Know the facts before you sign up for a lifetime of wildly expensive drugs with a very dangerous side effect profile.
GLP-1 is a natural hormone secreted in the intestines. When you eat enough protein and fiber, the system works just fine. When you eat too many processed foods, the signal is lost, and the body no longer provides the signal.
Processed foods are void of any nutrition and spike your blood sugar, creating a perfect storm. First, your body is looking for nutrition from real food, so you keep getting signals to provide more nutrition. The blood sugar rollercoaster that you are now on creates constant hunger. Processed foods short-circuit your hormones by not supplying the satiety hormone GLP-1.
Over time, this can also lead to sugar and junk food addictions.
Until earlier this year, everybody who has come off GLP-1 medications has regained their weight rapidly. However, in February, Virta Health showed that you can come off of GLP-1 without regaining weight.
The secret? Nutritional ketosis achieved through carbohydrate-restricted therapy and highly individualized care, according to the company. Nutritional ketosis is when the body starts to burn fat primarily as a fuel, as opposed to sugar and carbs. Like GLP-1 drugs, this type of therapy is thought to reduce hunger and appetite to a similar degree and is manageable for the member."
The lawsuits have already begun. The GLP-1 drugs slow down your digestion system. In some cases, they have paralyzed the intestines completely, requiring them to be removed, leaving the patient with a colostomy surgery and losing normal function, ridding waste through colostomy bags.
Another common side effect of the drugs is muscle wasting. Directly impairing everyone's metabolism and body composition.
One of my coaching clients asked me to share, while utilizing Nutritional Ketosis (Metabolic Therapy), activated her body's ability to generate GLP-1 and ketones, which provided a calming effect on many mood-related conditions. As I recommended that she work with her doctor, she was able to come off the Wegovy and an SSRI.
Six months before meeting me, the Wegovy stopped working, and she stalled. Her insurance stopped covering the cost so she came off it. She immediately went back on so she didn't regain all the weight. While she initially lost considerable weight, she didn't experience reversing crippling arthritis and anxiety until she found Nutritional Ketosis. Now, she walks pain-free and has a new outlook on life.
Finding Virta Health in 2018 opened my eyes to the ability of people to heal from most chronic conditions. They have been assisting employees and spouses as large employers reverse their Type 2 Diabetes. After a decade in the Disease Management world, this was groundbreaking news to me. No one in healthcare had been taught that this was possible, and six years later, it is still being kept a secret.
Healing is an option while enjoying delicious, real food. Above, you can see the meals I ate to achieve Nutritional Ketosis in 2019, which resulted in a 115-lb. weight loss in nine months. I also reversed my metabolic syndrome, arthritis, and heart disease.
Again, know all the facts before you are trapped on wildly expensive drugs for the rest of your life that don't reverse medical conditions. While you might lose weight, you might lose much more than money without regaining health.
If you're looking for help in your journey, please don't hesitate to reach out. I can assist you in finding the body and health your looking for.