McCall McPherson explains how microdosed GLP-1 medications can lower insulin and inflammation, which may reduce cortisol, raise estrogen, and promote beneficial gut bacteria. Higher doses often cause nausea and delayed gastric emptying, but low doses at Modern Endocrine avoid these side effects.
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with GLP-1s, using very, very small doses helps lower insulin levels very quickly. And when we lower insulin levels and we lower inflammation, guess what? Now, okay, so we don't have as much insulin. Great. When we're eating, our food's actually being utilized by muscle and going to our liver. And then now that we're not so inflamed and our insulin's not so high, sometimes that drives our cortisol down. It brings up our estrogen. Now our estrogen levels are going up. That helps our good gut bacteria grow. And so there's so many good things about GLP-1s with your gut. Now, if you give them in really high doses, then there are obviously negative things, right? Can cause you to be nauseous, it can slow down gastric emptying. But we don't see those things at Modern Endocrine. I mean, I've given thousands of people microdosed GLP-1s and we just don't have the side effects that people talk about. And maybe it's because of the dosing, but I feel like if it's done correctly, it definitely helps improve your gut health much quicker because again, the main driver and issue here is inflammation. And these medications are so powerful at lowering inflammation and breaking that cycle, right?
