McCall McPherson says GLP medications could help treat disordered eating by rewiring how people relate to food. She's seen about five patients with eating disorders improve significantly on GLPs alongside therapy, moving from viewing food as an enemy to seeing it as fuel.
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Mark my words. I think they are the future treatment of disordered eating. At least I've found in the thyroid community, the most fascinating thing is what happens when people are metabolically disadvantaged. They begin restricting more. They begin beating themselves up about eating every time they don't eat well, every time they eat too much. It begins a negative cycle with food in their mind until they're a failure simply for eating, because the effort that they are putting in does not equal the outcome that's happening. Okay? What GLPs do, what I've seen them do, is allow these women to rewire the relationship that they have with food. And I'm not kidding, and I'm not exaggerating. Because now, every time they cheat, on a weekend, they go out for happy hour, they don't gain 5 pounds. They're like, okay, I'm not a failure. I'm actually going to be okay. And that is reaffirmed over and over and over for months, years, until they don't look at food as the enemy, they don't look at themselves as a failure, They look at food as fuel. It removes the power from food in so many cases. And I will tell you guys, this is a safe environment, I have used it in about 5 patients with an eating disorder, with therapists involved, with family involved, and the results were profound, y'all. It's pretty incredible. Thank you.
