6/20/25: (Dys)functional medicine & nutrition; More MAHA nonsense; FREE CEU's; Question on GLP-1's & Malnutrition; Inspiration from "Galaxy Quest"

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🥳Build Up Mini Meet Up at ASMBS

American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

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🤔Question: Weight Management & Bariatrics Group

❓Is malnutrition a concern for you with your patients/clients who are on GLP-1’s?

Resources for more info:

Patients taking weight loss medications require proper nutrition | UCLA Health

from ASPEN: Nutritional-Considerations-Patients-on-Weight-Loss-Therapies.pdf

🤪More MAHA nonsense

🍷🍺🍸Dropping guidance on limiting alcohol Exclusive: US to drop guidance to limit alcohol to one or two drinks per day, sources say | Reuters

“U.S. Dietary Guidelines are expected to eliminate the long-standing recommendation that adults limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks per day, according to three sources familiar with the matter, in what could be a major win for an industry threatened by heightened scrutiny of alcohol's health effects."

😨(Dys)Functional Medicine (& Nutrition)

Thanks to MAHA, we’ve seen more emphasis put on Functional Medicine (and functional nutrition isn’t far behind) with bad actors who tout the specific rhetoric of functional medicine like Mark Hyman and Calley Means. Both Means and Hyman seem to have RFK Jr’s ear and their tie to the wellness industry is indisputable. (More on this from Andrea Love and Katie Suleta HERE )

You can often spot functional medicine & functional nutrition providers as ones who frequently claim they alone look at “root causes” of diseases and illnesses. Meanwhile they order or recommend a slew of tests that aren’t evidence-based and sell or affiliate link to a long list of mostly unnecessary supplements.

Functional Medicine Is a Pipeline to Alt Med | Office for Science and Society - McGill University

“…Functional Medicine doctors routinely order batteries of tests…and then “correct” every abnormality, often using non-evidence-based treatments. They also treat fake diagnoses like “adrenal fatigue,” often based on “imbalances” in hormones, “mind-body,” and “detoxification”….Finally, one huge problem is that, while many Functional Medicine practitioners are naturopaths and chiropractors, a significant number are actual physicians with academic affiliations...” - David Gorski, MD, PhD.

What is functional medicine, really? - by Derek Beres

💡What can YOU do? Continue to #stand4science. Push back against people who try and undermine medical care and public health (while we still have it). Share accurate information to combat misinformation.

And in the words of “Galaxy Quest”: Never give up, Never surrender.