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Starting medications like Zepbound & Wegovy can feel overwhelming without the right information. I understand that most doctors prescribing these medications don’t have the luxury of spending 20 minutes explaining what patients can expect. That’s why I created this episode—to provide you with the insights you need.

In my practice, I frequently guide patients through starting medications like Zepbound and Wegovy, offering them a clear understanding of what to expect such as:

• Who the GLP-1 medications are for
• Who Should Avoid GLP-1 Medications
• Why Long-Term Use with GLP-1 Medications is needed
• Side Effects that you might encounter
• How to minimize Side Effects
• A brief guide to Injections
• What to Eat While on Medication
• The role of Exercise with this GLP-1 medication

This episode serves as a more personal way to communicate that information, helping patients feel more prepared and informed.

So, here’s a condensed version of the conversation I have with patients regularly. It’s like you’re sitting down with me, receiving the same advice I’d give in person. Share this with someone else who is taking these medications. For prescribers, it could make your life a little easier by providing a resource you can share—whether it’s this episode—so you can offer more depth without needing to cover everything in a short clinical visit.

Listen to the full episode for a deeper dive into each topic and how it can make your experience with these medications smoother.

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What’s Next for You in 2025?

Let’s dive into the possibilities for the upcoming year. What do you want to accomplish? What transformations are you ready to embrace?

Whether it’s hitting a fitness milestone like running a 5K, building a new habit like reading one book a month, or pursuing a career achievement like securing a promotion, we’ll set powerful New Year’s goals together.

I’ll walk you through the SMART Framework to create actionable, results-driven goals and help you craft a plan for success. Along the way, I’ll share inspiring insights to keep you motivated. Let’s make 2025 a year of progress and purpose!

Be sure to listen, and let’s make 2025 your year of growth and achievement!

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“Good” Food vs. “Bad” Food: Can food truly be classified into just two categories?

In this episode, I’m excited to challenge that notion. This topic is close to my heart, and I don't think we've discussed it in this way before. The diet industry and diet culture have made us overly obsessed with the idea of good versus bad foods.

Today, I want to explain how some foods are more beneficial for achieving certain goals than others. We’ll explore how to evaluate foods based on how you feel after eating them, assess your performance with different foods, and gain insight into what foods work best for your body.

I’ll also touch on gut health and how to recognize potential triggers. One category of foods that often causes gut issues, such as constipation, diarrhea, and bloating, is high-FODMAPs.

Understanding how different foods affect our bodies can empower us to make better choices for our health and well-being.

If you want to dive deeper into this topic and discover how to tailor your diet to suit your goals, be sure to listen to the full episode. 

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Weight is just one part of the whole health picture of a person.

While weight can affect overall health and losing weight can improve that, there are other factors to consider when you are looking to become healthier.

I have identified 5 factors to address BEFORE trying to lose weight so you set yourself up for success and make sure important conditions aren't overlooked when working to improve your health.

Get the 5 factors and details in today's episode!

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Unless you live a life that always goes as planned, listen up!

Backup plans are a must when it comes to your health because no matter how well-prepped your lunches are for the week, you're bound to forget the lunch bag at home one day or find that your lettuce has wilted (already?!).

So do these things get you off track and change the trajectory of your successful health plan?

Not if you have a backup plan!

Backup plans don't have to mean twice the planning—you won't have to use them much, so don't worry about spending too much time putting them in place. But when you do need to use them, you'll be so glad you thought about them in advance so you don't derail the progress you've made on your health goals!

In today's episode of The Dr. Francavilla Show Podcast, I discuss simple ways to create backup plans in case things go awry for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even exercise plans.

Tune in to get my simple tips!

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In today's Dr. Francavilla Show podcast episode, I walk you through the pros and cons of each of the 6 most common diets that are brought up by patients at my clinic. 

Data tells us the biggest predictor of success when picking a nutrition plan is if it's something you can stick with.

As an obesity physician, I typically recommend my patients start with something like this, which I call the Healthy Eating Plan.
 Simply take a plate and fill ...
 - 1/2 of it with veggies 
- 1/4 of it with protein 
- 1/8 of it with fats 
- 1/8 of it with carbs

The veggies provide lots of nutrition and the protein is really good at making people feel full and satisfied, and that is really important for your patients trying to lose weight.

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It might surprise you to know that many people who come to me for weight loss don't actually need to lose weight!

So how do you know if you (or your patients) do?

In my newest podcast episode, I run through a few things to consider, because it is possible that stressing about weight is actually causing more harm than good for your health.

I always invite my patients to share with me whether their physical activity is limited due to their weight. I also ask if there is a current health problem or future concern due to family history that losing weight would solve.

Losing a moderate amount of weight can do amazing things for their health, so that's part of why I got into the field I got into. Without adding medicines or treatments, a plan to cut 5-10% of a person's weight can dramatically improve many health issues.

But the key there is "health issues." Sometimes the actual issue is more of a societal pressure or body image concern than an actual health problem or physical limitation.

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In this episode, we are going to talk all about emotional eating. We will address ways you can recognize and handle it with the "Am I hungry" method. We will also talk about what emotional eating is and what it is not. When I have researched this topic before, studies estimate that about 70 to 80% of people emotionally eat. That means the vast majority of us emotionally eat at least from time to time. You may be eating the way you want the majority of the day and this emotional trigger happens then all of a sudden you find yourself off your eating pattern, eating way more than you planned, and eating foods you hadn't planned to eat. So what do we do about this? I hope to give you some tools today that will help so make sure you check out the show!

Points of interest...

• What is emotional eating? [1:18]
• Recognizing the triggers [2:56]
• Am I hungry? [6:48]
• What is the problem and how do I solve it? [10:33]
• Building a toolbox to help deal with emotional eating [14:48]
• Is giving in to emotional eating on occasion ok? [17:06]
• Actionable take-a-ways [20:30]

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Today's episode is all about setting goals. If you are like most of my patients, you have set lots of goals in your life around health and weight. Maybe you haven't always been successful with them, maybe you haven't always accomplished them, maybe you haven't even started them. Some of that may be that you are choosing the wrong goal. It is the beginning of 2023 and many people like to start their year by setting a goal, but you can set goals any time of the year so don't let a date on a calendar limit you. Today I'm gonna teach you how to set goals that you can actually achieve and how to set yourself up for success!

Points of interest...

• Is your goal specific [2:18]
• Is your goal measurable? [4:14]
• Is your goal attainable? [6:43]
• Is your goal realistic? [9:16]
• Does your goal have a deadline? [11:43]
• Once you have a goal how do you make it happen? [15:55]
• Getting help with your goal [21:43]

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Today is a very exciting day on the podcast because we have our first guest, Dr. Angela Fitch. She is an internal medicine and pediatric obesity medicine physician and president of the Obesity Medicine Association. She's the former co-director of the Mass General Weight Center in Boston and now she is the Chief Medical Officer for Known Well a new in-person and virtual primary care and obesity clinic that will launch soon in Boston and across the country. In this episode, we will be talking about something that both Dr. Fitch and I are really passionate about, anti-obesity medications that help with weight loss. We will discuss why we think they are important, what kinds are out there and what they do, and why diet and exercise aren't always enough. I hope this information helps you.

Points of interest...

• Why do we need medications? [2:08]
• Sympathomimetic amines, a class of medications like Phentermine [6:51]
• Phentermine Topiramate combination [14:32]
• Naltrexone Bupropion combo [17:39]
• GLP-1 agonists injections [20:34]
• Keeping an eye on nutrition when using medications [28:20]
• Plenity [32:29]
• Orlistat [35:11]
• Medications that are not technically anti-obesity medications [37:25]
• Accepting long-term use [39:18]

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