GLP-1s Are Making Women Gain the Weight Right Back. Here's What Actually Works | #190

GLP-1s Are Making Women Gain the Weight Right Back. Here's What Actually Works | #190

What drives someone to seek a life without constant bloating, fatigue, and weight frustration? This conversation between Dr Joy Kong and functional nutritionist Elizabeth Aylor zooms in on gut health, metabolism, and why GLP‑1 drugs often leave women right back where they started.

Elizabeth shares how a parasite cleanse gone wrong left her "almost bedridden" and bleeding "17 times a day", and how it took nearly 30 years of trial, error, and obsession-level research to build the gut-healing system she now teaches. Her story runs through extreme diets (vegan, raw vegan, fruitarian, carnivore), eating disorders, heavy antidepressant use, chronic infections, mould toxicity, histamine issues and thyroid chaos – all feeding into one message: the gut is central, and quick fixes backfire.

You’ll hear why she warns, "do not go waste your money on all the marketing schemes of these greens powders and probiotics" when you’ve got serious gut problems, and why she insists that when symptoms are severe, "do not try to be your own practitioner." Instead, she explains how she uses stool tests, full thyroid panels, and hormone testing to build plans for each individual rather than blindly chasing candida, parasites or SIBO.

There’s also a blunt look at GLP‑1 weight‑loss injections. Elizabeth describes women coming off them and "gaining 20, 30 pounds back" because they never changed food quality, strength training, or gut health. GLP‑1s may reduce cravings, she says, but they also slow gut motility and can worsen constipation.

For anyone over 30 dealing with stubborn weight, chronic constipation, bloating, low energy or anxiety, this chat offers a mix of caution and hope: foundations first, data over guessing, and gradual diet expansion instead of endless elimination. Could your gut be the missing piece in your long-term health and recovery plan?