123: Exploring Weight Loss Medications with Heidi Karner
I’m excited to bring you another interview today, on a topic I’ve been wanting to explore but haven’t quite known what to say about. So today I will broach that topic with Heidi Karner, a dietician with a Masters in Health Promotion, who practices through an anti-diet, size-inclusive lens. We will be talking all about Ozempic and other GLP One inhibitors and weight loss medications. Heidi will provide one of the best-ever explanations of what Ozempic, and other medications like it, are designed to do and how they work in your body. And she and I will discuss a lot of different viewpoints about taking these medications for weight loss specifically. Please note that though Heidi and I are both healthcare professionals, we are not your healthcare professionals. So if you want to talk about taking these medications, make sure to talk to your own doctors.
I’m excited to bring you another interview today, on a topic I’ve been wanting to explore but haven’t quite known what to say about. So today I will broach that topic with Heidi Karner, a dietician with a Masters in Health Promotion, who practices through an anti-diet, size-inclusive lens. We will be talking all about Ozempic and other GLP One inhibitors and weight loss medications. Heidi will provide one of the best-ever explanations of what Ozempic, and other medications like it, are designed to do and how they work in your body. And she and I will discuss a lot of different viewpoints about taking these medications for weight loss specifically. Please note that though Heidi and I are both healthcare professionals, we are not your healthcare professionals. So if you want to talk about taking these medications, make sure to talk to your own doctors.
Heidi, as I said, gives one of the best explanations of how GLP One inhibitors work that I have probably ever heard. She doesn’t immerse in doctor-speak but breaks it all down very clearly for the average listener. Heidi points out that medications like Ozempic were designed for people with diabetes and one of the concerns around the rebranding of them for just intentional weight loss is the lack of research available on using them outside of diabetes treatment. We talk about all the reasons why someone might need or want to use weight loss medications, the reality of the side effects of drugs like Ozempic, how the weight loss effects do not last after the use of the medication ends, and how we as a society approach body image as a whole. Heidi has so much wisdom in this area and this conversation is had with a lot of compassion, a lot of desire for people to own their own body health decisions, and also with very practical and direct information about what Ozempic actually is and does. My hope is that you’ll find it as informative and thought-provoking as I did.
About Heidi Karner, RDN, LDN
With a Master's in Health Promotion and a Certificate of Health Psycholohealthcarehealthcareexplanationsthe gy from the University of Connecticut, Heidi practices through an anti-diet, size-inclusive lens. She feels passionate about supporting her clients in nourishing their bodies without sacrificing their mental well-being and enjoyment of food through a compassionate eating framework rooted in self-care - Intuitive Eating. Heidi’s work with clients centers around body respect and making peace with food.
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Heidi Karner
Registered Dietitian Diabetes Educator
With a Master's in Health Promotion and a Certificate of Health Psychology from the University of Connecticut, I practice through an anti-diet, size-inclusive lens. I feel passionate about
supporting my clients in nourishing their bodies without sacrificing their mental well-being and enjoyment of food through a compassionate eating framework rooted in self-care - Intuitive
Eating. My work with clients centers around body respect and making peace with food.
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