 drugs help you lose weight. But that would be 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:41.620 really bad if there's still food sitting in your 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:44.399 stomach when you have surgery. And so the research 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.559 has gone back and forth saying it's really important 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:49.320 to be concerned about and maybe it isn't. Well, 00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:52.139 this study was about specifically about orthopedic 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:56.830 surgery. And it showed that not stopping. Semi 00:11:56.830 --> 00:11:59.649 -glutide, Wegovi, Ozempic, prior to surgery was 00:11:59.649 --> 00:12:01.549 associated with an increased risk of delayed 00:12:01.549 --> 00:12:05.769 emergence from anesthesia, even when the medication 00:12:05.769 --> 00:12:08.919 was stopped five days before. And stopping it 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:12.000 up to seven days prior to surgery was also associated 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.200 with higher risks of aspiration events and conversion 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.620 to intubation, meaning the person coughed up, 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:19.720 vomited up a little bit of the stuff in their 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:24.559 stomach, and had to be intubated. So it's important 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:27.779 to, if you're having surgery, not take these 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:30.059 drugs at least a week before, and some are even 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:34.340 suggesting waiting two weeks before to minimize 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:38.289 risk to the maximum. But here's an even more 00:12:38.289 --> 00:12:41.809 sort of eye -opening report by Christopher McGowan, 00:12:41.909 --> 00:12:45.970 MD and obesity medicine specialist and gastroenterologist. 00:12:46.269 --> 00:12:51.590 He thinks GLP -1s are no longer the answer. This 00:12:51.590 --> 00:12:53.809 is something that he sees in his practice every 00:12:53.809 --> 00:12:57.509 day. The truth is most patients don't stay on 00:12:57.509 --> 00:13:01.009 anti -obesity medications. And the research shows 00:13:01.009 --> 00:13:03.070 that three -quarters of patients that stop GLP 00:13:03.070 --> 00:13:07.610 -1 medications within two years Many within a 00:13:07.610 --> 00:13:10.350 few months. Reasons for discontinuation include 00:13:10.350 --> 00:13:12.769 cost side effects and supply shortages, but one 00:13:12.769 --> 00:13:15.090 of the most common reasons is that patients simply 00:13:15.090 --> 00:13:16.929 don't want to take a medication indefinitely. 00:13:17.029 --> 00:13:19.009 Well, that's a good thing. But most importantly, 00:13:19.210 --> 00:13:22.210 many believe they can beat the system, use them 00:13:22.210 --> 00:13:24.269 briefly, and then change their lifestyle and 00:13:24.269 --> 00:13:26.690 stop taking them without gaining weight. Unfortunately, 00:13:27.029 --> 00:13:32.240 they can't, says Christopher McGowan. gastroenterologist. 00:13:32.340 --> 00:13:35.399 Clinical trials of semiglutide and terzepatide, 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:39.480 these are the generic names for Zempic, Wegovi, 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.500 Banjaro, and Zepbound. Clinical trials of these 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:46.419 drugs showed that the average patient regains 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:49.799 two -thirds of the weight lost and similar changes 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:54.539 in their beneficial effects on their heart. regain 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:57.059 these things within the first year of discontinuation. 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:59.240 And for some, the return of the weight feels 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:02.440 almost instantaneous, and they often regain more 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:06.080 than they initially lost. His patients described 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:09.399 feeling ravenous and overwhelmed by the resurgence 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.700 of food noise. Well, the science behind these 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:15.460 drugs explain why. They do not cause permanent 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:20.940 changes. They are synthetic agonists of a chemical 00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:23.919 called glucagon -like peptide that, while in 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.259 use, saturates receptors in the brain and the 00:14:26.259 --> 00:14:29.779 stomach that mimic the effects of the normal 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:32.059 chemical in your body that makes you feel full. 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:35.200 But once the medication is stopped, that effect 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:38.360 evaporates within two to four weeks. The receptors 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.039 are no longer bathed, and the hunger -calming 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.799 peptides and hunger returns, and then the wait 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.870 quickly follows. He goes on to present evidence 00:14:46.870 --> 00:14:50.009 that a lot of these patients are worse off than 00:14:50.009 --> 00:14:51.450 they were before they started the medication 00:14:51.450 --> 00:14:55.690 because they lose lean muscle mass and their 00:14:55.690 --> 00:14:58.309 metabolic rate changes and so they have greater 00:14:58.309 --> 00:15:00.850 difficulty losing weight in the future than they 00:15:00.850 --> 00:15:03.450 did before. So they have diminished strength 00:15:03.450 --> 00:15:06.169 and reduced bone density, higher risk of fractures, 00:15:06.269 --> 00:15:09.149 and a host of other problems. Well, that sounds 00:15:09.149 --> 00:15:11.529 pretty bad. Why am I even talking about the benefits 00:15:11.529 --> 00:15:14.490 of these drugs if it's that bad? Well, the data 00:15:14.490 --> 00:15:17.049 that this physician is presenting in this piece... 00:15:17.629 --> 00:15:20.970 is average data with large studies of many, many 00:15:20.970 --> 00:15:23.210 people who were doing the standard recommendations, 00:15:23.230 --> 00:15:26.450 which to many are now considered to be high doses, 00:15:26.570 --> 00:15:29.450 too high of doses. Again, people want to lose 00:15:29.450 --> 00:15:32.470 as much weight as possible, and the standard 00:15:32.470 --> 00:15:36.789 recommendations that people work up to are such 00:15:36.789 --> 00:15:39.789 that they do produce a dependence and make it 00:15:39.789 --> 00:15:42.769 difficult to maintain without becoming dependent 00:15:42.769 --> 00:15:46.779 on these drugs. long term. So there is other 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:50.419 data available showing that people who do lower 00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:53.080 doses of these medications and combine it with 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.820 a functional medicine approach of monitoring 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:58.100 and maintaining the health of your organs and 00:15:58.100 --> 00:16:01.639 systems, which we're going to get into, enable 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:05.360 you to use these medications briefly to get the 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.000 weight off and then slowly work your way off 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:10.620 of them or down at least to a much lower dose 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:14.600 than some people are taking. to get the extreme 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.299 health benefits that people are getting. So, 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:19.340 for example, people are much more likely to go 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:22.700 to the gym because they feel good. There are 00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:25.899 research showing neuroprotective benefits, reducing 00:16:25.899 --> 00:16:28.860 neuroinflammation, improving activity in the 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:32.340 gut -brain axis, inhibiting multiple inflammatory 00:16:32.340 --> 00:16:35.360 pathways, supporting the structures of the brain, 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:39.309 improving mitochondrial function. energy -producing 00:16:39.309 --> 00:16:42.590 part of every cell, even improving the structure 00:16:42.590 --> 00:16:45.409 and function of brain cells and reducing risk 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:48.870 of dementia. And best of all, contrasted with 00:16:48.870 --> 00:16:51.570 the part I was just talking about a little while 00:16:51.570 --> 00:16:56.049 ago, research is now available showing that GLP 00:16:56.049 --> 00:16:58.669 -1s, these Ozempic and Wigovi -like medications, 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.059 can reduce muscle wasting and enhance exercise 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:06.680 endurance. Because the reason many people who 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.660 take them lose muscle mass is because they're 00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:10.960 not eating enough protein and not eating enough 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:14.990 food generally and not exercising. That's what 00:17:14.990 --> 00:17:16.789 causes muscle loss. It's not the drug itself 00:17:16.789 --> 00:17:19.190 that causes muscle loss. It's not eating enough 00:17:19.190 --> 00:17:22.190 protein, not eating enough full stop, and not 00:17:22.190 --> 00:17:24.809 exercising. That's what causes muscle loss. Just 00:17:24.809 --> 00:17:27.990 cutting out calories is always going to cause 00:17:27.990 --> 00:17:30.710 muscle loss. So people need a certain amount 00:17:30.710 --> 00:17:33.569 of protein every day. And there are ways to make 00:17:33.569 --> 00:17:36.029 sure they're getting it. And this is something 00:17:36.029 --> 00:17:42.009 most doctors never do. Most doctors do not. aggressively 00:17:42.009 --> 00:17:45.009 maybe is too strong of a word, but most doctors 00:17:45.009 --> 00:17:47.089 don't pay enough attention to whether or not 00:17:47.089 --> 00:17:49.329 people are maintaining a certain serum level 00:17:49.329 --> 00:17:51.309 of protein. This is something I do with every 00:17:51.309 --> 00:17:54.089 patient. And it's very important to make sure 00:17:54.089 --> 00:17:55.950 that you're maintaining protein because that's 00:17:55.950 --> 00:17:57.630 the basic building block of all of your cells, 00:17:57.670 --> 00:17:59.869 especially muscle and heart muscle in particular. 00:18:00.410 --> 00:18:04.089 So super, super important and way too commonly 00:18:04.089 --> 00:18:06.470 ignored. And that accounts for a big part of 00:18:06.470 --> 00:18:09.769 the... sort of confusion in the research that 00:18:09.769 --> 00:18:11.769 say that people shouldn't take these drugs because 00:18:11.769 --> 00:18:14.670 they're going to have a permanent loss of muscle. 00:18:14.789 --> 00:18:17.470 So that is happening for lots of people, but 00:18:17.470 --> 00:18:20.829 there are ways to prevent it. I'm Dr. Todd Bankley. 00:18:20.869 --> 00:18:22.369 You're listening to Safe, Effective, Natural 00:18:22.369 --> 00:18:24.849 Solutions to Almost Any Health Challenge. Today 00:18:24.849 --> 00:18:27.690 we're talking about the weight loss drugs of 00:18:27.690 --> 00:18:30.849 Zempik, Wegovi, Manjaro, Zepbound, so -called 00:18:30.849 --> 00:18:34.910 GLP. one drugs and how they might be an appropriate 00:18:34.910 --> 00:18:37.930 choice for many people that are having great 00:18:37.930 --> 00:18:41.029 difficulty otherwise reversing diabetes and losing 00:18:41.029 --> 00:18:43.630 weight. So there are a lot of side effects with 00:18:43.630 --> 00:18:46.109 these drugs. That's why I'm always encouraging 00:18:46.109 --> 00:18:47.970 people, you know, that a lot of people don't 00:18:47.970 --> 00:18:50.430 need to take these things. But if you're considering 00:18:50.430 --> 00:18:52.609 them, you need to know about the side effects. 00:18:52.690 --> 00:18:54.849 And they are most commonly digestive, nausea, 00:18:54.849 --> 00:18:58.210 vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea. A lot of 00:18:58.210 --> 00:19:00.490 people stop these medications because of these 00:19:00.490 --> 00:19:03.630 digestive side effects, but there are ways to 00:19:03.630 --> 00:19:07.109 mitigate those as well without other drugs with 00:19:07.109 --> 00:19:10.769 nutrients like vitamin B12, magnesium, fiber, 00:19:10.950 --> 00:19:14.220 and artichoke extract. In addition to maintaining 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:16.680 adequate protein levels, people on these medications 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:20.079 need to eat a decent amount of calories. That's 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:23.079 going to vary according to their size and body 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:25.960 weight, but people need to eat a decent amount 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.019 of food and some carbohydrates. So it's really 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:32.519 disastrous for someone to, for example, be on 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.880 a keto diet and then take these medications. 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:37.420 People on these medications need some carbohydrates. 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.519 You might want to call it a modified low -carb 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:44.380 diet, but you still need to eat some carbohydrates 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:46.819 every day because these medications work by storing 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:49.880 up glycogen, a form of sugar, in the muscles, 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:53.420 which can then be burned for energy, especially 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:56.839 when exercising. So the big takeaway is if someone 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:58.799 is going to consider using these medications, 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:02.680 they need to maintain high protein levels, use 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:06.519 a lower dose than is typically recommended. Make 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.460 sure you are still eating some carbohydrates 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:13.819 and do some form of exercise to burn the sugar 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:15.980 that's stored up in your muscles, which enables 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:20.380 you to maintain muscle mass while losing weight 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:22.200 and shifts the ratio. You're always going to 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.980 lose some muscle mass if you're losing a lot 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:26.259 of weight quickly, but the point is to minimize 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:29.240 the loss of muscle and maximize the burning and 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.700 loss of fat. So please send me your questions. 00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:34.640 Do you know someone who's taken Ozempic and lost 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:37.700 a lot of weight? Wegovi, Manjaro, etc. Have you 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:40.539 wondered if they might be right for you? Is it 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:42.779 possible to take a lower dose of these medications, 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:45.539 lose the weight that you need to lose, get back 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:48.460 to your preferred weight, maybe not ideal weight 00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:50.319 from your 20s, but at least enough to keep you 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:52.980 healthy so that you can live long, live well, 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.359 reverse the risk fat, reduce to an absolute minimum 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.160 the risk factors that come with the inflammation 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.240 of obesity and diabetes to reduce your risk of 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:05.880 and delay your risk of heart disease, certain 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:09.099 cancers, dementia, a whole host of things that 00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:11.180 come from. inflammation that's always produced 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:15.740 by excess fat cells and excess blood sugar. But 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.779 how can you do that? How can you do that in a 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:21.019 more healthy way, maybe with a lower dose of 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:23.660 these medications and lifestyle interventions 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:26.700 that are healthy for anyone? What does that even 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:29.039 mean? Well, the presenter at this conference 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:31.500 that I keep talking about, Dr. James LaValle, 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.980 the academic co -chair of A4M, the American Academy 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:39.660 of Anti -Aging Medicine, an established global 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:42.119 leader for continuing medical education and longevity. 00:21:43.470 --> 00:21:45.809 He was one of the main presenters talking about 00:21:45.809 --> 00:21:49.769 this subject. And he says, among other things, 00:21:49.849 --> 00:21:52.789 I like this quote. He says, metabolism is the 00:21:52.789 --> 00:21:56.089 sum total of all the chemical reactions driving 00:21:56.089 --> 00:22:00.230 how you feel today and creating the chemistry 00:22:00.230 --> 00:22:05.230 moving you toward future health. So the sum total 00:22:05.230 --> 00:22:07.069 of all the chemical reactions driving how you 00:22:07.069 --> 00:22:10.450 feel today and creating the chemistry moving 00:22:10.450 --> 00:22:14.819 you toward future health. So most people eat 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:19.099 too much, too often, too late in the day, and 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:21.559 have too much stress and don't get enough sleep. 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:24.019 But in addition to these things, which are hopefully 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:27.519 obvious, functional medicine testing may identify 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:29.440 other things that need to be addressed, very 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:31.839 often do need to be addressed, that are overlooked. 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:34.920 Things like identifying heavy metal toxicities, 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:38.119 chemical and mold toxins. Your body, we're all 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:41.940 exposed to things like lead, mercury, arsenic, 00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:45.640 cadmium, uranium, and our body stores these things 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:48.990 in fat cells. If you lose the fat cells, you 00:22:48.990 --> 00:22:51.990 lose the body burden of those toxins at the same 00:22:51.990 --> 00:22:54.789 time. And if you don't know you have those toxins, 00:22:54.869 --> 00:22:57.130 that may explain part of why it's so difficult 00:22:57.130 --> 00:22:58.930 to lose the weight. So there are other direct 00:22:58.930 --> 00:23:02.130 means of facilitating the excretion of these 00:23:02.130 --> 00:23:04.609 toxins, which also help you lose the weight. 00:23:04.890 --> 00:23:07.990 It's also really important for most people to 00:23:07.990 --> 00:23:10.710 test for and manage your thyroid levels, your 00:23:10.710 --> 00:23:14.690 sex hormones, your gut microbiome, and the acid. 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:17.740 the acidic levels in your body that would stress 00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:20.279 the kidneys. These are all things that you can 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:22.420 do from a functional medicine approach along 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:25.900 with, hopefully, just lifestyle and diet and 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:29.670 exercise, but if necessary. perhaps some of these 00:23:29.670 --> 00:23:32.630 weight loss medications to give you the best 00:23:32.630 --> 00:23:35.210 possible outcome. So please email me your questions 00:23:35.210 --> 00:23:38.089 with this and any dramatic cases that you may 00:23:38.089 --> 00:23:40.250 have know of that where people lost a lot of 00:23:40.250 --> 00:23:42.009 weight. Mostly what you hear about in the literature 00:23:42.009 --> 00:23:44.549 is people who lost a lot of weight and either 00:23:44.549 --> 00:23:46.789 you don't hear anything after that or you hear 00:23:46.789 --> 00:23:48.930 about people becoming dependent on these medications 00:23:48.930 --> 00:23:50.990 for life. So I'm going to be presenting more 00:23:50.990 --> 00:23:53.589 cases going forward where people are doing a 00:23:53.589 --> 00:23:57.109 combination of lower doses of medication where 00:23:57.109 --> 00:24:00.750 necessary. and using functional medicine to identify 00:24:00.750 --> 00:24:03.009 some of these other areas in your body that need 00:24:03.009 --> 00:24:05.230 support so that you can lose the weight, reverse 00:24:05.230 --> 00:24:09.650 diabetes, keep that all going and have healthy 00:24:09.650 --> 00:24:12.670 outcomes that enable you to live long and live 00:24:12.670 --> 00:24:14.470 well. Do something this weekend to be healthier 00:24:14.470 --> 00:24:17.269 than you were last weekend. Please tune in next 00:24:17.269 --> 00:24:19.470 Friday and tell your friends to join in or listen 00:24:19.470 --> 00:24:22.930 to the podcast on Apple and Spotify and YouTube. 00:24:23.349 --> 00:24:27.220 Have a fantastic weekend. 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