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Jen Gaudiani

Jen Gaudiani

Founder and Medical Director of Gaudiani Clinic; eating disorder specialist and author of "Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders."

Jul 2, 2026

37:50
There are
37:51
a lot of doctors who do.
37:53
And from what I can tell by stories that I've heard from patients, a lot of those doctors or online platforms are not remotely giving the kind of advice that even if I don't wouldn't have recommended somebody go down that pathway, would at least make these medications more safe.
38:14
Like for instance, you must continue to prescriptively nourish with all of the macronutrients and enough calories throughout the day when on a GLP-1.
38:27
So many patients don't hear that.
38:29
They feel that the absence of appetite is licensed to starve and their own drive for weight loss may be so powerful that they're like, all right, well, I've got to starve myself while the getting's good and it doesn't feel too bad to my body.
38:44
That makes people sick, period.

9 MINS LATER

47:50
And how do you help your patients?

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