More Than Just Weight Loss: A Holistic and Naturopathic Take on Ozempic
I watched an eye-opening interview with a naturopath about Ozempic. And I wasn't expecting her take on these drugs at all...
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A Holistic and Naturopathic Take on Ozempic
If I could imagine an ideal healthcare system, there wouldn't be separate camps for different approaches to healing. Conventional and naturopathic disciplines would work hand in hand, benefiting from each other's perspectives and treating patients together. It's called holistic, I suppose.
Unfortunately, the reality is somewhat different - at least here in Germany. Due to their different educational paths, naturopaths are not classified as medical practitioners, and therefore doctors are not allowed to set up joint practices with them. A ridiculous rule, if you ask me, but that's the way it is.
This made the interview I saw with Dr Tyna Moore on The Diary of a CEO all the more refreshing. It was about Ozempic, the wonder drug of the stars, the cure-all for type 2 diabetes, but also the drug with a new side effect reported every week. The media hype around GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic is enormous these days.
I tried to ignore it, especially the celebrity diet hype. I couldn't care less what Sharon Osbourne's Ozempic face looks like. I guess it's still better than Ozzy's?
But last week Steven Bartlett got me as I watched a whole two hour (!!!) interview with a naturopathic physician I'd never heard of before. Given her profession, I expected Dr Tyna Moore to be a fierce critic of these drugs. After all, these people are all about natural medicine, right?
But no. In fact, she praised these drugs for their positive and healing effects on the gut microbiome, helping the body to fight off conditions such as metabolic imbalances and even autoimmune diseases. In her practice, she experimented with microdosing GLP-1 and saw fabulous results in treating rheumatoid polyarthritis and Crohn's disease. Yes, you read that right: microdosing! In her opinion, the doses people are getting are far too high, leading to many side effects.
At first glance, this interview is just another one about Ozempic. But then it's not. Because even more than her "solution", I was fascinated by the way she approached the subject: holistically, with the individualised therapeutic approaches of naturopathic medicine, but with conventional medication.
I highly recommend watching it if you …
… always wanted to know how these GLP-1 drugs work in the body. Steven does an excellent job of asking the 'kindergarten questions' as we say in German.
... are interested in digging a little deeper into the treatment of diseases related to the gut microbiome
... are curious about what it might look like to combine natural therapies with conventional medications.
Here is the video:
Time to invest: nearly two hours
Who is it for: health professionals, holistic healers & body nerds like me
For those of you who prefer audio: here is the podcast episode on Spotify & Apple
Cheers,
Katie