Stephanie Moore is back. Our repeat offender returns, and I’ll be honest, we could have kept going for another five hours.

Stephanie is a clinical nutritionist and psychotherapist in the UK with over 35 years in practice, and she’s seeing something in her clinic that I think we all need to talk about. A large share of her clients are now on GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

I have a confession. When I first heard about them, I thought, come on, people, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Just learn to moderate, exercise, and eat properly like the rest of us. I was wrong, or at least a lot more judgmental than I had any right to be. But changing my mind doesn’t mean these drugs are a free pass, and that’s what this conversation is really about.

I’ll walk you through:

✅ Why protein and fiber aren’t competing, and how to get both without losing the joy of a meal

✅ How GLP-1 drugs actually work, and the gut hormones your body already makes on its own

✅ Why Stephanie is open to the drugs but very careful about how she works with them

✅ What happens to your nutrition, muscle, and bone when your appetite shrinks dramatically

✅ The “high-protein” grocery haul that made me shake my head (protein pop-tarts, anyone?)

✅ What it does to your identity and self-esteem when the weight comes off, and what happens if it comes back

✅ Why whole oats beat oat bran, and what soluble versus insoluble fiber really means

✅ What your gut microbes make when you feed them well, and why it matters for your colon and your brain

✅ Bitter foods that switch your digestion on, from arugula to dark chocolate to black seed oil

This one jumps around a bit. Stephanie and I ping off in a hundred directions, and I apologize in advance. If there’s something you wish we’d gotten to, send me your question. A Q&A might be in order. And yes, a very relaxed dog makes a cameo at the end.

🔔 Remember: These drugs are not a free pass. Eat real food, feed your gut microbes well, and let them do the magic.

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