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On GLP-1 Medications, Real Food, and Why “Skinny” Has Never Been the Goal

The fiber-GLP-1 connection that changes how you think about eating, whether you're on a medication or not.

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Lolita Carrico
Mar 17, 2026
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about GLP-1 medications, so I want to address them directly, honestly, and with zero judgment.

Here’s where I stand: I’m not anti-GLP-1. Not even a little.

These medications are genuinely helping people, and for many women in our community, they may be a legitimate tool in the toolbox. What I am passionate about, what I’ve built my entire career around, is this: medication or no medication, the food you eat every day is either building your health or quietly eroding it. There is no drug that changes that equation.

So let’s talk about it.

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