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GLP-1 medications cause a loss of fat, muscle, bone and your health

15/1/2026

In my previous articles on GLP-1 medications I’ve been fairly tame in my opinions and comments, and I’ve just been informative of what these medications do and some of the risks of them. A number of people taking these medications have commented on these posts and saying how these medications helped improved their health. They have missed the point on the risks and effects on their long term health. Hence this article.

A warning! This article might be a bit triggering for some people… As I don’t hold back my thoughts in this one! But I’m not apologising for this.

Briefly, what do GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and others do?

They reduce your appetite and stop hunger cravings, and slow digestive system function, to give a false feeling of fullness for longer, so you stop eating less CR@P foods, unhealthy junk and processed foods. There, I said it… but I haven’t finished.

So you basically eat less, or in reality, you STARVE your body of nutrients your body needs to function properly. When you don’t get enough nutrition, your body will access the required nutrients internally, if it can.

Less nutrition in your diet due to starvation on GLP-1 medications causes your body to break down your fat stores for energy. So you lose weight.

Less nutrition in your diet due to starvation causes your body to break down your muscle mass for protein it needs for many metabolic functions, hormones, neurotransmitters, enzymes and more. So you lose more weight. But less muscle mass causes a reduced metabolic rate, which slows your weight loss, and can even start to put on weight again even though you are eating less.

Less nutrition in your diet due to starvation causes your body to break down your bones for necessary minerals for many body functions. So you lose more weight. But this turns into low bone density conditions of osteopenia and osteoporosis, which is happening even in people in their 30s on these medications. Low bone density is a massive risk for mortality (death).

GLP-1 medications are NOT weight loss medications or diabetes medications. They are STARVATION and MALNUTRITION medications. They DO NOT improve your health at all.

You can lose weight, reverse diabetes, and reverse other chronic health conditions, and keep your long-term health, in much better and safer ways.

Stay healthy!

Rapid weight loss from GLP-1 medications can cause toxins and heavy metals to be released from body fat stores...

15/1/2026

Following on from my recent article on GLP-1 medications and their effects on rapid weight loss, being from body fat (adipose tissue), but unfortunately also from lean muscle mass and bone mass too, there are some other unintended side effects of this weight loss which people don’t seem to understand but can be very bad for their health.

Our body fat stores are a biological and evolutionary advantage in some situations, such as in colder climates as it offers a level of insulation to the core organs and tissues. Our body fat can sustain life and body functions for longer in times of food shortages due to seasonal declines or the effects of severe weather events such as droughts which traditionally can limit food availability. But these advantages are much less of a benefit in modern Western cities and diets with an abundance of food.

But body fat can also be a disadvantage too. Body fat is a metabolically active tissue (Richard, White, Elks & Stephens, 2020), in that it produces metabolic hormones, which can affect your metabolism, appetite, immune system function, reproduction and fertility, bone health, and more. The hormones from increased body fat can create a vicious cycle of increased oestrogens (affecting female hormone balance, or having massive effects on male hormones), decreased satiety and increased hunger (due to leptin resistance), increased inflammation, which can all contribute to further weight gain.

Body fat can also be an area where your body will store toxins and chemicals and heavy metals, especially if your detoxification organs and functions are overwhelmed by the amount of these that you are exposed to in your diet or environment. Your body does not like having these toxins and chemicals going around the body in the blood all the time, so your body will cleverly get these toxins and chemicals out of the bloodstream into other body areas instead – into your body fat!

When you reduce body fat due to increased exercise or from reduced food intake or starvation (which these GLP-1 medications cause by reducing your appetite and hunger, and slowing digestion), your body will turn to your body fat as a source of energy.

Reduced body fat stores will also release these stored toxins and chemicals and heavy metals into your bloodstream again! (Jandacek, Liu & Tso, 2024). This will cause a LOT of toxicity, oxidative damage, and inflammation symptoms, and likely overwhelm your detoxification organs (liver and kidneys etc) and cause damage to them.

Recirculating toxins and chemicals will also affect your brain and affect your mental health, but also affect all organs and tissues, and therefore your overall health. The released toxins and chemicals and heavy metals may cause symptoms of fatigue, poor memory, poor concentration, headaches or migraines, increased mental health symptoms, inflammatory symptoms in the digestive system or on the skin, liver pain, or other symptoms.

Hence if you are using GLP-1 medications you need to take this info into account, and include in your health plan some ways to prevent the inflammation, oxidative damage and toxicity during your weight loss.

Additionally, due to the reduced nutrient intake from the reduced appetite and slower digestion, you need to include treatments to prevent the muscle loss and bone loss, and prevent other chronic health issues which result from the nutrient deficiencies or the muscle/bone loss.

Taking GLP-1 medications for weight loss or diabetes without these precautions will likely affect both your short-term and long-term health.

Stay healthy!

References:

Jandacek, R., Liu, M., & Tso, P. (2024). Interactions of Body Weight Loss with Lipophilic Toxin Storage: Commentary, Journal of Nutrition, 154 (3):801–803. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.01.018

Richard, A.J., White, U., Elks, C.M., & Stephens, J.M. (2020). Adipose Tissue: Physiology to Metabolic Dysfunction. Endotext [Internet]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK555602/

GLP-1 Medications – The Real Story!

6/1/2026

I’m sure you have all seen the relentless advertising on social media and other sources, including even in “news” stories, of the latest “science” in weight loss, being the GLP-1 medications of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and others. These medications are being prescribed for weight gain and obesity, or type 2 diabetes.

This article will go into detail on these medications, including how they came about, how or if they work, and their controversies and risks. Then you can see if these medications are right for you, or what might be some alternatives.

Firstly, what is “GLP-1”?!

GLP-1 is “Glucagon-like Peptide 1”, or a protein similar to Glucagon, which is one of your main metabolic and digestive hormones (Ohio State University, 2025), particularly of glucose metabolism. Both glucagon and GLP-1 are naturally made in your body, in the pancreas and intestinal tract, respectively (Runge et. al., 2003). Glucagon and GLP-1 act in similar ways in your body to:

Prepare the pancreas for insulin production and secretion following a meal high in carbs
Slows the stomach function
Tells the brain that we’ve had enough food (especially sugar/carbs).

The GLP-1 medications are known as GLP-1 Receptor Agonists. This means that they stimulate the effect of the natural GLP-1 hormone in the body, but for much longer than the naturally-made GLP-1 which breaks down quickly. The medication form of GLP-1 is synthesised with modifications to its chemical structure to the natural form, to allow it to last for, and have its metabolic effects for, approximately 1 week as opposed to just minutes for the natural GLP-1. These medications are administered via a weekly injection.

The GLP-1 medications were originally designed and used for people with diabetes to reduce blood sugar levels. But it was found that people taking the medication lost a significant amount of weight. This lead to people taking the medication for off-label use to lose weight instead. This is why some GLP-1 medications have regulator approval (ie, from FDA or TGA etc) for diabetes, and others are approved for weight loss.

One of the unnamed brands advertising GLP-1 medications in a weight loss program makes the following claims:

Using medications for weight loss is not cheating, but the smartest way! (Once you have read through this document, you should realise that it isn’t the best way at all!)
Weight loss isn’t about willpower, but biology!
80% of weight gain is genetic, so it’s out of your control! And hence why you should take these medications instead.

This is “marketing”, or also known as “lies”, to get you to buy into their product. None of these points are actually true.

How do the GLP-1 medications reduce blood sugars and diabetes?
GLP-1 medications allegedly work by lowering blood glucose levels, and therefore reducing the damaging health effects of glucose on causing weight gain and diabetes. In particular, these medications are prescribed also to reduce the cardiovascular and kidney effects and risks of high glucose levels (Collins and Costello, 2024).
High glucose is normally (ie, without using medications) mitigated by 1) reducing the carbs in your diet, and 2) the production of insulin by the pancreas, which enables the blood glucose to be taken up by your cells. The idea is that in diabetes in particular, the effect of insulin on blood glucose is reduced, so these medications further help the blood glucose levels and balance.

How do the GLP-1 medications reduce body weight? (ie, the MOA - Mechanism of Action)

The GLP-1 medications, because they reduce blood glucose, will reduce the effects of excess glucose on causing weight gain. Your excess body fat is just a storage of excess glucose changed into a form called triglycerides, ready for you to use at a future time.

The GLP-1 medications also assist with obesity and perhaps diabetes by suppressing the emptying of the stomach, to keep you feeling fuller for longer which can reduce your appetite and hunger to reduce your intake of food. The medications also prevent the production of another metabolic hormone of glucagon, which prevents the liver from releasing stored glucose (from glycogen), preventing glucose production, increased glucose uptake to the muscles, and increased satiety, all to further reduce blood glucose.

In effect, these medications are forcing you to starve yourself. So of course you will lose weight.
I don’t doubt that these medications work to reduce blood glucose, but then so can reducing the amount of carbs in your diet! Or reducing your response to stress, or doing more exercise, and addressing other root causes and factors to high blood sugar levels or weight gain. If you have tried to lose weight or reverse diabetes but are not getting the results, you haven’t found or fixed all the root causes in your situation.

How is GLP-1 made in medications? (ie, Where does the GLP-1 in medications come from?)

The GLP-1 Receptor Agonist medications use a synthetic and modified form of GLP-1, so their manufacturer can trademark and register their medication to prevent other manufacturers copying the medication, and so they can make more money. Manufacturers can’t get a trademark or big profits on natural products.

Hence the GLP-1 in the medications is not the same as the natural hormone. The synthetic GLP-1 in Ozempic for example, came from synthesising a protein found in the venom of a lizard called the Gila Monster! (Science Alert, 2025) This lizard is native to the USA and Mexico.

The synthetic GLP-1 from lizard venom is modified to prevent it being broken down in the body within minutes. Hence it has its effects on your metabolism for much longer than it should.

Are you shocked or concerned that the GLP-1 medications are made from lizard venom?!

What are the risks and health issues of the GLP-1 medications? (ie, side effects)
There have been many minor or serious and chronic health issues resulting from the GLP-1 medications, including the following (TGA, 2025; Collins and Costello, 2024):

The most common side effects include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. The loss of fluids and electrolytes from chronic vomiting and diarrhoea will lead to even more nutrient deficiencies and kidney damage
Partial or complete and sudden blindness – by reducing blood and oxygen supply to the eyes
Heart and circulation issues of dizziness, fast heartbeat (tachycardia), and headaches
Increased infections from a reduced immune system function
Development of autoimmune and allergic reactions to the GLP-1 medications
Liver and gall bladder issues, abdominal bloating and pain
Thyroid cancer
Low blood sugar levels
Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
Muscle loss – approximately 40% of the weight loss from these medications comes from the loss of muscle. This can cause more health issues from affecting your metabolic rate, causing reduced ability to lose weight, and increased rebound weight gain. In fact, most people gain at least 2/3 of their weight loss within 12 months of stopping these medications. And that weight gain is almost all body fat
Bone loss – a reduced bone density occurs from the chronic nutrient deficiencies caused by these medications. This can occur even in younger people, and can increase the risk of mortality due to bone breakages
Loss of connective tissue – due to the loss of protein and muscle mass, and other nutrient deficiencies caused by these medications. I’m sure you’ve seen people with the “Ozempic face”, especially in celebrities? Thin, gaunt, and emaciated faces are an early side effect of these medications, due to rapid muscle loss and connective tissue loss
Decreased appetite – this is one the main actions or “benefits” of these medications, that they suppress hunger and appetite so you don’t eat as much. Or more accurately, you don’t eat as much crap foods which would have been causing the weight gain and diabetes in the first place… You don’t need a dangerous medication to suppress your appetite – you need a better choice of foods. Did you know there are foods which can suppress your hunger for longer?
Lower energy and fatigue, due to not getting enough nutrition needed to produce energy, and a reduced metabolic rate.

As a result of the number and seriousness of the side effects of these medications, only 27% of people taking them can last 12 months on them (Mozaffarian, 2024).

The Product Information insert for these medications has a “black box” warning, indicating the seriousness of some of these side effects.

Frequent blood testing is recommended if on these medications, to find the above issues, before they become a bigger issue.

Are the GLP-1 medications right for you?

No. Never.

But there are some specific issues which would prevent someone from taking these GLP-1 medications including:

People with gastroparesis (delayed stomach emptying), as the medications make this worse
Having inflammatory bowel disease (IBD, IBS, etc)
Having past history or family history of endocrine cancers or thyroid cancer
Having pancreatitis or a past history of this
Having severe kidney dysfunction
Pregnant women are advised not to take this medication, and women of reproductive age or who want to have children are recommended to use contraceptives or stop this medication for a minimum of several months before a planned pregnancy, due to reproductive toxicity and foetal toxicity (including deaths, and deformities)
Women who are breast-feeding should not take this medication, as it has been found in breast milk in animal studies.

Legal action from side effects of GLP-1 medications

The GLP-1 medications are so “safe and effective” that there are numerous lawsuits being filed against some of the manufacturers for serious side effects from using these medications (Reuters, 2025).

The irony…

In the course of human history, hunger and starvation from malnutrition has been an ongoing issue, even today in many under-developed parts of the world. Malnutrition has been the biggest cause of death ever in humans. These GLP-1 medications promote malnutrition, and so will also promote an early death.

Scientists developed the GLP-1 drugs, not for weight loss or to lower blood glucose levels, but to stop you eating! Eating less leads to starvation, which leads to loss of fat, muscle and bone, and causes chronic nutrient deficiencies and related chronic conditions. This is exactly what happens with these medications. They are not weight-loss medications, but dangerous medications which cause starvation and malnutrition.

The reduced muscle mass will also reduce your metabolic rate, which will forever make it very easy to put on weight again, and extremely difficult to lose it again.

Some reports indicate that one in 8 adults in the USA are taking these medications or have taken them, even though they don’t have diabetes or are obese! (Food and Wine, 2025). This seems to be from the misunderstanding that people can still eat crap, but just less of it, and not get the consequences of the crap diet, such as weight gain and diabetes, or other chronic health issues.

Then there’s the financial cost of these medications… In the USA where you have to pay for everything medical, it can cost up to $16,000 per year to be on these medications (Mozaffarian, 2024). Even if every US adult were eligible for a discounted rate, it would still cost over $600 BILLION, which is more than the cost of ALL other prescription medications combined in the US!

But these medications are not cost-effective, as a study has found that the annual medical costs of those taking the GLP-1 medications actually DOUBLED due to side effects and ongoing health issues (Mozaffarian, 2024).

In Australia with Medicare prescription rebates and PBS subsidies, the cost of the GLP-1 medications is much lower, at around $30-$40 per month if approved and prescribed by your doctor, or $150-$700 privately (ie, not prescribed) (Fugen Health, 2025). The subsidised cost will be taken by the Aus government which will result in a likely massive bill to the taxpayer!

Or you can just improve your diet and lifestyle… for free!

In summary

Weight gain and diabetes are metabolic diseases which always have root causes and other environmental/epigenetic factors driving their development and progression. You CANNOT fix those root causes or factors with any medication! And medications ALWAYS cause side effects, as additional or worse symptoms.

Unless you find and fix all the root causes and factors to weight gain or diabetes in YOU, you will not lose weight or reverse diabetes. Weight loss and reversing diabetes is easy, but only with a personalised, holistic, and root-cause based treatment plan.

Your body needs NUTRIENTS to function properly, and for your ongoing health. However, these medications cause a reduced appetite, slower digestion, increased and longer fullness, natural hormone disruption, all of which lead to starvation and many nutrient deficiencies. Starving yourself just to lose weight makes no sense, when it’s at the expense of your health. And because you haven’t fixed the causes of your weight gain or diabetes, you will have the same problems when you stop taking these medications.

Using GLP-1 medications, instead of addressing your root causes, is a very dangerous idea which will rob you of your long-term health. What is the point of losing weight if you won’t have your health to enjoy it?

Are these medications really worth the massive and serious side effects they cause? Of course they aren’t! Especially when there’s better, safer, and cheaper ways lose weight and improving your long-term health!

Sometimes the latest trend or the latest medication is NOT the best way to health.

For further information or alternatives for help with losing weight or reversing diabetes, please see my website (here: www.rosswalter.com.au) or follow my Facebook page (here: https://www.facebook.com/rawnutritionist).

Stay healthy!

References:

Collins, L., & Costello, R.A. (2024). Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists. Retrieved 3rd January 2026 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551568/

Food and Wine. (2025). 1 in 8 People in the U.S. Has Taken a GLP-1 Drug and Food Brands Are Taking Notice. Retrieved 5th January 2026 from https://www.foodandwine.com/glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-changes-food-industry-8770308

Fugen Health. (2025). GLP-1 Weight Loss Medications: How They're Changing What—and How—We Eat in Australia. Retrieved 5th January 2026 from https://www.fugenhealth.com.au/glp-1-weight-loss-medications-how-theyre-changing-what-and-how-we-eat-in-australia/

Mozaffarian, D. (2024). GLP-1 Agonists – A new recipe for success? Journal of the American Medical Association, 331(12):1007–1008. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.2252

Ohio State University. (2025). How to activate GLP-1 naturally. Retrieved 1st January 2026 from https://health.osu.edu/wellness/exercise-and-nutrition/activiating-glp-1-naturally

RACGP. (2025). Debate over ‘doctor-approved’ weight loss drugs obtained online. Retrieved 2nd January 2026 from https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/debate-over-doctor-approved-weight-loss-drugs-obta

Reuters. (2025). Lawsuits claiming Ozempic, other GLP-1s led to blindness become second mass litigation over the drugs. Retrieved 2nd January 2026 from https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/lawsuits-claiming-ozempic-other-glp-1s-led-blindness-become-second-mass-2025-12-15/

Runge, S., Wulff, BS., Madsen, K., Bräuner-Osborne, H., Knudsen, L.B. (2003). Different domains of the glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors provide the critical determinants of ligand selectivity. British Journal of Pharmacology, 138(5):787–794. DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705120

Science Alert. (2025). Ozempic Literally Came From a Monster – And It's Not Alone. Retrieved 1st January 2026 from https://www.sciencealert.com/ozempic-literally-came-from-a-monster-and-its-not-alone

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). (2025). Ozempic: Australian Product Information. Retrieved 3rd January 2-26 from https://www.tga.gov.au/sites/default/files/auspar-semaglutide-201030-pi.pdf

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GLP-1 medications for diabetes or weight loss do not fix the causes of your weight gain

9/12/2025

Recently (1st Dec 2025), the useless World Health/Hoax Organisation issued its first guidance on the new GLP-1 (semaglutide) class of medications (United Nations, 2025). These medications include Wegovy, Mounjaro and others prescribed for weight loss, or Ozempic prescribed for diabetes.

Ridiculously, the WHO says that increased weight and obesity is a chronic DISEASE, and not the result of lifestyle choices! They clearly don’t have a clue about health, weight gain or nutrition!

We’ve had nearly 50 years of a weight gain and obesity epidemic, despite the alleged “health” advice over that time from the WHO, government food guidelines, doctors, and dietitians, and we are actually having even higher levels of obesity and chronic health issues related to increased weight than ever before, such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and cancers. Probably because the diet advice was all wrong.

There are an incredible number of dangerous side effects for these medications, which I will expand on in another article soon. But in short, the side effects include digestive symptoms, muscle wasting (muscle loss), lower bone density, arthritis, suicidal ideation, and more (RACGP, 2025).

Unless the root causes of YOUR weight issues are found and fixed, treated or removed, no amount of dieting or exercise will help you to lose weight. Weight loss is actually very easy, with a personalised treatment plan. Standard weight loss plans, being the same for everyone, simply do not work!
Taking a medication for weight loss doesn’t work either! Medications don’t ever fix the root causes of your weight gain, and they always introduce new symptoms as side effects. And as soon as you stop taking the medication, all the weight will come back again, and you end up worse than before due to the side effects too.

Weight gain absolutely is the result of your choices of foods and lifestyle. Hence improving your diet and lifestyle can reverse the weight gain! This can be a much safer, and more sustainable way to achieve your healthy goal weight.

Stay healthy!

References:

RACGP. (2025). Examining the pros and cons of semaglutide. Retrieved 3rd December 2025 from https://www1.racgp.org.au/.../examining-the-pros-and-cons...

United Nations. (2025). WHO backs wider use of weight-loss medicines, calling obesity a chronic disease. Retrieved 2nd December 2025 from https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166477

Renowned Cardiologist calls it a pandemic of misinformation

30/9/2022

Hindsight is always amazing... When you look back at decisions or choices made and reflect on whether that was the right thing to do, or did it work, or were there in fact issues that could be corrected or avoided for next time.

Dr Aseem Malhotra is an experienced and renowned heart surgeon and Cardiologist in London, UK. In a very recent interview to promote his two new published studies, he reflected on what has happened with regard to the COVID-19 vaccine program and was there a cost-benefit outcome from this worldwide clinical trial on (almost) every man, woman and child? His two studies may be seen as controversially titled, but I think is very fair and accurate - entitled "Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine", parts 1 and 2 (Malhotra, 2022a; Malhotra, 2022b).

In the interview about these 2 new studies (Youtube, 2022), Dr Malhotra said he was very pro-vaccine, and got the two Pfizer shots early in their promotion, and he was even on TV shows promoting and recommending people to get them, and even attacking those who had "vaccine hesitancy" (those who didn't want to get the shots because of their lack of testing and having major risks). He said he got the shots and was promoting them as he said "I didn't conceive even the possibility, even though he had some scepticism of the benefit, I didn't think it would cause any significant harm at all". He then said that information changed and evolved, and he started looking at the data on the benefits vs side effects of the COVID-19 shots more critically because his father suffered a sudden heart attack and passed away in July 2021 and his post-mortem findings didn't make sense to him, with critical heart issues showing, despite being fit and healthy and having no family history of heart disease. His father's health and lifestyle, he said, was much better in recent years after getting a coronary calcium score test and other good test results.

Dr Malhotra then started seeing more information on the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) showing that they cause coronary inflammation and increase heart attack risk, and huge 25% increase in heart attacks in 16-39 year olds which was explicitly linked to the mRNA vaccines and not to the COVID-19 infection as such. And the icing on the cake with clear potential harms of these vaccines, which isn't being discussed, based in a published study in the Vaccine journal, re-evaluating the original randomised controlled data from the Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials, of the data which lead to their being approved for use, showing that someone is more likely to suffer a SERIOUS adverse event (such as a life-changing disability, hospitalisation etc) from the mRNA vaccines at a rate of one in 800 vaccines given. The risk of a serious vaccine reaction was higher than the risk of being hospitalised from the COVID-19 infection. Other studies of real-world data shows similar rates confirming the side effect risks of the mRNA vaccines is higher than being hospitalised from COVID-19, with Norway data showing a risk of one in 926 vaccines. This data is still based on the official REPORTED cases to government adverse events databases. The risk of the most vulnerable group, being the over-80s being hospitalised from COVID-19 is just one in 7000. True numbers of mRNA vaccine side effects are likely to be MUCH higher, with 90+% of adverse events not being reported at all.

Based on this data and his findings, Dr Malhotra recommends that the mRNA vaccines must be stopped while further investigations are done.

Another issue that Dr Malhotra has about the COVID-19 vaccine program is the right of "informed consent", being that people have an absolute right to decide for themselves on their health choices and their body, being based on good quality "evidence" from studies and data and "health officials" giving people that good quality information as risks vs benefits of the shots.

The second part of the two studies that Dr Malhotra has just published is about looking at "how we got it wrong, why we got it wrong, and what are the solutions moving forward". He has previously on three occasions called for public enquiries into excess deaths from prescribed medications, as deaths from doctors prescribing drugs is the THIRD most common cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.

Dr Malhotra says one of the biggest problems in health and medicine is "big pharma", referring to the major pharmaceutical companies with their "unchecked power", and "who function in ways which are anti-human, and they are profit-making machines, and they function like a psychopath, and have a history of deceiving people for profit and causing unnecessary harm".

Moving forward he says we need to:

Make sure that the medicines regulator isn't funded by the pharmaceutical industry, as the UK, US and Australian regulators certainly are, and in many other countries too
Disassociate medical education from pharmaceutical company sponsorship
Have independent testing of pharmaceutical drugs, and not relying on the pharma companies to do this (and manipulate their data).

Dr Malhotra agreed with the interviewer that the lack of any evidence of the COVID-19 vaccines preventing transmission made the vaccine mandates were absurd, unethical and criminal. He said that instead, the focus should have been on open discussions of the risks vs benefits and helping the most vulnerable, which would have likely given better outcomes with less harm, rather than the vaccines causing more harm than good in most people. The only benefit of the vaccine mandates was to the profit line of the pharma companies, despite the "extremely poor efficacy and unprecedented harm" they caused, and they are not interested in your health. He said we have to rebuild (the medical and health system) and move forward, by fixing the problems with "root cause analysis". All problems can be truly fixed by finding and fixing the root causes of the problem, not just symptom relief. He said even Doctors do not realise that the government medical regulators are part of the problem, with no independent testing being done on vaccines or medications.

His words of "root cause analysis" caught my attention, as this is what I do! I've known for a long time that this is what is needed to resolve health issues, but this is not the medical way that only "manages" the symptoms by hiding them with medications designed to suppress them, or surgeries to remove the symptom, but never to find and fix the causes. Because there was no training in root cause analysis in our education, and the same for Doctors, I've had to invent a process to help find all the root causes in each person. This helps me greatly with each client, and helps them to get better much more quickly and for long-term resolution of all symptoms and conditions.

Are we going heading toward oblivion, or should we start changing track to Utopia? His words.

Please see his full interview (12 minutes long) in this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spau8UwRwZs

Stay healthy!

References:

Malhotra, A. (2022a). Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 1. Journal of Insulin Resistance, 5 (1), a71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jir.v5i1.71

Malhotra, A. (2022b). Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine - Part 2. Journal of Insulin Resistance, 5 (1), a72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jir.v5i1.72

Youtube. (2022). Dr. Aseem Malhotra: Short Sharp Chat on his Vaccine Cost Benefit Paper! Retrieved 30th September 2022 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spau8UwRwZs

Is it worth dying for?

2/5/2021

This is a tragic real story of what can happen with pharmaceutical companies testing new drugs on real people.

In 2006, a drug company developed a new medication for the treatment of cancers, code-named as "TGN1412". Pre-clinical studies, especially on animals (rodents and monkeys) showed no toxic responses, so the company moved to human trials on 6 healthy male volunteers. Two people were in the control group and 4 received the medication.

Within about 1 hour, those who got the medication were having severe allergy-like reactions, which resulted in headaches, nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing, high fever, muscle pain, organ failure, low blood pressure and blood clotting symptoms... Sound familiar?!

All volunteers were transferred to intensive care hospitals , where one person died, and others lost limbs from clotting issues or permanent organ damage, or other major health complications.

This particular medical trial resulted in the European Medicines Agency to change the guidelines for testing drugs in humans. The tragic events in this trial serve as a reminder that animal trials do not confirm safety in humans, or that becoming a volunteer for medical trials for new and experimental medications or vaccines is not worth risking your life for...

Despite the dangers and effects of the medication, another company is continuing research on this medication.

This story is relevant for a couple of reasons:
1) The major manufacturers of the recent un-named vaccines skipped clinical trials on animals and went straight into testing on human volunteers with simultaneous production of their vaccines
2) Animal trails often find issues with the medications or vaccines before they are tested on humans, but humans are NOT the same as rats or monkeys, with different physiological and biochemical responses. Hence a medication or vaccine which appears to work in animals may not in humans
3) The current vaccine manufacturers have documented their "Phase 3 clinical trials" as still being current, until 2022 or 2023... meaning that the population who are getting their vaccines ARE their guinea pigs - THEY are the clinical trial.

This true situation has resulted in a movie (called "The Facility") being loosely based on what happened. A BBC documentary on this tragic story is also available to watch.

Stay healthy. Don't mess with nature - your immune system knows what to do!

References:
Here's more on the story - https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-six-fit-young-men-9860903

Many studies on the drug, called "TGN1412" can be found here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/tgn1412

To fix health issues you must find and fix the root causes

16/3/2021

I was recently interviewed by a colleague/lecturer for his podcast channel, on a topic of my choice - of a particular health topic that is a passion for me, and something unique... On the issue of finding and treating the root causes of all health conditions!

While this might not sound that unusual, most people don't really undersand this, or why their health issues aren't getting better despite having medical or alternative treatments.

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine (and also of Naturopathic medicine) stated in his famous principles (amongst several others) to:

1) Treat the causes
2) Treat the whole body.

What people don't understand that this is not, and hasn't been for a LONG time, the medical model! The modern medical model is to:

1) Diagnose a condition after investigation of symptoms and testing
2) Treat the condition or symptoms with surgery or medications that remove or hide the symptoms
3) Treat everyone with that diagnosed condition or symptom the same!

How did the medical model get so far removed from the principles of Hippocrates?

The medical model can only "manage" your symptoms or conditions, and not actually treat them. Prescribed medications only hide symptoms but not actually fix the causes of them (because the causes are never investigated or found), so that symptoms are (sometimes) kept at bay only while you take the medications, but symptoms will return as soon as you stop taking them.

Prescribed medications also:

1) Push the issues deeper into the body and can cause worse symptoms over time, as the root causes are not treated
2) Cause side effects - ie, other symptoms, for which they will simply prescribe more medications to hide, which in turn cause more symptoms... Welcome to the pharmaceutic merry-go-round
3) Cause nutrient deficiencies, as medications often affect normal metabolic or digestive processes, leading to nutrient deficiencies, which in turn cause more symptoms and side effects.

In contrast, what I do is undertake a thorough and detailed investigation into all of your health issues, diet analysis of excesses vs deficiencies, lifestyle factors (stress, exercise, sleep), digestive system function, hormones, physical signs and symptoms, pathology analysis, and more!

I have developed a "root cause analysis prototol" which I then use to identify all of YOUR root causes as well as key symptoms that need treating, and put a treatment plan and recommendations together to quickly improve how you feel, as well as fixing all the root causes, which will return you to health and prevent issues into the future! In doing this, I am treating the whole body, as per Hippocrates' principles. It is a very different approach, but it works! Hence why I specialise in complex and chronic health issues, because I can find the root causes and get results, where doctors and other practitioners do not help you to improve.

Many times, the root causes can be very simple and easy to fix! But the root causes vary from one person to the next, even for people with the same diagnosed condition. Everyone is different!

If you are not happy with the progress of your "treatment", or if you feel that the root causes are not being found or treated, then please contact me for an investigation and advice that is specific to you! It is MOST important to find and fix the root causes, in order for you to get your health back, and to achieve your health goals!

Listen to my interview on the importance of finding and treating the root causes, now on the Humanley website:

https://www.humanley.com/blog/episode22

OR listen on Spotify;

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0AZxXvVogMQK8sKwwBXcri

Stay healthy!

Modern medicine is JUST an experiment of using toxic chemicals into malnourished people

4/12/2020

Modern medicine is just an experiment of what happens when you put toxic chemicals into malnourished bodies...

Medications don't fix anything. They just trick the body into hiding your symptoms, to make you feel better. Take for instance pain-killing medications - they perform clever things to your biochemical pathways to stop the pain-causing neurotransmitters and/or the cellular receptors from responding to the neurotransmitters, so you don't FEEL the pain. Even though the root causes of the pain are still there, still triggering the pain, and still triggering the pain neurotransmitters...

Or cough medicines which stop you coughing. Never mind that the coughing is a natural mechanism to get the infected mucus and wastes out of your body! Hence you stay more infected and sicker for longer...

Or anti-inflammatory medications which reduce inflammation. Never mind that inflammation is your immune system's natural healing process, so you are in fact prolonging your injury, preventing healing and preventing your immune system from working, which in turn can lead to more infections and over time, cancer.

Or medications to reduce indigestion, reflux, or heartburn etc, by reducing the amount of stomach acid that your stomach produces, to reduce your symptoms. Never mind that your stomach is supposed to be acidic in order to digest your food and release all the nutrients that you eat! If you aren't digesting your foods, you won't be absorbing the nutrients from your foods, and you will quickly become deficient in a large number of nutrients, which in turn cause many more symptoms and conditions, which you may likely reach for more medications to try to hide.... and never actually fix anything. All the while, your health gets worse and worse.

Medications can't fix a poor diet. Medications can't correct nutrient deficiencies. What you need instead is to fix the root causes of your symptoms, which WILL give you long-term resolution and prevention of recurrence!

Sadly, this is not what doctors or the medical system do. They "treat" symptoms (really, they just "manage" symptoms) with medications or surgery.
I instead, as a Clinical Nutritionist, Naturopath and Herbalist, focus on finding all the root causes of all your symptoms and putting together a plan to treating and fixing those root causes, as well as using better and safer options to reduce symptoms and make you feel better, while fixing the causes.

Finding and fixing any nutrient deficiencies is also a very important aspect of what I do, which can be done through signs and symptoms and/or pathology testing. It is also interesting to note that most medications actually CAUSE many nutrient deficiencies, which is also something I check that your medications are doing...

Don't just hide your symptoms! Get rid of them forever, by finding and fixing the root causes. That is what I can help you with!

reflux and heartburn medications make your health worse

26/9/2019

This article is a great example of the medicine roundabout that I see very often in my clinical practice, and the difference between allopathic medicine (GPs and pharmaceutical medications), and what I do in Nutritional and Naturopathic treatments.

In allopathic medicine, patients are prescribed medications which may reduce some symptoms, but introduce or cause other symptoms in the form of side effects. These side effects cause long-term (ie, chronic) complications which can be very serious, which then need further medications being prescribed, which in turn cause more side effects etc etc... all because of one or more simple, preventable and very easily treatable factors are the real root causes. But of course no GP ever looks for the root causes, nor recommends nutrient supplements or lifestyle improvements which can prevent and reverse the whole cascade of issues I mention below.

One of the most common issues I see is a client having one or more digestive system symptoms. The symptoms can include some or all of the following:

- frequent burping
- reflux, indigestion, heartburn
- bloating and gas
- constipation or diarrhoea
- nausea after eating some foods.

As a result, many people with these symptoms will visit their GP, who will prescribe various medications to reduce symptoms, such as Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) medications like Nexium, Somac, Zantac and others. BTW, Zantac was recently stopped from production due to it containing a cancer-causing compound...

PPI medications reduce the stomach's ability to produce stomach acid and enzymes, in an attempt to reduce heartburn and reflux. But your body naturally needs stomach acid and enzymes to be produced to digest your food properly. Sure, PPIs can sometimes reduce the reflux or indigestion symptoms, but they don't work most of the time as people with the above symptoms generally have LOW stomach acid already, because of nutrient deficiencies which are causing the reflux and indigestion.

If your stomach cannot digest food properly, the undigested food will mostly not be absorbed into your body to be used, which will lead to many nutrient deficiencies including:

- iron
- vitamin B12
- folate
- magnesium
- calcium
- and zinc.

The longer you use PPI medications for, the worse your nutrient deficiencies will be. In addition, the undigested food makes its way past the small intestine and into the large intestine where there are trillions of digestive bacteria! There's nothing they like better than undigested carbohydrates and proteins to feast on! And they do! Your gut bacteria will ferment the carbohydrates into gas and alcohol (in the same way as making beer and wine!), and putrify the meat proteins to cause lots of GAS, which causes BLOATING, which causes PAIN, and dysbiosis (an imbalance of gut bacteria), constipation and diarrhoea, a foggy brain or headaches (from the alcohol produced), nausea, and other digestive symptoms - all of those listed above. Are these symptoms ringing any bells with you, or someone you know?!

The nutrient deficiencies that PPIs cause, will result in more severe complications over time, including:

- Degenerative brain conditions - dementia and Alzheimer's disease
- Loss of bone density, weak bones, fractures, oesteoporosis and osteopenia
- Acute and chronic kidney diseases, which can be very serious
- Increased incidences of digestive infections - gastroenteritis, food poisoning, Salmonella, Helicobacter pylori infection, C. diff., Campylobacter, and others
- Muscle wasting (especially if taking an anti-inflammatory or NSAID medication)
- Anaemia - iron deficiency and pernicious anaemias
- Increased heart related events - increased blood clots and stroke risk, and heart attacks
- Other digestive system or systemic conditions - SIBO, gastritis, stomach and digestive system cancers, and more.

And if you are relying on the medical system for your health, then you will be going through a lot of medical imaging and pathology tests for these complications, being prescribed more medications to reduce these additional symptoms, which then cause even more side effects, and worsening health, unfortunately. This is the medical roundabout - one medication causes more health issues, which means more medications and more health issues. You need to break this cycle!

Or you can get someone to find the root causes of your reflux and indigestion, or other health issues! That's what I do!

Treating the actual root causes makes far more sense. It means there is no dependence on medications, no side effects or further symptoms, a reduction in risk of all complications, a more permanent resolution to the symptoms, and you can get your health back!

If you are currently taking PPI medications, it can be risky to just stop taking them, especially if your root causes aren't investigated and treated first. If you get lots of burping, reflux, indigestion, bloating, digestive pains, or other digestive symptoms, I can help relieve these symptoms quickly! I can find and fix the root causes of these symptoms, and prevent further complications, especially of PPIs and other medications which don't actually fix the problem, but simply make your health worse.

Avoid the medicine roundabout, and improve your health!

How your immune system works to keep you alive!

20/7/2018

This article is about your immune system! You might not think much about your immune system or think that it does very much, but your immune system is on alert constantly to protect you from all known and unknown infections, injuries, damaged cells and more, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, for your entire life! Your immune system, quite literally, keeps you alive!

There are two main parts to your immune system:
1) Innate immune system - these cells protect you from all unknown infection-causing microbes, bacteria and viruses! They recognise what is "self" or safe and what isn't, and will attack and destroy any foreign invaders. This part of your immune system is how we have been able to survive for millenia without modern medicines or medical interventions! The innate immune system, when confronted by a new microbe or invader, learns from this and then trains the adaptive immune system for longer-term defence mechanisms.
2) Adaptive immune system - the adaptive immune system develops antibodies against each invader. Antibodies are then used by the immune system to more quickly respond to and stop infections in future!

Contrary to popular belief, newborn babies do have an immune system! They get this from the mother during development, then from being exposed to good bacteria during birth, and from breast milk which is high in immune system proteins and antibodies. Their immune system gets stronger each day to protect them!

Your immune system is affected by factors such as stress, a poor diet (ie, nutrient deficiencies or excesses), poor digestive system function, chemicals and toxins in foods and environment, poor sleep quality or quantity, and chronic (long-term) infections, medications (antibiotics, NSAIDs, anti-inflammatories, immunosuppressives, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, steroids, etc), and other factors. then it's not going to work as well as it should. Reduced immune system function can lead to longer and more severe infections, reduced or slow healing of wounds, inflammatory conditions, auto-immune conditions (where the immune system turns against your body to damage organs and tissues), and even cancer. Your immune system has several types of cells which find and destroy cancer cells, so when the immune system isn't working optimally, this can allow cancers to grow and spread.

Suppressing your symptoms and your immune system with medications (as listed above) may reduce your symptoms, but will increase the risk of further or more severe infections or other chronic conditions such as cancer.

Having a good immune system is incredibly important, not just to prevent those nasty head colds or flus in winter, but for your long-term health and survival! Your immune system can be affected and reduced by so many factors. If you suffer from frequent infections such as colds, flu, tonsillitis, sinusitis, UTIs, allergies or intolerances, any autoimmune conditions, cancer, or any chronic infection, then your immune system needs help!

This is where I can help! By investigating all possible causes of a poorly functioning immune system and treating the causes, you CAN have your health back!

medications don't fix any health condition!

1/2/2018

One of the services I provide for my clients is a Naturopathic review of their medications, and how their medications can actually be causing some (or a lot) of their symptoms and health conditions. Sadly, people simply are not told what their medications actually do, or what side effects they will get from them.

Despite their doctor's best intentions, I've seen clients on multiple anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medications at the same time which cause devastating side effects, or being on multiple medications for which there are known warnings not to be on those together, or being on medications which they should not be on because they also have heart conditions or liver or kidney damage.

Medications really should only be needed for a short term only, but doctors generally prescribe medications for the long term which becomes very dangerous for your health. Medications like antidepressants, antacids, painkillers, anti-inflammatories, and many more should only be prescribed temporarily, while addressing the true cause of the problem. Long term use of any medications can be very dangerous. For example:

- Proton Pump Inhibitors - prescribed for reflux, indigestion, GORD/GERD, heartburn. These stop the stomach producing stomach acid, but this then prevents your body digesting proteins and carbohydrates properly, causing digestive issues and being unable to absorb much of the nutrients from your foods, leading to many vitamin deficiencies, weak bones and fractures, mental health conditions and many more side effects.

- anti-depressants - block or prevent the breakdown of your hormones and neurotransmitters, so that you don't feel "down". Side effects include worsening of depression and anxiety, suicidal thoughts and suicides, sleep issues, weight gain, weak bones, heart disease, digestive conditions, eye conditions and more.

- anti-inflammatories - most health conditions and symptoms are caused by inflammation. But inflammation in the short term is NEEDED, as it is a normal part of the immune system function to repair damaged cells and tissues, and to promote healing. However, long-term inflammation is what leads to major diseases. So anti-inflammatories actually prevent the body from healing, so you will never recover while you are on them, and your risks of long-term health conditions will greatly increase, for heart disease, bone diseases, mental health conditions, digestive conditions, and liver and kidney damage.

- chemotherapy medications - used as an extreme form of anti-inflammatory for some conditions, or for cancer. Known to actually cause more cancer due to cancer cell resistance to the chemo drugs, and stronger and faster secondary cancer growths.

No medications fix the causes of any health condition. They simply mask or hide your symptoms, so it appears to you that nothing is wrong. But by not addressing the causes, the condition gets much worse over time, and more symptoms appear, for which you get prescribed more medications to hide those symptoms, which creates a vicious cycle of medication dependence and worsening health.

Most health conditions are simply caused by a combination of factors which includes: 1) a poor diet causing nutrient deficiencies, 2) poor digestive system function, 3) stress, 4) unhealthy lifestyle (alcohol, drugs, smoking, poor sleep, no exercise), 5) exposure to toxic chemicals and other environmental factors, and 6) your mindset and emotions.

This is why Nutritional Medicine and Naturopathy is becoming more popular and accepted - because practitioners (like me!) seek to identify all the causes of your personal health issues, and then treat those causes, and promote healing! We can also offer relief of symptoms with safe, effective and proven treatments too. This is the only way to reverse health issues!

If you have long-term health conditions, or have been on medications for a long time and have had enough of the side effects, please contact me for a health assessment and mediation review, and to see how I can help restore you back to health!