The Dr. Francavilla Show
Carolynn Francavilla, MD is Board Certified in Family Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She owns and operates Green Mountain Partners for Health and Colorado Weight Care. Dr. Francavilla is a nationally recognized obesity expert, lecturing on the topic obesity as well as through her own platform HelpYourPatientsLoseWeight.com. She serves on the Obesity Medicine Association Board of Trustees. She is an Assistant Professor at Rocky Vista University and Volunteer Faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is passionate about helping people lose weight to treat and prevent medical problems. Dr. Francavilla has learned that losing weight and keeping it off is complex and not a matter of will power, but biology, and seeks to help others finds healthy longterm solutions to their weight.
Episodes
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Ever feel like exercise gets treated as this magic weight-loss tool, when really that's not even its main superpower?
Here's the truth: most people don't lose significant weight from exercise alone. Your body is smart (annoyingly so) — it adapts, burns fewer calories than you...
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What If Your Weight Struggle Was Never About Willpower?
What if the reason some people struggle with their weight their entire lives has nothing to do with what they're eating or how hard they're trying — and everything to do with their DNA? It's a question that doesn't get a...
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What if Medicare finally made GLP-1 medications for weight management more affordable — could this be the moment that changes access for millions of people?
Today, we're talking about something that's been years in the making in the world of obesity care: the expanded coverag...
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What if the reason so many people struggle on GLP-1 medications isn’t the medication itself — but the way it’s being dosed?
Today we’re diving into something that could genuinely change the way you think about GLP-1 therapy: custom dosing. And there is hones...
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What If the Lowest Dose Isn't Actually the Safest Dose?
If you've spent any time in weight loss or wellness spaces online, you've probably come across the term microdosing — and chances are, it was framed as the smarter, gentler, more mindful way to use GLP-1 medications. But...
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Have you ever wondered if counting calories is actually worth your time — or if it's just another diet trap dressed up in a tracking app? In this week’s episode, we talk about just that, and the answer is more nuanced than a simple yes or no. Calories are real, they ma...
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Tripling the dose of Wegovy sounds intense — so why are researchers doing it, and who is it actually for?
For a long time, 2.4 mg weekly was considered the ceiling for Wegovy. But a newer option quietly entered the conversation: Wegovy HD, a 7.2 mg weekly dose of semaglutide....
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Are You Being Too Hard on Yourself? Here's What Your Doctor Actually Sees
"When was the last time you actually gave yourself credit for how far you've come?"
That question has been sitting with me for a while now — and after a string of patient visits that all pointed to the s...
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Have you ever done everything right — the workouts, the meal plans, the early bedtimes — and still felt like your body was quietly working against you?
Most people assume the answer is a stricter routine or a better diet. But what if the missing piece has nothing to do ...
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What If You Could Get the Benefits of a GLP-1 — Without the Needle?
That's exactly the question Foundayo is answering — and it's one that a lot of patients have been waiting to ask. For years, one of the biggest barriers to GLP-1 therapy has been the injections. Not eve...
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What if something being talked about as “cutting-edge” in health spaces… isn’t actually well understood yet?
I’m excited to talk about a topic that keeps coming up everywhere right now — peptides.
They’re being discussed in clinics, online ...
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Have you ever wondered if weight loss surgery and medication are actually better together — or if choosing one means giving up the other?
That question sits at the center of one of the most important — and honestly most misunderstood — conversations happening in m...
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What does it really look like to make healthy choices for your weight and overall health when money is tight, resources are limited, and access to care isn’t always equal?
This conversation focuses on how to support nutrition, movement, and medical care in a way that actually fi...
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What if the real breakthrough in weight loss isn’t just the medication—but how it’s actually used day to day?
This week’s conversation features Dr. Ken Fujioka, a longtime leader in obesity medicine who has helped shape the field from its early days to where...
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Why do so many people on GLP-1 medications feel like they’re doing everything right but still feel lost when it comes to food and long-term success?
This week, we’re diving into something many people on GLP-1 medications are navigating right now: how to build sustainabl...
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Have you ever wondered why stress can feel so overwhelming even when nothing “major” is happening—and why the exact same situation can feel energizing for one person and totally draining for another?
Stress is something that shows up in everyone’s life, lite...
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Ever wonder why you literally can’t stop thinking about food?
For a long time, weight management advice was basically “eat less, move more.” But honestly, it’s way more complicated than just willpower. Biology, hormones, metabolism, and your brain all totall...
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Curious how sleep and weight might be more connected than you think?
Not long ago, obesity wasn’t widely recognized as a medical condition. Treatments were limited, and many people assumed weight loss was all about willpower. But (thankfully!) research has shifted that unders...
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Thinking about cutting back on alcohol—but not sure if it’s really necessary?
For years, we were told that moderate drinking, especially red wine, might support heart health. A nightly glass felt harmless—maybe even beneficial. But the research has shifted.
W...
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Ever worry that losing weight with GLP-1 medications will mean losing strength too? You’re not alone. Many people want to see the scale go down—but they also want to stay strong, protect their metabolism, and feel capable in everyday life. That’s exactly wh...
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