JJ Virgin argues that GLP-1s are being used as a first resort when people should first fix underlying metabolic dysfunction through protein, resistance training, and sleep. She says the drugs work best as a supplement after you've restored insulin sensitivity, not as the main solution.
This is what I think people are missing about GLP-1s. Like, I look at people who are trying to lose weight, and quite often their metabolic health is the limiter. There are people out there say it's just a calories thing, and I'm like, have you worked with someone who's very metabolically damaged? Sorry, you know, it's too resistant, you know, because it's more than that. Your body's a bank account and chemistry lab and a history book. So we got a whole bunch of stuff going on there, from toxins and trauma to, you know, insulin resistance and cortisol and What it seems to me that I'm seeing with GLP-1s that's so interesting is that they can come in repair, which it sounds like is kind of the hallmark of these peptides, is that they're going in and doing repair work.
I would say the GLP-1s are a little different in a way, but I hear what you're saying. I think the biggest problem with GLP-1s right now is they've become everybody's step one. And sometimes they don't go past step one because they're like, ah, easy.
You should have to earn the right to use a GLP-1. It should be, okay, we've got you eating protein, we've got you lifting weights, you're focusing on your sleep. Now you get to use GLP-1. So you use the least amount. Yeah. As you're doing these things to help you heal and restore insulin sensitivity and get out of your metabolic black hole.
