I know Ozempic & other semaglutide injections are all the rage right now, but you need to know it can bring serious health consequences in the long term.

For both weight loss & Type 2 Diabetes, the root cause is actually made worse long-term with Ozempic.

I'll explain.

THREAD For those that are unaware, Ozempic and other semaglutide medications (Wegovy & Rybelsus) are FDA-approved for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes.

They can also be used for weight loss.

Weight loss is why it has gained a lot of popularity in the last ~2 years.

Often when I first start working with patients, they will tell me they have a desire to snack.

Really, it’s more of a craving.

And then I have those who think eating multiple small meals in a day will “boost” their metabolism.

It doesn’t.

THREAD Both of these habits are metabolic killers.

If you are trying to:

•Improve your metabolism
•Lose weight
•Get healthy

You’ll want to eliminate these habits.

We cannot escape aging.

However, inflammation is a major accelerator of aging.

Lower your inflammation = slow down your aging

I will cover the tests that measure your inflammation levels to see where you stand.

THREAD Not only will inflammation accelerate aging, inflammation is also a major root cause involved in all chronic diseases.

The diseases that plague our modern society:

•Heart Disease
•Diabetes
•Obesity
•Autoimmune Diseases
•Dementia & Alzheimer’s
•Cancer
•And Many More

Chronic pain from:

•Low Back
•Knees
•Hips
•Feet
•Neck
•And other locations

Can be absolutely frustrating & affect nearly every aspect of your life.

I’ve had patients take an unconventional approach to get relief.

THREAD I was recently getting my oil changed & a gentleman struck up a conversation with me.

He went on to tell me how about 3 years ago he was in misery from chronic pain.

He had a career of handyman work & flipping houses.

His body had taken a beating & he was feeling the effects.

Often, I will see patients whose migraines are triggered by:

•Perfumes
•Colognes
•Candles
•Scented Plug Ins
•Monthly Menstrual Cycles

They suffer when they don’t need to.

And the solution is not another pill or injection.

THREAD Patients who come in and state these types of causes triggering their migraines, ultimately have issues with:

•Strong Scents
•Hormonal Changes

Let me break down both.

Most have never even heard of the name Abraham Flexner.

However, this non-physician was instrumental in changing American medicine forever.

With the help of the Carnegie Foundation & the Rockefellers financially backing him, the changes were made.

THREAD Abraham Flexner was a teacher at a college-preparatory school he founded in Louisville, KY.

He took a nonstandard approach to education.

In 1908, he wrote a book called The American College: A Criticism, where he strongly criticized higher education.

This gained him attention.

Oh, these are so tasty...and healthy!

Our kids devoured them!

•Crispy, but not fried
•Sauce has NO seed oils

GREAT for a Super Bowl Party!

Here's how to make them... I love Buffalo Wings, but the 2 biggest problems are:

1) They are fried in crappy seed oils that create all kinds of inflammation in the body

2) The sauce is also made with cheap seed oils

If you want to learn more about this, go here

https://x.com/DrBPHealth/status/1686338519638179840?s=20

This ranch dressing is kid approved! 👍

My favorite dip and salad dressing growing up was Hidden Valley Ranch.

However, the ingredients are not healthy at all.

The below recipe:

•Is Tasty!
•No Seed Oils
•No Refined Sugars
•No MSG First, if you haven't looked at the ingredients in Hidden Valley Ranch, here they are.

Between the Vegetable Oils (aka seed oils), Sugar, Modified Food Starch, MSG & others, it's pretty much trash for your body 👎

These are excellent 😋... and healthy!

Our kids ate them all!

They're a copy-cat recipe for:

•Chick-fil-A grilled chicken
•CFA dipping sauce

But WITHOUT the seed oils and other unhealthy junk.

Great for the Super Bowl too!

Super easy recipe below. Healthier Copycat Chick-fil-a Grilled Chicken Marinade

Ingredients:

½ cup apple cider vinegar
½ cup water
½ tablespoon onion powder
½ tablespoon garlic powder
½ tablespoon smoked paprika
¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon molasses
1 tablespoon salt

Antidepressants are some of the most prescribed drugs in America

They often help

But time & time again, patients tell me they really want to get off them

When root causes are addressed, they routinely do exactly that

I’ll guide you in what I instruct patients to do

THREAD 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧:

Before I discuss root causes, first, NEVER stop your antidepressants “cold turkey”.

You need to work with your prescribing provider to wean yourself off them.

Skin health is very closely tied to gut & liver health.

If you want to improve your skin, look at healing your gut, liver & improve your body's detoxification.

THREAD A lot of:

•People
•Products
•Pharmaceutical Companies

Will have you focus on putting products on your skin to fix it.

These routinely mask the issues, only slightly improve them, or don’t work at all.

In school, I was taught beef clogs arteries.

Specifically, saturated fat.

It raises bad cholesterol, which leads to the clogged arteries.

So, I dug into the subject to learn more & get to the truth.

THREAD When I first dug deeper into the research, it seemed obvious.

The research indicated saturated fat does negatively affect cholesterol and increases atherosclerosis plaque (clogging of arteries).

But as I went deeper, that didn’t all add up.

There’s more to it.

If made right, coffee can be healthy & a metabolic booster.

But many, unknowingly, start their day off with a metabolic killer.

Both hormonally & at a cellular level.

Neither of which you want.

I’ll explain what to do, to maximize your metabolism.

THREAD Many people have the daily habit of drinking their coffee.

What they do the rest of the day could be healthy & great.

The Mayo Clinic is calling Alzheimer's Type 3 Diabetes

I bet you know someone who is suffering from it.

The current treatments are not lowering the rates of Alzheimer's.

In fact, rates of the disease continue to rise every year.

There’s a reason….

THREAD Today I am going to cover why many scientists are calling the disease Type 3 Diabetes.

I’m going to then cover why the current medications are not having success.

And then propose a radically different way to address the disease at the root cause.

Imagine a free habit that can be done in 2 minutes a day that provides:

•Less Anxiety
•Less Depression
•Better Metabolism
•Increased Immunity
•Boosted Metabolism

Sound too good to be true?

It’s not.

I’ll explain.

THREAD What I aim to do is show you the MANY benefits of this simple habit, and with overwhelming proof hopefully influence you to begin taking up the habit daily to better your life.

If you do, I know it will improve your life in so many ways!

When many of my pre-diabetic & Type 2 diabetic patients come to me, they believe they can’t lower their A1c naturally.

They think they can only do it with meds.

This is not surprising, as this is all they’ve ever heard.

It’s completely wrong.

THREAD Over the years, I’ve had 1,000’s of patients naturally:

•Lower Their Blood Sugars
•Lower Their A1c
•Reverse Their Insulin Resistance
•Reduce & Eliminate Their Meds

Antidepressants are some of the most prescribed types of medicines in America.

Patients can remain on them for many years.

Often dealing with side effects

Meanwhile, a root cause that could relieve their depression, is never looked at or addressed: The Gut

THREAD When I meet with a new patient and take their health history, I will often see that they mark off “depression”.

I always ask:
“Is your depression due to a life event or are you not sure why you feel this way?”

The New Year is upon us

Many know the negative health effects of refined sugar & want alternatives to lose weight

However, artificial sweeteners have undesired side effects & can lead to weight gain

I’ll discuss the alternatives that taste good & are healthy

Let's dive in... We all know refined sugar is not healthy for us.

Around 1900, the average American consumed around 3 pounds per year.

Today, the average American consumes almost 3 pounds per week!

Over 120 pounds of sugar per year, for each American.

Wowza!

Almost daily I see patients who want to get off their meds for:

•Cholesterol
•Blood Pressure
•Reflux
•Diabetes
•Sleeping Pills
•Antidepressants
•Anxiety Meds
•And More

I help patients lower & get off these by doing one thing…yes, only one thing.

THREAD All the above are often symptoms of the same issue, happening in different parts of the body.

Ultimately, it is cellular dysfunction in the body.

Which is ultimately metabolic dysfunction.

Triglycerides are commonly run on fasting bloodwork.

You may have been told yours are high, but what does it really mean?

Let me explain...

THREAD Your fasting triglycerides should be below 150 mg/dL.

Many think triglycerides are fat in the blood, and they should eat less fat to lower them.

They are not fat in the blood.

If you can understand this, you can:

•Reverse Pre-Diabetes
•Reverse Type 2 Diabetes
•Get Off Many (If Not All) Your Medications
•Lose Weight

I will use Amazon packages to make it simple for you.

THREAD Before I explain the Amazon packages, you’ll want to understand a few facts first.

Then I will give you the Amazon package analogy that will make it so simple to understand, and simple for you to fix these issues.

But first, let’s cover a few facts.