June 14, 2024 • 29 mins
Can weight loss medications be doing more harm than good? Join us on "Get Inspired, Stay Inspired" as we uncover the shocking side effects of popular prescription drugs like semaglutides. Coach Martha, Dr. Marty and Dr. Donna reveal the hidden dangers, including nausea, vomiting, pancreatitis, and even thyroid tumors for semaglutides, and insomnia, increased heart rate, and potential heart and lung damage. We promise you'll gain critical insights into the severe health risks these medications pose, making you reconsider if they're worth the gamble.
Discover why prescription drugs alone may not be the magic bullet for sustainable weight loss. Coach Martha, Dr. Marty and Dr. Donna discuss the high relapse rates and lack of behavioral change components necessary for long-term success. Highlighting the Reveal Lifestyle Program, they show how continuous health coaching, sustainable nutritional plans, and personalized insights can offer a healthier, more effective route to weight management. Hear personal experiences that underscore the importance of comprehensive programs over quick fixes.
Explore the financial and ethical ramifications of the weight loss industry. We contrast the high costs and significant side effects of medications like semiglutide with the holistic approach of the Inspire to Maintain program, which supports long-term weight management through personalized guidance on diet, stress management, sleep, and holistic practices like prayer and meditation. Learn about the impact on diabetic patients who face medication shortages, and why natural, sustainable weight loss methods are not just better for your wallet but for your overall well-being. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on making ethical choices in your weight loss journey.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome back to Get Inspired, stay Inspired.
Today we are talking about areally trendy subject weight
loss medications.
There's a few out there that wewant to talk about.
Super important for you to knowthe difference between
prescription weight loss medsversus natural options.
Okay, so we will be talkingabout today.
We're going to give you fivefacts important facts about
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weight loss medications, right,ladies?
Absolutely All right, let's getstarted.
Number one, the most important.
I mean, they're all important,but this one is serious, guys
side effects.
There's so many side effectsthat come with these medications
.
Let's talk about it.
Dr Marty.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, I'm going to talk about the semi-glutides and
you.
If anybody's watching andthey're on social media, they
have seen if they've eversearched weight loss, they have
seen so many of these thingscome across their feed, and
we're talking about things likeOzempic, ribelsis and now Wagovi
is what they have named thepill form that's specifically
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for weight loss, and this is adiabetes drug.
It's a diabetes drug and thefact that people are now also
using it for weight loss offlabel is keeping people that are
diabetic from having access tothe medication, which is not
right.
But some of the side effectsyou might think are a little bit
more minor, but as you getdeeper down that list, there's
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some stuff that's really serious.
The main thing that peopleexperience is nausea and
vomiting.
That you experience in general,but if you are not diabetic and
you're taking this for weightloss, the chances of that is
even higher.
Is even higher Diarrhea, samething.
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All of these side effectsincrease if you're taking the
medication for weight loss, asopposed to controlling of the
blood sugar, stomach pain,fatigue, low blood sugars and
that makes sense because if it'sa diet, if it's something
that's meant for diabetics andyou're not diabetic and you take
it, it's going to put yourblood sugar lower right.
Here comes the scarier onesPancreatitis, gallbladder
disease, permanent kidney damage, severe allergic reactions you
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know not allergic like it itches, allergic like you have to call
911 because your throat closesup.
And this is a doozy thyroidtumors.
Thyroid tumors.
They're recommending thatanybody that has any type of
thyroid issue does not take thismedication, because they don't
know and it could present now orit could present later, and
that's that's terrifying,because a lot of the people that
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come into our office that needweight loss, a lot of them have
some sort of thyroid issue.
Right, right.
So that's a.
That's the skinny on that.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Right, right, absolutely.
How about Phentermine, dr Donna?
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Well, phentermine.
Phentermine has been out forgosh over 20 years.
Years ago it was used withanother drug and it was taken
off the market because peoplewere having issues with lung
disease.
But with the Phentermine, it'scome back and I'll tell you it's
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a stimulant.
So, um, it is going to makeyour heart race.
Um, it's going to give you sometrouble sleeping.
You know, as that drug buildsup into your system the first
day, ah, you might not feel sobad, but as it builds up into
your system, you're going to bewide awake all night long.
You're going to get insomnia.
You're going to feel restless.
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Headaches are very, very common.
With this dry mouth, it's goingto affect how your body's
producing things.
So you're going to definitelyget some dry mouth.
One of the biggest things ifit's a stimulant, it's going to
increase your heart rate.
Yeah, you're going to feel likeyou just ran a marathon.
Um, yeah, exactly, dr Marty,exactly, you know.
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So your heart rate's going toincrease.
Um, you know, you're going tofeel like some heart
palpitations and things likethat.
No one wants to feel that, youknow.
Imagine feeling that all daylong.
And, of course, much like the,the semi-glutides, this is going
to give you some uh as well.
The other thing too is and thesame thing with the semiglutides
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the phentermine also can causesome constipation, some diarrhea
.
So you can either go to thebathroom or not go to the
bathroom.
But one one thing that nobodywants to change in their sex
drive this can affect your sexdrives and guys out there, it
can uh, cause some erectiledysfunction.
So that's something to stayaway from.
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Nobody wants that.
Um, you know the other thingbecause you're, you're, it's
affecting your heart rate.
It's going to cause some highblood pressure.
So typically, if you have highblood pressure or if you have
any heart issues, you should notbe on this medication because
it can certainly magnify that,but not only that.
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One of the one of the reallyreally serious ones is it can
cause heart valve damage andalso lung damage.
That's permanent.
It's permanent.
Yeah, and and you know what?
There's been some incidences ofpeople having some psychosis
from it too.
So it is a pretty dangerousdrug.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, I've read so many articles on both drugs and
I mean there's a minimum of atleast 20 side effects.
The list goes on and on and on,and with the Reveal Lifestyle
Program, there's like two maybe,and I say maybe because the
most common one is constipationand not everybody gets
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constipated.
Right, right, that's betterthan they ever have.
Yeah, the only the only.
What's the reason for that?
What is the reason for the, theconstipation, the?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
main reason for constipation.
There's a couple of reasons.
First of all it's the lifestylechange, because it's the reveal
lifestyle program.
It's not the take something andwait for something to happen
program, right.
So it's a lifestyle programwhich means if you're not used
to eating the types of foodsthat we're asking you to change
into your body, sometimes thatcould come as a shock.
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Sometimes Also the decrease infat.
If you're used to eating a lotof fatty foods which most people
that are overweight eat a lotof fatty foods and not usually
healthy fats that change alsocan cause some constipation.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Right, and it's not everybody, and those that do.
We have really great, uh,proprietary laxative that you
guys put together naturalnatural, natural we manage it,
um, and and it's great, but it'snatural.
There's not 20 plus side effects, um.
The other one with reveal whichis not everybody either is they
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might get a slight headache atthe beginning, the first three
or four days maybe and that'sdue to detoxing.
So it's actually a good thing.
That's a good thing.
It's like don't worry about it.
That is actually a good sign.
That means that you're detoxingand we're good.
Let's keep it going.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
So we manage that also with electrolytes and
fluids, but that happens withany lifestyle change that you
make anyway.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
So you know some people, as your body adapts to
the changes.
With anything you do, you canexperience these two.
You know symptoms.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yeah, so that's the difference 20 plus side effects
versus maybe two, maybe two,yeah, yeah, you know.
That's the difference betweenprescription drugs and natural
products.
It's one of the reasons.
Okay, let's talk about numbertwo, super important as well the
efficacy of the weight loss.
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You know how much weight areour clients going to actually or
patients, I should sayprescription drugs, right Are
going to actually lose on theseprograms?
What's the efficacy ofsemi-glutide?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
The semi-glutides.
You know it sounds like amiracle.
You know you just take this andthe weight falls off.
Well, how much weight falls offmight not be quite so
miraculously they're talkingabout.
The average patient loses about5% body fat or 5% weight.
If you put that into numbers,if you're a 200 pound person,
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which is about the average ofwhat comes into our office on a
regular um, on a regular basis,that is 10 pounds in a 12 week
period.
So that's 12 weeks of eitherpills or injections so that you
could lose about 10 pounds.
I'm sorry, I don't have thepatience for that.
That's less than a pound a week.
(08:31):
Yeah, yeah, that's less than apound a week.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, that's a pound a week.
And you know, I think one ofthe key things that you said, dr
Marty, is lose weight.
That doesn't mean that you'reonly losing fat Right, correct.
Lose weight.
That doesn't mean that you'reonly losing fat right, correct.
You can be losing fat, you canbe losing water weight, you can
be losing muscle mass, which isthe I mean, muscle is king.
You do not want to lose musclemass, and so that is also a key
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to make sure that you're losingfat.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
How about a phentermine, dr Donna Well,
phentermine has similar results,except except, instead of 12
weeks it's 14 weeks.
They prescribe it for 14 weeks.
That's the max you can take itand it still has that 5%.
So much like the semiglutides,the same result with that and,
honestly, the average is lessthan half a pound for 14 weeks.
(09:26):
You know.
So you're risking yourself, for, you know, a loss of about 10
pounds in 14 weeks withoutmaking a lifestyle change, just
taking a pill.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And the thing is, you can't keep doing.
You can't keep using theseproducts long term, or you
shouldn't, or you shouldn't.
Some people do, but youshouldn't keep doing.
You can't keep using theseproducts long term, or you
shouldn't, or you should somepeople do, but you shouldn't.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Yes, yeah, people do.
They continue, and and that'sgoing to come with all sorts of
other issues you know the sideeffects that we talked about
start coming in.
Yeah, I mean I my my heartstops when I have a client come
into davy and they're, theywrote fentamine and on their
health history and I'm like areyou still taking it?
Yes, I am.
How long have you been takingit?
(10:09):
For it's about six months Iknow, and how's that working for
you?
But wait a second.
So you've been takingPhentermine for six months but
you're here at a weight losscenter.
What is going on?
It's kind of scary.
It's on, it's kind of scary.
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It's scary.
There's like two, two parts ofit from when I hear that is.
It's scary that they've beentaking it for six months.
So, god knows, they may havesomething going on that they
maybe don't even know about.
Um or two um, what.
They've been taking it for sixmonths and they continue, but
they haven't reached their goals.
Like they haven't reached yourweight loss goals, fat loss
goals.
It's not effective.
(10:50):
So again, right, it's noteffective and we're going to
talk about this next.
But okay, I'm going to stopthere because this is the other
part of it that is reallyconcerning.
It's the nutritional part.
But hang on, before we go there, the efficacy of Reveal
Lifestyle Program 15 to 20% insix weeks.
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We're looking at 20 to 30pounds in six weeks Without
those side effects, without theside effects, it's fast.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yes, so people are amazed, they are completely
blown away because, especiallywhen you pair it with our led
lights yeah, that's two to foursizes of clothes.
Yes, six weeks in a month and ahalf.
People are completely blownaway and usually they feel
better than they ever have.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
But you know, not only losing the inches and
losing the weight and seeingthat number change on the scale,
but your body is gettinghealthy.
You know the foods that you eatare nutrient dense and so
they're healthy.
You're actually feeding yourbody.
Yeah, you know, we have clientsall the time saying I never ate
this much.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
So, dr Donna, you, that's a perfect segue to point
number three.
But before we go there, let'sgo back to the muscle mass,
because I want to really drilldown the importance of that, the
importance of protecting musclemass.
And you know, with these drugprograms that people are not
eating, you know there's areally, really good chance that
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they're losing muscle mass.
Oh for sure, the RevealLifestyle Program, you guys, as
the med, scientists, as we callit, have developed a blend that
specifically in, on top of otherthings that it does, it
specifically protects the musclemass.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And so, for those that are watching out there,
it's not just losing weight,it's losing which fat you're
trying to target, becausethere's multiple different types
of fat, what you don't want tolose while you're on a program,
which is muscle mass, right.
And then it takes us to numberthree, which is these
prescription drugs are not aprogram.
It's not a program, it's justit's a prescription.
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Are not a program.
It's not a program, it's just a, it's a prescription.
The quick, so it's right.
So then that takes us to.
You know, your, your, your body, you're suppressing your
appetite, so your body is notgetting those nutrients that it
needs to live.
You know to to for us to eat,we want you to eat, and so on
these programs, you, the relapserate is pretty high, right, dr
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Marty?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Oh yes, there's.
No, there's nothing keeping youfrom relapsing and there's
nothing keeping you from gainingit.
Back is, I believe, the biggestthing.
You're not really making alifestyle change.
You're just not eating becauseyou're not hungry.
You're not making a betterchoice necessarily.
You are not purposely making achange as to what your habits
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are, and behavioral change iswhat gives you that long-term
result.
There isn't, there's nothingthat comes from a magic pill.
I mean do I wish there was.
Of course, I do, like everybodyelse out there, I like my
snacks right but there's nothingthat doesn't come from an
intentional change.
And if you continue to do whatyou've been doing, you will
continue to get what you've had.
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And I think that's the biggestthing.
Yes, you're going to lose ashort amount of weight in a
couple of months.
I mean a small amount of weightin a couple of months.
You are without making much ofan effort because you're not
hungry, so you're just not goingto eat.
But as soon as thatprescription expires, then what
then?
What then what?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
yeah, yeah, yeah.
And so if, if, if a patientgets a prescription somewhere,
that they just write aprescription, then there's no,
there's no plan for them.
Most people just continueeating the same, just a lot less
, you know, and if they're notpeople that exercise, they won't
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start because, they're right.
So then, then what Same thingwith the phentermine, right, dr
Donna?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Yeah, exactly Same thing with the phentermine.
You know, um, there's noprogram with it as well.
You know you take the pill.
It's it's a stimulant.
It's going to increase yourheart rate.
It's going to, you know, makeyou nauseous.
It's not, it's an appetitesuppressant.
So you're not going to want toeat, and when you do want to eat
, you're going to go for thefoods that you like, which are
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probably not so healthy.
Right, and just like Dr Martysaid, there is no behavior
modification with theseprescriptions.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Yep, okay, so let's talk about review lifestyle
program.
What's the difference?
You know we are on top of ourclients, aren't we?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
I tell everybody we could either hold your hand or
kick your butt, depending onwhat you need.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
We're here for you, but we do it in a nice way yes,
so there's health coachinginvolved.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
There has to be.
It's like a, it's like a whatspanish people say coc.
Yeah, we're going to coach youthroughout the whole entire
program, your whole journey.
And, what's important too, it'snot just your losing phase, but
it's other phases too, whichwe're going to talk about.
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Next, we also going to give youa really doable, sustainable
nutritional plan, right?
So we're going to show you whatto eat and we're going to tell
you why.
And we're going to show youwhat to eat and we're going to
tell you why.
And we're going to, we're goingto coach you throughout the
whole entire thing, and what wedo is we want to make sure that
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there's habit change.
That happens throughout yourjourney, but also we want to, as
you're coming in, you'retalking, you're talking to your
coach.
We want to identify differentfoods, how your body reacts to
different foods, because onceyou get that intel while you're
here, then you can take thatwith you for life.
You're gonna know your bodydoesn't like broccoli, or you're
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gonna know your body lovesprotein, or you're gonna know,
you're gonna know all thesedifferent I call it intel like
their personal intel that theycan take that for life and that
helps them maintain.
There's so many differentthings that we do throughout our
follow-up appointments that youcan take with you forever to
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maintain, and that is a hugedifference.
That's the behavioral changepart.
That is the part that helps tomaintain your weight loss long
term.
Huge difference, right, ladies?
Speaker 3 (17:32):
And that's the key.
It's a key to maintaining.
It is the key.
You know many people can loseweight right, it's maintaining
it.
And so throughout the wholeprogram, whether you're on the
losing part of the maintainingpart of a program, we're
teaching you, we're guiding youand and helping you identify
which foods are working betterfor you and they're nutritious
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for you, so you're feeding yourbody.
I know.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I think that it's important that the people are
watching, know that we're justnot like saying all of these
things because you know, know,we want to push, reveal
lifestyle program and and tellpeople the difference.
We want people to know thedifference.
But, like dr marty said, she'sdone it, she's tried it, I've
done it, I tried it.
My first go around for umweight loss over five years ago
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was with a prescription drug.
It was, and all the things thatwe're talking about happened.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
No, thank God, I didn't get any.
You know thyroid issues, butbut yeah, I experienced some of
these side effects and then Ialso relapsed.
So it's important becausenobody guides you.
Yeah, correct, and it'simportant for people to know
that we're not just like sayingthese things.
These are things that we havemedical journals and articles
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and things that that are proven,and then also we have the
personal experience with them aswell.
Number four stabilizing phase.
What is stabilizing phase?
With prescription drugs, youcan't stabilize and most people
look at me like what are youtalking about?
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Right?
So we have a phase on ourprogram that is, I tell people,
is the most important phase.
It is the most important phase.
We want you to keep it off longterm.
You have to do this.
It's a.
It's a phase where we stabilizeyour hypothalamus glands so we
set your new body weight setpoint and also your new
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metabolic rate.
So it's very, very important.
And most people say how do youdo that?
I said, well.
I said well, you have to jointhe program because they're
they're like, okay, that'sreally cool.
Nobody's ever told me aboutthat before.
It works.
I was so skeptical when I wentthrough the program that I
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tested it and it works so well.
So if you're curious out therewhat the stabilizing phase is,
you need to call us.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
You need to call us, and one of the things that I
that I tell my clients is wegive you a blueprint for the
rest of your life and once youare done with us, if you follow
that blueprint Monday throughFriday, forever, you can have a
little bit more leeway onweekends and then get right back
at it on Monday, cause it'slike a job.
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Taking care of yourself is partof your job as a human, right.
So when I put this inperspective, they're like oh,
you mean that I could go out andhave dessert on Saturday night
with my spouse?
Yes, saturday night, not everynight, right?
So it's a difference between atreat versus a bad habit, right,
and it's one of thedifferentiators, you know, we
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want you to be able to go outthere and enjoy a birthday party
and we want you to live life.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Yeah, Right, that's what makes this life healthy,
sustainable, right, yeah, yeah,knowledge is power.
We, we, you know, in all ouroffices we teach you, we give
you those tools right.
Imagine knowing what foods tocombine, what foods to eat to
nourish your body and to keepthat weight off.
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That's knowledge.
Nobody can take that from you.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
And have somebody there next to you walking you
throughout the whole way.
So, that's the stabilizing phase.
And then we have the finalphase, which is phase four,
which is the maintenance phase.
And that maintenance phasebrings in Inspire to Maintain.
And Inspire to Maintain is amaintenance program.
You don't come to our officeand you lose 20 pounds, 30
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pounds in six weeks and we'relike it was nice seeing you.
We don't just do that, right,we're going to boost your
metabolism.
We're going to have you lose insix weeks 20 to 30 pounds.
I mean, that's huge compared tothese prescription drugs, right
.
And then we're going tostabilize you and then, after
that, which is included on thewith the price, which is the
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next thing we're gonna talkabout, we're going to talk about
maintaining and we talk aboutall the things that causes
people to gain weight.
Through our program, theInspire Maintain program, we
talk about what to eat tomaintain, we talk about stress
management, we talk about sleep,we even talk about prayer,
meditation, things like that Allthe things that helps people
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maintain or all the things thatcauses people to gain.
So we talk about it.
We dive into that pretty indetail with the health coach, so
we cover it all.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
And that's the difference between a
prescription and a program, orjust the diet, because there's
so many diets out there.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
yeah, yeah, you can get anything on the internet,
but it's not it you know it'snot sustainable yeah, yep, so
all right, number five.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
The last one it's a biggie the cost show me the
money how much does it cost?
Yep, how much does it cost?
Right, count the cost.
So, dr marty, how much doessemi-glutide?
Speaker 2 (23:10):
cost.
Semi-glutide is between 800 toa thousand dollars per injection
.
Twice a week is a typicalinjection pattern.
If you you need to lose weight,that is insane.
I mean, think about that.
And if they tell you 12 weeksto lose 10 pounds, that's crazy.
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Yeah, you could go on a heck ofa vacation for that money.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Yep.
So we're looking at.
And also it varies, like bylocation, you know which drug
and everything, but that is therange, the by location, you know
which drug and everything, butthat is the range.
The range is, you know, it canstart at $700 up to $1,200.
It can be once or twice a weekfor 12 weeks.
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So do the math right, do themath.
Revealed lifestyle program is,on average, $150 a week.
Yeah, and you're going to losethree to five pounds Per week.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Per week.
Yeah, it's a.
It's such a difference.
It's a brutal difference interms of you know, and let's say
, even your insurance iscovering part of it.
You realize your insuranceisn't going to cover anything
that has to do with diabetesever again.
Right, they might kick you offof your insurance plan, like
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you're going to have otherissues with that If you try to
push it through insurance if youdon't have the correct
diagnosis for it.
So that's just something toconsider.
People are like, oh, myinsurance will pay for it, okay,
but is your insurance going topay for the side effect of a
drug that you took that youweren't supposed to be taking,
because there was no medicalreason for it?
Speaker 3 (24:50):
so you know something .
Yeah, let's talk about the costof um taking care of the side
effects you know so.
So not only do you have toworry about the cost of the
medication, but now you have toworry about the cost of dealing
with the side effect yeah, yeah,that's so true yeah, the
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phentermine is not veryexpensive, but the side effects
are, I mean, expensive.
Yeah, expensive.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Exactly, the phentermine are crazy.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yeah, you know, I, I, I want to share just a couple
of as I did research.
You know, there was in some ofthese articles, there were
people that responded to thearticle and and some of these,
some of these things really mademe sad Because there's a,
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there's a people group out therethat actually really do need
these drugs.
They really, you know, I Iworked in healthcare for over 15
years I'm not anti-prescription, but I am anti-prescription if
it's really something that theperson doesn't need and it can
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have a natural alternative thatwill actually help them and not
cause other issues.
You know, that's, that's MarthaSavloff.
Right, there's, there's.
There's certain things forcertain times, right?
And, and let me read those toyou this was one I'm a diabetic
and the cost of my Ozempic wentfrom $30 to $300 a month because
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of the shortage from peopleusing it for weight loss.
Now, that's with insurance.
Okay, I am retired and I can nolonger afford it because the
doctor's prescribing it forweight loss.
Everything else I checked iseither too expensive or
insurance won't cover it.
So who is at fault here?
That was so sad, Sad.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
A little old person onare that needs to get their
prescription and cannot theycan't it's so sad.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Here's another one um need to address that the demand
for these drugs are affectingdiabetics who rely on them.
Last month, my dad could notget his shots because they were
back ordered.
He went three weeks withoutwhile trying to get a new
prescription for a differentbrand.
We usually take his diabetes instride, but no matter how
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careful you are with your food,three weeks without medication
is scary.
And then the last.
I mean I can go on and on, buthere's the last one.
And then the last.
This is I mean.
I can go on and on, but here'sthe last one.
My wife cannot get hers filledbecause it's in back order with
no end in sight.
She is prescribed, she isprescribed the doctor.
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He has a typo, but the doctorprescribed it for diabetes, and
doctors prescribing it to helppeople lose a few pounds is
detrimental to those thatactually need the medication.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
And I think the key there is, a few pounds is
detrimental to those thatactually need the medication and
I think the key there is a fewpounds.
You are not going to lose ahundred pounds on one of these
medicines.
You are going to lose a hundredpounds in our office If you are
committed to your health,without surgery, without
anything detrimental, eatingreal food flavored the way you
like it, and I think thatmedication from those that need
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it, yeah, without takingmedication.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
One last one, just one.
I am.
I'm a type 2 diabetic and hadto switch to a different drug
due to the short supply.
My doctor said it's it was ahollywood drug that was now
popular as a weight weightcontrol and it is the reason why
I could no longer get it on themarket.
That is so sad, you're sad.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
That is so sad, I mean and again for an average of
five percent loss of bodyweight yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
So what's the?
Speaker 2 (28:48):
moral of the story, ladies?
The moral of the story is ifthere's a natural alternative
that isn't going to give youside effects and isn't going to
hurt you, and is going to giveyou lifetime habits that you can
keep and get you even betterresults, then why would you ever
go the easy way out?
Speaker 3 (29:05):
There's no quick, it's not the easy way out, it's
not, it's actually people thinkit is and a fraction of the cost
too, you know, at a fraction ofthe cost.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
All right, people, there you have it.
There you have it.
I hope this was helpful andbrought some aha moments to you
as we talk through these things.
If you have any questions,please reach out to us.
We are here to help.
We are here to help you loseweight naturally, sustainably,
in a healthy manner.
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Bring life to your body, okay,so reach out to us.
Thank you for watching.
We will see you next time.
Welcome back to Get Inspired, stay Inspired.
Today we are talking about areally trendy subject weight
loss medications.
There's a few out there that wewant to talk about.
Super important for you to knowthe difference between
prescription weight loss medsversus natural options.
Okay, so we will be talkingabout today.
We're going to give you fivefacts important facts about
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weight loss medications, right,ladies?
Absolutely All right, let's getstarted.
Number one, the most important.
I mean, they're all important,but this one is serious, guys
side effects.
There's so many side effectsthat come with these medications
.
Let's talk about it.
Dr Marty.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Well, I'm going to talk about the semi-glutides and
you.
If anybody's watching andthey're on social media, they
have seen if they've eversearched weight loss, they have
seen so many of these thingscome across their feed, and
we're talking about things likeOzempic, ribelsis and now Wagovi
is what they have named thepill form that's specifically
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for weight loss, and this is adiabetes drug.
It's a diabetes drug and thefact that people are now also
using it for weight loss offlabel is keeping people that are
diabetic from having access tothe medication, which is not
right.
But some of the side effectsyou might think are a little bit
more minor, but as you getdeeper down that list, there's
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some stuff that's really serious.
The main thing that peopleexperience is nausea and
vomiting.
That you experience in general,but if you are not diabetic and
you're taking this for weightloss, the chances of that is
even higher.
Is even higher Diarrhea, samething.
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All of these side effectsincrease if you're taking the
medication for weight loss, asopposed to controlling of the
blood sugar, stomach pain,fatigue, low blood sugars and
that makes sense because if it'sa diet, if it's something
that's meant for diabetics andyou're not diabetic and you take
it, it's going to put yourblood sugar lower right.
Here comes the scarier onesPancreatitis, gallbladder
disease, permanent kidney damage, severe allergic reactions you
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know not allergic like it itches, allergic like you have to call
911 because your throat closesup.
And this is a doozy thyroidtumors.
Thyroid tumors.
They're recommending thatanybody that has any type of
thyroid issue does not take thismedication, because they don't
know and it could present now orit could present later, and
that's that's terrifying,because a lot of the people that
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come into our office that needweight loss, a lot of them have
some sort of thyroid issue.
Right, right.
So that's a.
That's the skinny on that.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Right, right, absolutely.
How about Phentermine, dr Donna?
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Well, phentermine.
Phentermine has been out forgosh over 20 years.
Years ago it was used withanother drug and it was taken
off the market because peoplewere having issues with lung
disease.
But with the Phentermine, it'scome back and I'll tell you it's
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a stimulant.
So, um, it is going to makeyour heart race.
Um, it's going to give you sometrouble sleeping.
You know, as that drug buildsup into your system the first
day, ah, you might not feel sobad, but as it builds up into
your system, you're going to bewide awake all night long.
You're going to get insomnia.
You're going to feel restless.
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Headaches are very, very common.
With this dry mouth, it's goingto affect how your body's
producing things.
So you're going to definitelyget some dry mouth.
One of the biggest things ifit's a stimulant, it's going to
increase your heart rate.
Yeah, you're going to feel likeyou just ran a marathon.
Um, yeah, exactly, dr Marty,exactly, you know.
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So your heart rate's going toincrease.
Um, you know, you're going tofeel like some heart
palpitations and things likethat.
No one wants to feel that, youknow.
Imagine feeling that all daylong.
And, of course, much like the,the semi-glutides, this is going
to give you some uh as well.
The other thing too is and thesame thing with the semiglutides
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the phentermine also can causesome constipation, some diarrhea
.
So you can either go to thebathroom or not go to the
bathroom.
But one one thing that nobodywants to change in their sex
drive this can affect your sexdrives and guys out there, it
can uh, cause some erectiledysfunction.
So that's something to stayaway from.
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Nobody wants that.
Um, you know the other thingbecause you're, you're, it's
affecting your heart rate.
It's going to cause some highblood pressure.
So typically, if you have highblood pressure or if you have
any heart issues, you should notbe on this medication because
it can certainly magnify that,but not only that.
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One of the one of the reallyreally serious ones is it can
cause heart valve damage andalso lung damage.
That's permanent.
It's permanent.
Yeah, and and you know what?
There's been some incidences ofpeople having some psychosis
from it too.
So it is a pretty dangerousdrug.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, I've read so many articles on both drugs and
I mean there's a minimum of atleast 20 side effects.
The list goes on and on and on,and with the Reveal Lifestyle
Program, there's like two maybe,and I say maybe because the
most common one is constipationand not everybody gets
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constipated.
Right, right, that's betterthan they ever have.
Yeah, the only the only.
What's the reason for that?
What is the reason for the, theconstipation, the?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
main reason for constipation.
There's a couple of reasons.
First of all it's the lifestylechange, because it's the reveal
lifestyle program.
It's not the take something andwait for something to happen
program, right.
So it's a lifestyle programwhich means if you're not used
to eating the types of foodsthat we're asking you to change
into your body, sometimes thatcould come as a shock.
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Sometimes Also the decrease infat.
If you're used to eating a lotof fatty foods which most people
that are overweight eat a lotof fatty foods and not usually
healthy fats that change alsocan cause some constipation.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Right, and it's not everybody, and those that do.
We have really great, uh,proprietary laxative that you
guys put together naturalnatural, natural we manage it,
um, and and it's great, but it'snatural.
There's not 20 plus side effects, um.
The other one with reveal whichis not everybody either is they
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might get a slight headache atthe beginning, the first three
or four days maybe and that'sdue to detoxing.
So it's actually a good thing.
That's a good thing.
It's like don't worry about it.
That is actually a good sign.
That means that you're detoxingand we're good.
Let's keep it going.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
So we manage that also with electrolytes and
fluids, but that happens withany lifestyle change that you
make anyway.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
So you know some people, as your body adapts to
the changes.
With anything you do, you canexperience these two.
You know symptoms.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yeah, so that's the difference 20 plus side effects
versus maybe two, maybe two,yeah, yeah, you know.
That's the difference betweenprescription drugs and natural
products.
It's one of the reasons.
Okay, let's talk about numbertwo, super important as well the
efficacy of the weight loss.
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You know how much weight areour clients going to actually or
patients, I should sayprescription drugs, right Are
going to actually lose on theseprograms?
What's the efficacy ofsemi-glutide?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
The semi-glutides.
You know it sounds like amiracle.
You know you just take this andthe weight falls off.
Well, how much weight falls offmight not be quite so
miraculously they're talkingabout.
The average patient loses about5% body fat or 5% weight.
If you put that into numbers,if you're a 200 pound person,
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which is about the average ofwhat comes into our office on a
regular um, on a regular basis,that is 10 pounds in a 12 week
period.
So that's 12 weeks of eitherpills or injections so that you
could lose about 10 pounds.
I'm sorry, I don't have thepatience for that.
That's less than a pound a week.
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Yeah, yeah, that's less than apound a week.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yeah, that's a pound a week.
And you know, I think one ofthe key things that you said, dr
Marty, is lose weight.
That doesn't mean that you'reonly losing fat Right, correct.
Lose weight.
That doesn't mean that you'reonly losing fat right, correct.
You can be losing fat, you canbe losing water weight, you can
be losing muscle mass, which isthe I mean, muscle is king.
You do not want to lose musclemass, and so that is also a key
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to make sure that you're losingfat.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
How about a phentermine, dr Donna Well,
phentermine has similar results,except except, instead of 12
weeks it's 14 weeks.
They prescribe it for 14 weeks.
That's the max you can take itand it still has that 5%.
So much like the semiglutides,the same result with that and,
honestly, the average is lessthan half a pound for 14 weeks.
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You know.
So you're risking yourself, for, you know, a loss of about 10
pounds in 14 weeks withoutmaking a lifestyle change, just
taking a pill.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
And the thing is, you can't keep doing.
You can't keep using theseproducts long term, or you
shouldn't, or you shouldn't.
Some people do, but youshouldn't keep doing.
You can't keep using theseproducts long term, or you
shouldn't, or you should somepeople do, but you shouldn't.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Yes, yeah, people do.
They continue, and and that'sgoing to come with all sorts of
other issues you know the sideeffects that we talked about
start coming in.
Yeah, I mean I my my heartstops when I have a client come
into davy and they're, theywrote fentamine and on their
health history and I'm like areyou still taking it?
Yes, I am.
How long have you been takingit?
(10:09):
For it's about six months Iknow, and how's that working for
you?
But wait a second.
So you've been takingPhentermine for six months but
you're here at a weight losscenter.
What is going on?
It's kind of scary.
It's on, it's kind of scary.
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It's scary.
There's like two, two parts ofit from when I hear that is.
It's scary that they've beentaking it for six months.
So, god knows, they may havesomething going on that they
maybe don't even know about.
Um or two um, what.
They've been taking it for sixmonths and they continue, but
they haven't reached their goals.
Like they haven't reached yourweight loss goals, fat loss
goals.
It's not effective.
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So again, right, it's noteffective and we're going to
talk about this next.
But okay, I'm going to stopthere because this is the other
part of it that is reallyconcerning.
It's the nutritional part.
But hang on, before we go there, the efficacy of Reveal
Lifestyle Program 15 to 20% insix weeks.
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We're looking at 20 to 30pounds in six weeks Without
those side effects, without theside effects, it's fast.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Yes, so people are amazed, they are completely
blown away because, especiallywhen you pair it with our led
lights yeah, that's two to foursizes of clothes.
Yes, six weeks in a month and ahalf.
People are completely blownaway and usually they feel
better than they ever have.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
But you know, not only losing the inches and
losing the weight and seeingthat number change on the scale,
but your body is gettinghealthy.
You know the foods that you eatare nutrient dense and so
they're healthy.
You're actually feeding yourbody.
Yeah, you know, we have clientsall the time saying I never ate
this much.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
So, dr Donna, you, that's a perfect segue to point
number three.
But before we go there, let'sgo back to the muscle mass,
because I want to really drilldown the importance of that, the
importance of protecting musclemass.
And you know, with these drugprograms that people are not
eating, you know there's areally, really good chance that
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they're losing muscle mass.
Oh for sure, the RevealLifestyle Program, you guys, as
the med, scientists, as we callit, have developed a blend that
specifically in, on top of otherthings that it does, it
specifically protects the musclemass.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
And so, for those that are watching out there,
it's not just losing weight,it's losing which fat you're
trying to target, becausethere's multiple different types
of fat, what you don't want tolose while you're on a program,
which is muscle mass, right.
And then it takes us to numberthree, which is these
prescription drugs are not aprogram.
It's not a program, it's justit's a prescription.
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Are not a program.
It's not a program, it's just a, it's a prescription.
The quick, so it's right.
So then that takes us to.
You know, your, your, your body, you're suppressing your
appetite, so your body is notgetting those nutrients that it
needs to live.
You know to to for us to eat,we want you to eat, and so on
these programs, you, the relapserate is pretty high, right, dr
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Marty?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Oh yes, there's.
No, there's nothing keeping youfrom relapsing and there's
nothing keeping you from gainingit.
Back is, I believe, the biggestthing.
You're not really making alifestyle change.
You're just not eating becauseyou're not hungry.
You're not making a betterchoice necessarily.
You are not purposely making achange as to what your habits
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are, and behavioral change iswhat gives you that long-term
result.
There isn't, there's nothingthat comes from a magic pill.
I mean do I wish there was.
Of course, I do, like everybodyelse out there, I like my
snacks right but there's nothingthat doesn't come from an
intentional change.
And if you continue to do whatyou've been doing, you will
continue to get what you've had.
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And I think that's the biggestthing.
Yes, you're going to lose ashort amount of weight in a
couple of months.
I mean a small amount of weightin a couple of months.
You are without making much ofan effort because you're not
hungry, so you're just not goingto eat.
But as soon as thatprescription expires, then what
then?
What then what?
Speaker 1 (14:31):
yeah, yeah, yeah.
And so if, if, if a patientgets a prescription somewhere,
that they just write aprescription, then there's no,
there's no plan for them.
Most people just continueeating the same, just a lot less
, you know, and if they're notpeople that exercise, they won't
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start because, they're right.
So then, then what Same thingwith the phentermine, right, dr
Donna?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Yeah, exactly Same thing with the phentermine.
You know, um, there's noprogram with it as well.
You know you take the pill.
It's it's a stimulant.
It's going to increase yourheart rate.
It's going to, you know, makeyou nauseous.
It's not, it's an appetitesuppressant.
So you're not going to want toeat, and when you do want to eat
, you're going to go for thefoods that you like, which are
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probably not so healthy.
Right, and just like Dr Martysaid, there is no behavior
modification with theseprescriptions.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
Yep, okay, so let's talk about review lifestyle
program.
What's the difference?
You know we are on top of ourclients, aren't we?
Speaker 2 (15:44):
I tell everybody we could either hold your hand or
kick your butt, depending onwhat you need.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
We're here for you, but we do it in a nice way yes,
so there's health coachinginvolved.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
There has to be.
It's like a, it's like a whatspanish people say coc.
Yeah, we're going to coach youthroughout the whole entire
program, your whole journey.
And, what's important too, it'snot just your losing phase, but
it's other phases too, whichwe're going to talk about.
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Next, we also going to give youa really doable, sustainable
nutritional plan, right?
So we're going to show you whatto eat and we're going to tell
you why.
And we're going to show youwhat to eat and we're going to
tell you why.
And we're going to, we're goingto coach you throughout the
whole entire thing, and what wedo is we want to make sure that
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there's habit change.
That happens throughout yourjourney, but also we want to, as
you're coming in, you'retalking, you're talking to your
coach.
We want to identify differentfoods, how your body reacts to
different foods, because onceyou get that intel while you're
here, then you can take thatwith you for life.
You're gonna know your bodydoesn't like broccoli, or you're
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gonna know your body lovesprotein, or you're gonna know,
you're gonna know all thesedifferent I call it intel like
their personal intel that theycan take that for life and that
helps them maintain.
There's so many differentthings that we do throughout our
follow-up appointments that youcan take with you forever to
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maintain, and that is a hugedifference.
That's the behavioral changepart.
That is the part that helps tomaintain your weight loss long
term.
Huge difference, right, ladies?
Speaker 3 (17:32):
And that's the key.
It's a key to maintaining.
It is the key.
You know many people can loseweight right, it's maintaining
it.
And so throughout the wholeprogram, whether you're on the
losing part of the maintainingpart of a program, we're
teaching you, we're guiding youand and helping you identify
which foods are working betterfor you and they're nutritious
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for you, so you're feeding yourbody.
I know.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I think that it's important that the people are
watching, know that we're justnot like saying all of these
things because you know, know,we want to push, reveal
lifestyle program and and tellpeople the difference.
We want people to know thedifference.
But, like dr marty said, she'sdone it, she's tried it, I've
done it, I tried it.
My first go around for umweight loss over five years ago
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was with a prescription drug.
It was, and all the things thatwe're talking about happened.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
No, thank God, I didn't get any.
You know thyroid issues, butbut yeah, I experienced some of
these side effects and then Ialso relapsed.
So it's important becausenobody guides you.
Yeah, correct, and it'simportant for people to know
that we're not just like sayingthese things.
These are things that we havemedical journals and articles
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and things that that are proven,and then also we have the
personal experience with them aswell.
Number four stabilizing phase.
What is stabilizing phase?
With prescription drugs, youcan't stabilize and most people
look at me like what are youtalking about?
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Right?
So we have a phase on ourprogram that is, I tell people,
is the most important phase.
It is the most important phase.
We want you to keep it off longterm.
You have to do this.
It's a.
It's a phase where we stabilizeyour hypothalamus glands so we
set your new body weight setpoint and also your new
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metabolic rate.
So it's very, very important.
And most people say how do youdo that?
I said, well.
I said well, you have to jointhe program because they're
they're like, okay, that'sreally cool.
Nobody's ever told me aboutthat before.
It works.
I was so skeptical when I wentthrough the program that I
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tested it and it works so well.
So if you're curious out therewhat the stabilizing phase is,
you need to call us.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
You need to call us, and one of the things that I
that I tell my clients is wegive you a blueprint for the
rest of your life and once youare done with us, if you follow
that blueprint Monday throughFriday, forever, you can have a
little bit more leeway onweekends and then get right back
at it on Monday, cause it'slike a job.
(20:27):
Taking care of yourself is partof your job as a human, right.
So when I put this inperspective, they're like oh,
you mean that I could go out andhave dessert on Saturday night
with my spouse?
Yes, saturday night, not everynight, right?
So it's a difference between atreat versus a bad habit, right,
and it's one of thedifferentiators, you know, we
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want you to be able to go outthere and enjoy a birthday party
and we want you to live life.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Yeah, Right, that's what makes this life healthy,
sustainable, right, yeah, yeah,knowledge is power.
We, we, you know, in all ouroffices we teach you, we give
you those tools right.
Imagine knowing what foods tocombine, what foods to eat to
nourish your body and to keepthat weight off.
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That's knowledge.
Nobody can take that from you.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
And have somebody there next to you walking you
throughout the whole way.
So, that's the stabilizing phase.
And then we have the finalphase, which is phase four,
which is the maintenance phase.
And that maintenance phasebrings in Inspire to Maintain.
And Inspire to Maintain is amaintenance program.
You don't come to our officeand you lose 20 pounds, 30
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pounds in six weeks and we'relike it was nice seeing you.
We don't just do that, right,we're going to boost your
metabolism.
We're going to have you lose insix weeks 20 to 30 pounds.
I mean, that's huge compared tothese prescription drugs, right
.
And then we're going tostabilize you and then, after
that, which is included on thewith the price, which is the
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next thing we're gonna talkabout, we're going to talk about
maintaining and we talk aboutall the things that causes
people to gain weight.
Through our program, theInspire Maintain program, we
talk about what to eat tomaintain, we talk about stress
management, we talk about sleep,we even talk about prayer,
meditation, things like that Allthe things that helps people
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maintain or all the things thatcauses people to gain.
So we talk about it.
We dive into that pretty indetail with the health coach, so
we cover it all.
Speaker 2 (22:37):
And that's the difference between a
prescription and a program, orjust the diet, because there's
so many diets out there.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
yeah, yeah, you can get anything on the internet,
but it's not it you know it'snot sustainable yeah, yep, so
all right, number five.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
The last one it's a biggie the cost show me the
money how much does it cost?
Yep, how much does it cost?
Right, count the cost.
So, dr marty, how much doessemi-glutide?
Speaker 2 (23:10):
cost.
Semi-glutide is between 800 toa thousand dollars per injection
.
Twice a week is a typicalinjection pattern.
If you you need to lose weight,that is insane.
I mean, think about that.
And if they tell you 12 weeksto lose 10 pounds, that's crazy.
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Yeah, you could go on a heck ofa vacation for that money.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Yep.
So we're looking at.
And also it varies, like bylocation, you know which drug
and everything, but that is therange, the by location, you know
which drug and everything, butthat is the range.
The range is, you know, it canstart at $700 up to $1,200.
It can be once or twice a weekfor 12 weeks.
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So do the math right, do themath.
Revealed lifestyle program is,on average, $150 a week.
Yeah, and you're going to losethree to five pounds Per week.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
Per week.
Yeah, it's a.
It's such a difference.
It's a brutal difference interms of you know, and let's say
, even your insurance iscovering part of it.
You realize your insuranceisn't going to cover anything
that has to do with diabetesever again.
Right, they might kick you offof your insurance plan, like
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you're going to have otherissues with that If you try to
push it through insurance if youdon't have the correct
diagnosis for it.
So that's just something toconsider.
People are like, oh, myinsurance will pay for it, okay,
but is your insurance going topay for the side effect of a
drug that you took that youweren't supposed to be taking,
because there was no medicalreason for it?
Speaker 3 (24:50):
so you know something .
Yeah, let's talk about the costof um taking care of the side
effects you know so.
So not only do you have toworry about the cost of the
medication, but now you have toworry about the cost of dealing
with the side effect yeah, yeah,that's so true yeah, the
(25:12):
phentermine is not veryexpensive, but the side effects
are, I mean, expensive.
Yeah, expensive.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
Exactly, the phentermine are crazy.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:23):
Yeah, you know, I, I, I want to share just a couple
of as I did research.
You know, there was in some ofthese articles, there were
people that responded to thearticle and and some of these,
some of these things really mademe sad Because there's a,
(25:45):
there's a people group out therethat actually really do need
these drugs.
They really, you know, I Iworked in healthcare for over 15
years I'm not anti-prescription, but I am anti-prescription if
it's really something that theperson doesn't need and it can
(26:06):
have a natural alternative thatwill actually help them and not
cause other issues.
You know, that's, that's MarthaSavloff.
Right, there's, there's.
There's certain things forcertain times, right?
And, and let me read those toyou this was one I'm a diabetic
and the cost of my Ozempic wentfrom $30 to $300 a month because
(26:29):
of the shortage from peopleusing it for weight loss.
Now, that's with insurance.
Okay, I am retired and I can nolonger afford it because the
doctor's prescribing it forweight loss.
Everything else I checked iseither too expensive or
insurance won't cover it.
So who is at fault here?
That was so sad, Sad.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
A little old person onare that needs to get their
prescription and cannot theycan't it's so sad.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Here's another one um need to address that the demand
for these drugs are affectingdiabetics who rely on them.
Last month, my dad could notget his shots because they were
back ordered.
He went three weeks withoutwhile trying to get a new
prescription for a differentbrand.
We usually take his diabetes instride, but no matter how
(27:21):
careful you are with your food,three weeks without medication
is scary.
And then the last.
I mean I can go on and on, buthere's the last one.
And then the last.
This is I mean.
I can go on and on, but here'sthe last one.
My wife cannot get hers filledbecause it's in back order with
no end in sight.
She is prescribed, she isprescribed the doctor.
(27:44):
He has a typo, but the doctorprescribed it for diabetes, and
doctors prescribing it to helppeople lose a few pounds is
detrimental to those thatactually need the medication.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
And I think the key there is, a few pounds is
detrimental to those thatactually need the medication and
I think the key there is a fewpounds.
You are not going to lose ahundred pounds on one of these
medicines.
You are going to lose a hundredpounds in our office If you are
committed to your health,without surgery, without
anything detrimental, eatingreal food flavored the way you
like it, and I think thatmedication from those that need
(28:15):
it, yeah, without takingmedication.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
One last one, just one.
I am.
I'm a type 2 diabetic and hadto switch to a different drug
due to the short supply.
My doctor said it's it was ahollywood drug that was now
popular as a weight weightcontrol and it is the reason why
I could no longer get it on themarket.
That is so sad, you're sad.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
That is so sad, I mean and again for an average of
five percent loss of bodyweight yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
So what's the?
Speaker 2 (28:48):
moral of the story, ladies?
The moral of the story is ifthere's a natural alternative
that isn't going to give youside effects and isn't going to
hurt you, and is going to giveyou lifetime habits that you can
keep and get you even betterresults, then why would you ever
go the easy way out?
Speaker 3 (29:05):
There's no quick, it's not the easy way out, it's
not, it's actually people thinkit is and a fraction of the cost
too, you know, at a fraction ofthe cost.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
All right, people, there you have it.
There you have it.
I hope this was helpful andbrought some aha moments to you
as we talk through these things.
If you have any questions,please reach out to us.
We are here to help.
We are here to help you loseweight naturally, sustainably,
in a healthy manner.
(29:35):
Bring life to your body, okay,so reach out to us.
Thank you for watching.
We will see you next time.
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