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Functionally Speaking
Welcome to Functionally Speaking— the podcast where two clinicians share one brain cell and way too many opinions.
We’re here for the nuance, the hot takes, the facts your certification skipped over, and the occasional spiral into chaos. If you’re a health coach, practitioner, or clinician who’s slightly functional (just like our mitochondria and our recording process), you’re in the right place.
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Functionally Speaking
25. Let’s Be Honest About Peptides, GLP-1s, and the Real Problem
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Is it just us, or does it feel like everyone online is suddenly a weight loss expert?
Between the nonstop social media promotions for GLP-1s and influencers flaunting their “bounce back” bodies postpartum, the noise can get overwhelming—and dangerously misleading.
In this episode of the Functionally Speaking podcast, we revisit our conversation on GLP-1s and peptide therapy, but this time through the lens of ethics, marketing responsibility, and how all of it is impacting real people, especially postpartum women. We break down how overprescription happens, how misleading messages go viral, and why so many people are skipping over the foundational questions we should really be asking.
In this episode, we cover:
- 01:02 A quick refresher on GLP-1s and peptides—why we’re still talking about them
- 02:04 What we’re seeing with GLP-1 overprescription (and why it’s concerning)
- 05:03 How influencer culture is shaping health decisions—often the wrong way
- 06:40 Body image, societal pressure, and the impossible postpartum bounce back
- 10:15 Where are the ethics? A real talk on prescribing responsibility
- 17:59 Why postpartum women are especially vulnerable to misleading messaging
- 25:48 What we want you to take away from this conversation
Links and resources:
- Listen to Episode 02. GLP-1s Explained: Risks, Benefits, and Real-World Applications: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/02-glp-1s-explained-risks-benefits-and-real-world/id1831430877?i=1000721517545
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