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SNR #99: Dr. Spencer Nadolsky - Medications & Weight Gain

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

Sigma, Dietetics, Evidencebased, Nutrition, Training, Health & Fitness, Science, Diet, Fitness, Evidence, Bodybuilding, Health

4.8626 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2015

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Episode 99: Dr. Spencer Nadolsky returns to the show to talk about what medications can cause weight gain and how to potentially find alternative options.

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It's true in one aspect, but the advice is horrible, if that makes sense.

0:12.0

Yeah, of course people do need to eat less, move more, but it's very hard for people to actually do that.

0:19.0

And not because people are lazy but because it's it's

0:23.9

miserable you can put someone with obesity on a diet and they get this intense hunger and they can

0:30.8

you know they can not go through it like not go through it for a while and there's some way but

0:34.9

most unfortunately start gaining it back.

0:38.3

And it's not because they're lazy, but a lot of times it's the intense hunger

0:42.2

and these other physiologic drivers that cause them to start rerition Radio, the podcast that brings you evidence-based nutrition information direct from world-renowned researchers, medical

1:12.0

professionals, and in the trenches coaches. I am your host, Danny Lennon, and you are listening to

1:18.1

episode 99. And today we are getting into an issue that many of you have came across in either

1:24.9

your own life or that of a family member or perhaps with a client or patient,

1:30.8

yet there is often little discussion of it when it comes to weight loss and body composition.

1:36.2

And that topic is the potential effect of medications on body weight, from antidepressants to

1:43.5

blood pressure meds, from blood sugar regulatory

1:48.0

drugs to oral contraceptives, we'll discuss all of them today. And to cover this complex issue,

1:54.0

Dr. Spencer Nodalski returns to the show. And Dr. Nodalski has a new book out which will also discuss the fat loss

2:03.0

prescription in which he covers everything from the lifestyle and nutrition aspects of weight

2:08.6

loss all the way through to how medications can cause weight gain, which is what we're going to

2:12.8

try and zero in on today and give you some value and give you some piece of information,

2:16.9

which may start to make

2:18.5

a lot of sense if especially if you are someone who has noticed some weight gain off the back of

2:23.1

receiving certain medications or that you're dealing with clients or patients that have noticed

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