Nick NorwitzMD PhD, Oxford-Harvard | Metabolic Health Educator | “Stay Curious”

Statins and GLP 1 What You Haven’t Been Told

18 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this solo commentary, Nick Norwitz outlines his recent viral social‑media campaign that drew millions of views and media attention by spotlighting a human‑controlled trial showing that statins induce insulin resistance and markedly lower GLP‑1 levels in humans. He emphasizes that his intent is not to advise patients to stop or start statins, but to ensure doctors and patients are aware of these findings so they can make informed decisions and obtain proper consent. Norwitz criticizes the pushback from detractors, accusing them of ignoring the data, and argues that the lack of awareness among clinicians stems from financial incentive structures that obscure the true purpose of medicine—personalized patient care. He frames the issue as a systemic problem rather than individual malfeasance.

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I recently dropped a series of viral posts about statins that collected millions of views across platforms and hit media headlines. Briefly, I reviewed human controlled trial data showing that statins cause insulin resistance and slash GLP-1 levels in humans. Of course, it was inevitable I got pushback. "You don't know what you're talking about." "You're scaremongering." But the critics are missing 100% of the point. I never said do this or don't do that. I was and am clear. My objective is simply to highlight that these data are important, essential for doctors and patients to know about so they can provide informed care and informed consent. The mere fact that this statins/GLP-1 human-controlled trial was published over a year ago in a major scientific journal and seemingly no doctors know about it, that's the problem. And it's not because doctors are trying to hide the data, but because The incentive structures at the foundation of the system are financial and often obfuscate—yes, I did use that word—the purpose of medicine, the real purpose of what medicine should be: to provide the best personalized care. That's not throwing shade, it's a fact. Oh, and isn't it conspicuous that the critics all seem to entirely ignore the actual data?