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About 93% US adults have poor metabolic health: expert
New York Post • • health
Key Points:
- Functional medicine expert Dr. Will Cole highlights peptides' potential beyond weight loss, emphasizing their role in longevity, cellular healing, and metabolic health.
- Cole warns against overreliance on high doses of GLP-1 medications, suggesting that suppressing hunger too much may negatively impact other reward-related behaviors and contribute to disordered eating patterns.
- He advocates for balanced approaches such as micro-dosing or cyclical use of peptides combined with lifestyle changes rather than seeking quick pharmaceutical fixes.
- Cole points to factors like processed foods, nutrient deficiencies, toxins, and stress as underlying causes of the metabolic health crisis, rather than a lack of pharmaceutical solutions.
- While supporting wider access to peptides, Cole stresses the need for transparency, product purity, and informed decision-making, noting GLP-1s' promising therapeutic benefits when used at the lowest effective dose alongside lifestyle improvements.
