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The episode discusses the implications of GLP-1 weight-loss medications with experts Dr Max Pemberton and Dr Courtney Raspin.

Send us Fan Mail Today we’re joined by Dr Max Pemberton and Dr Courtney Raspin, authors of The Weight Loss Prescription, to unpack one of the most talked-about health shifts of our time: GLP-1 weight-loss medications. Are they a miracle? A medical breakthrough? Or a shortcut that risks creating new problems? In this conversation we explore what happens when you remove someone’s primary coping mechanism, food, and why anxiety, low mood or even addiction can surface if the psychological work is...

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Host: The Midlife Mentors

Guests: Dr Max Pemberton, Dr Courtney Raspin

Topics covered

• GLP-1 medications
• weight loss
• health shifts
• psychological effects
• addiction
• food coping mechanisms

Keywords

• GLP-1
• weight loss
• medications
• health
• anxiety
• food addiction
• psychological work

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Books & works: The Weight Loss Prescription

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