Jonquilyn Hill

But it kind of found its place within society.

And just like Prozac, not everybody should be on it.

But there are some people who are going to really benefit from it.

I do have concerns about the health impact.

Like one of the things that I think about, if it is kind of dampening that anticipatory dopamine, right?

That kind of like rush.

Okay, so does it really make sense?

Doctors are saying, okay, well, take your GLP-1s and this is going to make you less motivated for food, but we somehow expect you to have more motivation to change your diet and to exercise.

If it's going to dampen your desire to kind of eat, isn't it also going to dampen your desire like that high you get from working out or that, hey, I want to be healthier.

Maybe I should go for a salad.

So, you know, I don't know how much of like muscular atrophy is a direct correlation of the medication itself versus actually the medication itself is doing two things.

A, making people just not as motivated to want to get out, but also you'll find that

A lot of people who've struggled with food for a long time can overestimate the importance of being thin in eating well.

If you think the only reason to eat better is to lose weight and something else is making you lose weight, that might actually give you inherently less motivation to eat better.

Sarah Lavelle, clinical psychologist.

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