right? The mix of foods, how much, you know, of different things.

And in the book, I call it the CBA method, ABC backwards, right? It's consistency, it's balance and it's adequacy.

And so eating consistently, not skipping meals.

When you go a really long time without eating, on the medication, I mean, this happens again with everybody, but on the medication, it's not that you'll get hungrier and binge.

For people not on the medication, when you go a long time without eating, it tends to set you up to then really overeat.

But on the medication, you go a really long time, that's when you're going to start getting headaches.

That can really hurt in terms of nausea or constipation, all of those side effects that could come from it.

Yeah.

Yeah, go, go for it.

That was, imagine the sugars entering your bloodstream as musicians in an orchestra.

GLP-1 is a conductor directing insulin release and keeping glucose steady, avoiding chaotic blood sugar spikes.

At the same time, it controls the tempo, slowing digestion so you feel full longer.

The result, your body moves in concert, less hunger, more stable energy, and more balanced metabolism.

Cue the applause.

But what that means in sort of, you know, breaking it down is gluc- glucagon-like peptide-- first of all, when I'm talking about a GLP-1, there's really, it's a class of, of, of different medications, 'cause there's single agonist, dual agonist, even a triple agonist that's coming, and I don't think we need to get into all of that.

Yeah, I, I was thinking as you were talking that, and s- actually somebody literally just asked this in the complimentary Hit Play, Not Pause group, "How can I incorporate this and also not go into low energy availability?" Or reds, you know? And, uh, uh, to your point, what I heard you say is you have to be very intentional about maybe making sure that you are getting the calories you know that you're going to need.

That's that's going to be disappointing for a lot of folks who might be out there trying to do it the old fashioned way.

Well, we know that the old-fashioned way through diet and exercise can only get you so far, maybe 5% to 10%, even F, because many people have tried that already, time and time again.

And what happens when you do that, and you all know this if you've tried it, after a week, you get really hungry, right? That's your biology.

There's a set point.

It makes you strive to eat more.

And so these medications do really help so many people who never could diet and exercise their way there.

They just wouldn't be able to achieve it that way.

side effects? I mean, a lot of folks, they start these drugs and they start to experience issues that they may not have been expecting.

But Heidi, why don't you tell us why you felt like, one, this is the right moment for the GLP-1 game plan and what you were hoping, the gaps that you were hoping that this book would fill.

Well, you know, it really began, there was two big motivators.

The first one was years ago.

So this was really just before it became so popular.

I was at an ACSM conference here in the city.

So it was regional.

And for people who don't know, ACSM is the American College of Sports Medicine.

it

In general, if you were making recommendations and, and looking at things like Dan Buettner's study and w- his beliefs and what we know about blue zones, what do you think is true for eating for our best, most optimal longevity, meaning the health span? Like, we're stronger longer, not just living longer.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I, I do believe, first of all, I, it is individual.

Everyone has their own culture, heritage, and body history.

But in general, I do believe in, in, in nutrient timing throughout the day, like those balanced meals throughout the day because you're...

Like again, vitamin C, if we wanna get into like, so, you know, like so vitamin C, it's a wa- it's a water-soluble antioxidant.

You know, you, it's not available if you eat it only in the morning.

Mm.