Let’s talk about the hottest topic in health right now—and not the version making the rounds on social media.
GLP-1 medications: Everyone has an opinion, and even fewer people have the full picture.
🎙️ On Episode 66 of the Positively Altered podcast, I sat down with my brilliant friend Dr. Amanda Yu—for her third appearance, which practically makes her my co-host at this point.
👉 We dove into what GLP-1 actually is, what it does, and what most people never learn before they start using it.
Listen to Episode 66 wherever you get your podcasts.
🚨 Here’s what surprised even me: Your body already makes GLP-1 naturally. It’s a hormone your gut produces in response to protein and fiber, signaling your brain that you’re full and helping regulate blood sugar.
The medications don’t replace it; they mimic it. And that distinction matters.
What Dr. Amanda helped me understand is that, for many people, the real issue isn’t a GLP-1 deficiency.
It’s insulin resistance, and almost 90 percent of the population has it to some degree.
We created this problem slowly, through decades of processed food; spiked glucose; and, yes, being told as kids to clean our plates. (I see your inner child guilt at the dinner table.)
Here’s where this connects to everything I teach: We’ve been telling ourselves a story about weight, hunger, and health for years—and a lot of that story came from messages we never questioned.
Eat every few hours. Finish what’s on your plate. Cut out sugar entirely. Some of those narratives helped create the very problems we’re now trying to medicate our way out of.
The answer isn’t to shame the medication or the people using it. It’s to ask yourself better questions: What does my body actually need? What story have I been living out, and does it still serve me?
That’s not just a health conversation. That’s the most important kind of rewrite there is. Because when we change the story that we tell ourselves—about our bodies, our habits, and what we deserve—we don’t just feel better.
We actually become better. Language shapes identity, and identity shapes biology. That’s not a metaphor. That’s science.
Dr. Amanda and I also dig into muscle loss, side effects that the pharmaceutical ads skip over, and how lifestyle changes can amplify—or in some cases replace—the medication entirely.
Come for the science. Stay to get positively altered.