Peter Curran - NutriPete

If you’re feeling frustrated that we’re nearly in February and you’re no closer to your goals, here’s 5️⃣ things you might need to address 👉🏻

1️⃣ You’re eating too restrictively. This includes not eating the foods you want, which makes you miserable 😭, or you’re not eating enough calories. You’ll crash out and binge eat. Include treats and use a moderate deficit.

2️⃣ Wrong food choices. Eating for volume means you can actually eat more food whilst consuming less calories. You shouldn’t feel like you’re starving! Focus on foods that are low in calories per gram, vegetables are a great example of this.

3️⃣ Relying on motivation. Motivation isn’t always going to be there, staying disciplined through the times where you’re lacking motivation is critical to long term success.

4️⃣ Lack of quality sleep. Sleep is vital for the recovery of not only your body but also you’re mind. If you’re wrecked all day and in a s**t mood you’re never going to stay consistent, get a good schedule in place.

5️⃣ Listening to bad advice. Fact is everyone in the fitness industry thinks they’re an expert in nutrition when the majority aren’t. There’s a-lot of bad advice out there and it’s easy to get lost in the bulls**t, some it’s just poorly informed and some of it’s downright dangerous. Make sure whoever you’re listening to is qualified and registered with an appropriate institution!

2022 is here!

We’ve all had a few days to nurse the heads now it’s time to get started on those new year goals 💪🏻

If you’re someone thats been wanting to get started on a new you but have been putting it off now is the perfect time to start and put that motivation to good use 👏🏻

A new year brings new beginnings and a fresh start, and to celebrate i’m offering a big discount to all new clients looking to get on top of their diet 🍎

For the rest of the month new plans are ➡️

10% off if you buy one month or 20% off if you take out 2 🥵

ALL DEALS INCLUDE FULL CURRENT DIET ANALYSIS TO BEGIN WITH ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY PLAN ❤️

Don’t be busting your arse in the gym only to ruin it in the kitchen, if you’re unsure about nutrition but are serious about your goals get in touch 💪🏻

Just want to say a big merry Christmas to everyone on here!

Hope everyone has a great time with friends and family, drink that pint, eat that selection box, relax and enjoy yourselves.

Put that myfitnesspal on snooze for a few days, some things are more important, have a good one! ❤️🎄

If you’re a lad that’s been into their training for a decent amount of time i’d say you’re probably well aware of how important testosterone is when it comes to building. It’s a hormone that plays a role in muscle mass, strength, energy levels, overall mood as well as s*x drive and other health functions. All the good s**t basically 😂

There’s a reason bodybuilders and athletes looking to skirt the rules and get an edge on competition inject anabolic steroids, the s**t works, but not without health risks and the fact that they’re illegal 🚨

So as with anything you have supplements out there claiming to boost your T-levels naturally with 100% legal over the counter pills and powders, which no surprise are a load of 💩

The simple fact is there’s no evidence to support any of them work and are a complete waste of money, the majority of the ingredients are herbs and root extracts that simply don’t make that big a difference ❌

There are however some lifestyle changes you can make to help boost your T-levels naturally

➡️ GET ADEQUATE LEVELS OF GOOD QUALITY SLEEP - 8 TO 9 HOURS
➡️ WEIGHT TRAINING - SHOWN TO ELEVATE LEVELS IN THE SHORT TERM
➡️ CONSUME A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF DIETARY FATS
➡️ GET PLENTY OF SUNLIGHT OR SUPPLEMENT VITAMIN D
➡️ ENSURE ZINC INTAKE IS ADEQUATE - AROUND 11mg PER DAY

The increase won’t be to the point where you’re noting massive performance increases, but if you’re someone with low T-levels to begin with, these changes should help you improve this 💪🏻

** If males suspect they’re having issues with this get checked out by a doctor to rule out any health issues

When should you stop dieting?

This might seem weird for me to say given what I do, but there are many times when I would advise people to focus less on what they’re eating 😮

There’s a variety of reasons for this but the main ones are disordered eating and eating disorders. Now whilst they sound like the same thing they are actually different, eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia etc are defined symptomatic conditions, whereas disordered eating may not directly fit a diagnosis for a particular eating disorder, still following me here? 😂

Because it’s not as well known, many people don’t realise they have disordered eating patterns and without keeping it in check can end up causing harm down the line.

Symptoms include -
- Anxiety associated with eating foods for example stressing about going out for a meal because you might end up over your calorie goal
- Feelings of shame or guilt about eating or certain types of foods
- Extreme dieting and large weight fluctuations
- Meal skipping
- Bingeing and purging, periods of massive overeating followed by periods of extreme restriction and exercise

Id say there’s a good chance most of us have had at least one, maybe a combination of some of these at some point, and it’s in these circumstances where you might be better off taking a step back ✋🏻

There’s more to life than your bodyfat %

Food is there to be enjoyed, it’s a massive aspect in our lives and whether you’re following a diet or not, you should still be enjoying your food. Don’t let compulsive habits spoil your relationship with it 🍕🍟

Now that summers came to a close this is often a time of the year where most peoples goals change with regards to body composition

Often it’s the case that we lean out for the summer to get beach ready ☀️
And then focus more on adding mass during the winter months 🥶

Now whilst it is true that you can build muscle in a calorie deficit, being in a caloric surplus provides more of an anabolic stimulus for our muscles, meaning it’s more efficient to build muscle by increasing our intake than trying to lose body fat and build muscle at the same time 💪🏻

This has led people into a ritualistic cutting and bulking cycle throughout different portions of the year.

Now there’s reasons for and against this. As i’ve just said if you have one specific goal in mind, for example building muscle, it’s more effective to focus solely on that than to try and lose fat at the same time. But where most people go wrong is over doing it on both ends, and that’s why it’s so common to see people complaining they got fat on a bulk, and felt skinny and weak on a cut, which leads to a year round unhappiness with the way they look and feel.

What’s the point putting all that effort in just to be constantly disappointed with your results?

If you’re focusing more on adding mass this winter, make sure you’re doing the following to avoid this ➡️

➡️ Accurately workout what your maintenance intake is - don’t rely solely on apps and generators
➡️ Don’t go mad - 300 to 500 calories above maintenance is enough, a smaller person will need less, a larger person may need more, but anything excess and you’ll just end up adding fat
➡️ Ensure protein requirements are being met - around 1.8g per KG of body weight per day
➡️Make sure you’re doing resistance training
➡️ Don’t rely solely on what the scales say to measure your progress - tape measurements, skinfold callipers, progress in your lifts, photos etc should be included, remember an ⬆️ in weight doesn’t always mean an ⬆️ in muscle mass

Continue to reassess throughout your phase and make adjustments where needed to avoid wasting your time ⏱ If you’re guilty of these mistakes in the past and need a bit of help give me a shout! 💬

Is beetroot juice something you supplement with?

It’s been dubbed a “third lung” by those in the athletic community, referring to it’s ability to improve cardiorespiratory endurance 🏃‍♀️💨

Despite outlandish claims like this often being banded around about supplements, the evidence suggests it might be true ✅

Beetroot juice contains high levels of nitrates, and it’s intake has been shown to increase blood nitric oxide (NO) concentrations, so what does this lead to?

NO plays an important role in dilation of the blood vessels, blood flow, and mitochondrial respiration (energy production), so it’s a very important molecule when it comes to performance 💯

Although there’s been some mixed results in studies the bulk of the evidence has shown that supplementation can improve blood flow to the muscles, leading to -

➡️ Better oxygen and nutrient delivery
➡️ Increased cardiorespiratory endurance
➡️ Increased time to exhaustion at sub maximal intensities

In terms of how much is actually needed to show these kinds of benefits, the evidence suggests around 500mg about 2-3 hours before exercise should be plenty, but this might go up or down depending on individual factors such as weight, gender etc. About 80-90ml of beetroot juice will contain this dose depending on the brand ✅

Is this something you’d consider adding in to improve your performance? 🧐

Here’s something most people will have encountered at some stage - 🗓

One day you wake up, look in the mirror and decide the person staring back at you isn’t the best version of themselves, you make the decision to focus more on your health and fitness in a bid to get back in shape 💪🏻

All goes well for the first few months, you hit the gym hard, you’ve got your nutrition dialled in and you track everything religiously ✍️

What’s the first thing you start to get lazy with? THE TRACKING

For some reason after some success, most people grant themselves this false sense of ability to just “eyeball” foods, measuring with our eyes and not with our scales, adding things up in our heads instead of tracking them through an app 📱

The thing you have to understand about tracking is, it’s never entirely accurate, like ever, but it’s thee most accurate method of quantifying our intake

To put this into perspective, the food packaging labels you read with the nutritional information, they’re allowed a margin for error of 20% 🤯

So let’s say you measuring things with your eyes adds another 15% to that, and you could be consuming 35% extra calories than you need to without even realising it

If you want to continue making progress you must continue to track your intake, it’s your most effective weapon 🍎

Maddd work from over the last few months!

Matthew came to me looking to add lean muscle mass and get the most out of his training, he knew that nutrition was the most important factor in doing this and wanted help 🍎

When we did his initial diet analysis we highlighted a number of areas where we could improve, and worked towards designing a plan that addressed these issues, allowing him to get the maximum from the work he was putting in in the gym and add lean mass whilst minimising fat gain 💪🏻

Like most people he was somewhat apprehensive about starting as he was the first to say he was somewhat a picky eater and really wasn’t too sure how it would go, but we worked and found a diet that gave him everything he needed for progress and energy levels in the gym AND that he enjoyed eating! 🤤 Check out his testimonial to see what he thought!

Over the moon for ya mate enjoy the gainzzz you’ve earned em 🏋️‍♀️

Hows about this for a transformation 🤩

She’s a bit shy so we’l not be naming her but it’s been a pleasure coaching her these last couple months!

Hard to believe this is months after having a baby 🤯

When i was first contacted she wasn’t sure if it was for her due to being a “fussy eater” but this can always be worked around with the right strategy! Of course she’s not the first to say this, we all have our likes and dislikes but to her credit it’s been plain sailing ⛵️

Working together we created a plan that was based around her day to day life including a busy schedule of work, training and looking after the kids 👶👶👶 The plan not only allowed her to lose the stubborn weight that many struggle with after pregnancy but introduced her to new foods, increased energy levels and an all round different outlook on food and nutrition 🍎

Have a read through the testimonial for insight into how the experience went! If this is something you can relate to, don’t hesitate to get in touch! 💪🏻

Which of these is better for fat loss? 🤔

The answers simple, and it’s not related to how many calories you burn while using them. The one thats going to give you the best results at losing body fat is the one you enjoy doing, the one that you’re most likely to be consistent with ⏱📆

Its a common misconception that cardio = fat loss and weights are for building muscle, but lets look at the big picture. Timmy goes and gets a gym membership looking to lose a few pounds, he’s in a new relationship and he’s let himself go a bit (we’ve all been there 😬). He walks into the gym on day one, jumps on a treadmill and burns about 500 calories. Susan walks in the same day and burns 500 calories doing a weights circuit. Provided they’re both eating in a calorie deficit they’l both lose weight ✅

Fast forward 2 weeks and Timmy’s packed it in altogether, the thought of dragging himself to the gym to sit on exercise bike for an hour and a half just became too much to bear, meanwhile Susan’s going from strength to strength enjoying her training and making solid progress 🏋🏼

This isn’t to say weights are better than cardio for losing fat, just that in this particular situation choosing the wrong type of exercise is whats let the person down 👎🏻

➡️ The reality is that exercise only makes up a small portion of our daily energy expenditure, the bulk of this comes from our metabolic rate (the energy we burn to keep the body functioning), and our non exercise activity like walking, carrying shopping bags etc.

If your goals are more physique based like wanting to build muscle etc, a resistance training program needs to be followed, but if you’re just looking to lose weight, any form of exercise that is going to improve your health and metabolism will be beneficial.

Exercises should never be selected based on how many calories they burn because in reality its our diets that are going to determine whether or not we are burning body fat. If this is your goal then exercise should be viewed as a means of getting fitter, healthier and ultimately the increased metabolism resulting from this, will benefit fat loss in the long run 💪🏻

First sort of post i’ve had up like this but figured if at least one person can relate it’s worth putting out there 👉🏻

Finally at a point where im able to push myself with my training again after a long road back from injury 🤕

For those that don’t know, last summer I picked up a small tear in my shoulder. It was around about the time the gyms had re-opened (for the first time 🤦🏼‍♂️) and in my over eagerness to get back at it, I over did it and picked up the injury.

It wasn’t something that effected my everyday life, but left me unable to train at all which eventually led to a loss of confidence in myself, combined with the whole covid situation and trying to finish my masters degree I was just in a pretty s**t headspace. It’s the first time really i’ve suffered from something like that and it really effected me mentally having something that was such a core part of my life and aspiring career took away from me.

Fast forward almost a year and i’m at long last able to train hard again, i’m in the worst shape ive been in in a long time but suppose everyones in the same boat due to covid 🤣😂

For people going through a similar sort of thing due to illness, injury or personal problems, you’ll get there, trust the process 🙌🏻

We Move! 🏋🏼

Can you build muscle in a calorie deficit? 💪🏻

There seems to be a common misconception within the health and fitness world that you need to be “bulking” to gain muscle, and “cutting to lose fat” 🤦🏼‍♂️

Truth be told i’m not a fan of either of these terms because they imply one has to be done instead of the other ❌

You shouldn’t have to do an extreme cut after a bulking phase unless you’ve done it wrong and gained fat, and you shouldn’t have to go on a bulk after the summers over to gain back the muscle you lost when you were dieting down. Because of these mistakes in the diet people find themselves perpetually going up and down but never really progressing ⏩

You can build muscle whilst in a calorie deficit, provided your doing the following -

1️⃣ Don’t cut your calories too low - fat loss is a slow process and going too hard at the beginning will lead to increased muscle loss
2️⃣ Providing adequate growth stimulus through resistance training - make sure your training is on point and consistent, your muscles require stimulus for protein synthesis to take place
3️⃣ Adequate intake (and timing) of protein - training combined with an appropriate protein dosing strategy will still provide stimulus for growth when in a deficit

Following these steps will allow you to continue to build muscle when restricting your intake. Being in a caloric surplus provides the optimal environment for growth, but this doesn’t mean it can’t happen in a deficit 🏋🏼

CREATINE 💊

Without doubt this is now one of the most widely researched supplements on the market! But what is it and how does it work? 🤔

Creatine is actually found in our bodies naturally, stored in our muscles and liver. In the body it forms a molecule known as phosphocreatine.

Our muscles run off of energy molecules known as ATP, which are generated through various energy systems, including the break down of carbs, fats and proteins 🍞🧈🥩

Creatine comes into play by recycling used ATP molecules in very fast reactions, making them critical in various power movements such as sprinting or heavy weightlifting where other methods of producing energy simply take too long 🏋🏼

The main benefit then of supplementing creatine is increased muscle power, that initial burst or force at the beginning of an exercise, allowing you to shift bigger weight or explode off the line🏎💨

Some drawbacks however can be weight gain due to increased water retention, possibly negative impacts to endurance and in rare cases gastric distress 🤒

Ultimately the pros and cons need to be considered together when deciding whether it’s appropriate for your goals or sport 🤸🏼‍♂️⚽️

Time for some good ol fashioned keto bashing 💥👊🏻

If you follow any number “influencers” there’s a good chance you’ve been led to believe this is the ultimate for weight loss, but i’ll do a quick run through for those who haven’t heard of it ➡️

A ketogenic diet is one that focuses on high fat and protein intake with a restriction of carbs.
This forces the body to switch from glucose to ketones as a primary energy source because they’re more available 🥩

2-3 weeks into a keto diet you’ll begin feeling awful, you’ll have no energy, suffer from muscle cramps and generally just feel like a bag of sh*te 😂 But you WILL have lost a lot of weight 😯

The problem is ➡️ it’s not all fat!

Yes, some of it will be, but alot of it will be water weight and the fact that your bodies energy stores (glycogen) have gone completely, hence the bag of sh*te ☠️

Keto can be of great use to people with health problems such as diabetes or heart issues, but if you’re just looking to lose some fat, there’s easier ways of doing it 🥔🤤

One thing I haven’t mentioned about these restrictions lifting is the pubs re-opening 🍻

Normally i’d come on here and talk about how it negatively impacts a number of factors important to our fitness goal - sleep, motivation, not to mention the calorie intake of a typical night on the p**s 🙈

But in all honesty after the year and a bit we’ve all had I think we’ve earned a few pints 😂

If you’re conscious about keeping a good week going fitness wise heading into the weekend it’s all about smart decisions

1️⃣ Drink lower calorie options (including the mixer)
2️⃣ Have food ready for coming home - even a 700 calorie oven pizza is better than that 1AM kebab shop trip
3️⃣ Don’t over do it - chances are when you’re loaded these things go out the window - including the day after (or week if you’re me) 🤦🏼‍♂️

If you’re not going near the pubs to focus on your fitness goals then great, but if you are don’t feel guilty, you’ve probably earned it! 😎

That’s me on the right for those that don’t know me 👍🏻😂

Here’s why this is a load of b*lls...

I had a client ask me the other day a couple weeks into his plan, what his goal weight should be based on his height/age etc 🤨

He got the same answer i’d give anyone who asked me that whether they’re working with me or not, you’ll know when you get there!

I’m not against setting goals, in fact everyone engaging in a training or diet plan should have an end outcome in mind. Where you want to be in 3 months, 6 months, maybe a year from now, but don’t have those goals focused solely on some numbers on the scale 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

Measures like this and BMI (body mass index) don’t take into account variability from person to person, for example BMI would classify most people with a decent amount of muscle as obese, purely because they weigh heavier than the average person for that height 🤦🏼‍♂️

People are different. Some might be happy living restrictively year round to maintain 6 pack abs, others would be miserable and prefer a slightly higher body fat %

Your best version of you is going to be different than someone else’s, be the one that makes you happiest 😁

And we FINALLYY have a date! 🏋🏼🎉

30th of April the gyms re-open and we can all get back at it! With this news comes your 2 week warning ⏱

Maybe you’ve fell off a bit while they’ve been closed. Maybe you’ve not had the motivation or equipment to get anything done from home. Or maybe you just thought, f*ck it i’ll start again when they re-open 🤷🏼‍♂️

If any of these are you the clock is ticking ⏱

➡️ Use these two weeks to get good foundations in place so that when the doors fling open you’re ready to go, instead of dreading that first day back 🙃

➡️ If anyone finds themselves in this position and doesn’t know where to start, or you want to make sure you’re getting the maximum return for the work you’re putting in, don’t hesitate to get in touch! 👍🏻

Zero sugar drinks 🥤

If you’re looking to lose weight, one of the most simple but effective things you can do is swapping out full fat/sugar items for low calorie alternatives 🍫❌

Let’s look at some examples. If you’re someone who drinks full fat milk, full sugar fizzy drinks and normal butter, you could cut around 400 calories per day in your diet just from making simple switches to semi skimmed, zero sugar and low calorie spreads! That’s 2800 calories per week, an entire day’s intake for alot of people! 🍴

You don’t need to be living on chicken and broccoli everyday to see a difference, often subtle but consistent changes are all you need to do to start moving in the right direction ➡️🌈

Class is in session 🔥

We’ve all read this somewhere right? “How should I be exercising to lose fat?” “Fasted cardio” 🤔

But is this strictly true 🤨

If you’re asking me about exercise then yes, scientifically speaking there is no form of exercise that metabolises more adipose (fat) tissue than fasted, low intensity cardio activity, the studies are there to prove it 📚

But ultimately you’re not burning any more calories than someone who’s done a HIIT session after their lunch time meal deal, you’re just getting that energy from a different source. Instead of blood glucose, it’s plasma fatty acids from the breakdown of fat.

So you can’t really exercise for fat loss specifically, it’s the long term metabolic changes that result from it that will benefit this 🏋🏼

How much protein is enough protein 🥩

Think i’ve been asked this in every Q&A i’ve done so thought I may as well throw a post up about it ✌🏻

For starters, protein is essential for muscle growth and development, among other things, but i’m guessing this is what interests people most 🤨

Our muscles are literally made up of proteins, so it doesn’t take a nutritionist to work out that an adequate dosing strategy might be of benefit to our fitness goals 🤸🏼‍♂️

Research suggests between 1.6 - 1.8g per KG of body weight is enough to maximise our return, I often see PT’s claiming you need 2g, but this is probably overkill 💀

There’s probably more downside to too little than too much, but your efforts might be better focused on your intake timings as well as the quality of protein you’re consuming (but i’ll leave that for another day) ... 😂

Dispelling some common myths around our metabolisms!

For something that keeps us alive and well our metabolisms often come in for a bit of stick from people who don’t really know what they’re talking about 🤦🏼‍♂️

To keep things simple, our metabolism is the processes and reactions that occur in our bodies to give us in energy. Whether it comes from carbs, fats, proteins or our energy stores, they’re the reason me and you can do, well anything really.

It’s a pretty efficient machine in the grand scheme of things 🤷🏼‍♂️

It does not need kickstarted, or rebooted or whatever else you see people selling bs products on social media posting about 🙃

How do you speed up your metabolism long term? Move more! 🤸🏼‍♂️

What’s your relationship with the scales? 🤨

Whether it’s good or bad, it’s often normal to have a little anxiety coming up to weigh in day when you’re following a training/diet programme 🏋🏼

If this is you, then you’ll more than likely have experienced some disappointment when you step on the scales at the end of the week and see no rewards for your effort 🥲

Does this mean you haven’t got closer to your goal? No ❌

Does it mean you need to rethink what you’re doing? Not necessarily.

Using scales exclusively as a means of tracking your progress is a road to nowhere. Just because the numbers haven’t changed, doesn’t mean your body hasn’t 💪🏻

Try adding in -
➡️ Tape measurements
➡️ Skin fold measures
➡️ Performance based outcomes

Guys head over and follow the insta if you haven’t already 🙌🏻

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Fat free vs Sugar free 🥊

What is the best option? 🤨

Well, the honest answer is, it depends 🤷🏼‍♂️

On the surface this yoghurt looks a good option, but dig a little deeper and it’s not.

It may be fat free, but it’s loaded with sugar. More sugar per 100g in fact than you’d find in an equivalent amount of coca cola!! Vice versa, often the sugar free alternatives are the ones that have a high fat content 🍫

Fat and sugar free options are great to have, but one shouldn’t have to be sacrificed for the other.

🌟 CHECK THE LABELS FOLKS🌟

BE CAREFUL USING ONLINE CALORIE CALCULATORS ❗️

If you’re like most people (myself included) you’re probably using, or have used, tools such as myfitness pal to generate what your calorie intake should be.

Now whilst these can be incredibly useful tools for tracking our intakes and monitoring our progress I really advise against using them for calculating your calorie needs 🤔

This issue was brought to me by a friend who wasn’t losing the weight she thought she would be going off what the app was saying. A quick calculation on my part revealed a difference of ➡️ 400 CALORIES! 🤯

Your intake requirements are based off your basal metabolic rate involving your height, weight, gender and age (half of which these apps never ask for), and then multiplied by an activity factor 🏋🏼🤸🏼‍♀️

Always double check what you’re using is doing it the right way ✅

Me preaching from the book of calorie deficit 😂

I’m sure by now most of you know that burning fat is done through a combination of eating less and moving more, but that’s just the simplest way of putting it 🧐

If I was a financial advisor, and someone came to me asking how to save money, and I told them to spend less, i’m not going to be much help am I? The next question is going to be how?? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Knowing how it works is half the battle. Knowing how to implement it in a way that’s effective and compliments your work/training/social life, that’s the bigger issue 💯

AND WE HAVE A WINNER 🎉

Big congratulations to Niall Smyth on winning last weeks competition. Well done mate, i’ll be in touch to arrange delivery 👍🏻

➡️ Guys I have very limited availability, spots are filling up fast! If you’re struggling with your weight in lockdown or just want to get the most out of the work you’re putting in, GET IN TOUCH!

➡️ Get yourself a coach that knows what their talking about and has the qualifications to back it up 💪🏻

🌟 PANCAKE TUESDAY HAS ARRIVED 🌟 Try a scoop of whey protein in yours for that extra protein boost! Tastes great too 🤤

Insta is now up and running will be posting there more regularly!

Head over and give the page a follow ➡️

If you have 2 minutes to spare and fancy reading some absolute drivel give this one a go 🤦🏼‍♂️

I think we’re all well aware of the impact the obesity epidemic has had on society, we’re at a point where it’s now one of the leading causes of death, so clearly something needs to be done.

This, i’m afraid, is not it. A drug people can take to reduce their hunger and lose weight sounds good on paper but in reality it’s not. It’s a short term solution for a long term, deep lying problem.

An obese person could start this drug tomorrow and i’m sure they’l lose weight as the evidence suggests, but if they’re still consuming excessive amounts of saturated fats and sugar they’re still likely to die an early death. And once they stop taking it they’l put the weight back on because they haven’t been taught how to do it properly 🤷🏼‍♂️

People need education and support, not short term “miracle drugs” 💊

Professor Rachel say’s in the last line “people can now achieve with this drug what was previously only possible with weight loss surgery”. I can’t help think she’s forgetting something 🤔

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