The patients of Los Angeles internist and obesity specialist Pooja Gidwani are microdosing GLP-1s as part of a longevity approach. “It’s becoming more and more mainstream in the Hollywood community, and many want to do this in combination with peptides,” says Gidwani, who offers GLP-1s along with IVs of the co-enzyme NAD.
Addiction and obsessive behavior are other targets of microdosers, as the drugs seem to tame cravings for more than just food. Anyone on a GLP-1 inhibitor can tell you downing even one glass of wine can be a challenge, but Kahn says her patients have stopped everything from smoking to compulsive shopping. “It influences the brain’s desire and decreases cravings for substances,” she explains. “It helps dampen unhealthy impulses.”
I have a friend who is diabetic and has tried many different things over the years and now Ozempic. She's lost a good amount of weight and as advertised does not experience food cravings. When she visited last time I cooked her the dish she loves and she was excited. But when it came time to have dinner, she barely touched it. I recall the sad look on her face as she said I wish I could love things the way I used to but everything else is so much better so I don't want to get off it. The everything else is something she's grateful for but she misses being herself - which is the price to pay to have it. She is obsessive about perfection when it comes to things she's skilled at and that makes her a phenomenal teacher. I hope for her sake and anyone whose been lucky to learn from her that the miracle does not including taking that away from her, making her settle for mediocre - that would be taking her soul.
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