Risks, Benefits, and Natural Alternatives to GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs

The new class of weight-loss medications are hailed as game-changing wonder drugs, but just how safe and effective are they? Why do most people stop taking them within months of starting? Why does weight loss plateau, and what happens when you quit? How can you control the short-term side effects, such as gastrointestinal symptoms and muscle loss (“Ozempic face”), and what are the long-term risks of taking these drugs?

The adverse health effects of obesity itself are so dire that, like bariatric surgery, one could argue that these weight-loss drugs should be considered as a last resort, but there are diet and lifestyle changes that can naturally restore our GLP-1 satiety circuits. In this in-depth, three-hour live webinar event, Dr. Greger exposes what’s really happening in our bodies when we take drugs like Ozempic, explains why we should be concerned about supplements purported to act as “nature’s Ozempic,” and discusses the foods, beverages, spices, and lifestyle habits that can actually boost GLP-1 activity, cut cravings, and accelerate the loss of body fat.

The Best Way to Boost NAD+

The Best Way to Boost NAD+

NAD+ is an essential cofactor for hundreds of enzymes, including the purported anti-aging activities of sirtuins. Raising levels can extend lifespan and rejuvenate health in many animals. What about humans? The four main NAD+-boosting supplements on the market are nicotinamide riboside (NR), nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), nicotinic acid (NA), and nicotinamide (NAM). In this 2-hour webinar, I will cover the pros and cons of each one. I’ll also go over the other five––NAD, NADH, NMNH, NRH, and tryptophan––and discuss three ways to naturally boost NAD levels without supplements.

Should Everyone Consider Taking the Anti-Aging Drugs Metformin and Rapamycin?

Should Everyone Consider Taking the Anti-Aging Drugs Metformin and Rapamycin?

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Metformin is a drug that boosts the anti-aging enzyme AMPK, and rapamycin is a drug that suppresses the pro-aging enzyme mTOR. Metformin is so powerful that, compared to individuals without diabetes, people with diabetes who take metformin live longer. Rapamycin is considered a universal anti-aging drug, extending lifespan in every animal tested. Both drugs are off-patent, inexpensive, and widely available. Do the potential upsides outweigh the risks?

The Risks and Benefits of Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Osteoarthritis

The Risks and Benefits of Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Osteoarthritis

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Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability of older men and women. Billions of dollars are spent every year on glucosamine and chondroitin supplements to treat the condition. Do they work, and, if so, what are their downsides? Join me for this one-hour live webinar on these popular supplements to get all your questions answered.

Should You Get Annual Flu Shots and Shingles and Pneumonia Vaccinations?

Should You Get Annual Flu Shots and Shingles and Pneumonia Vaccinations?

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone over the age of 6 months get a routine annual flu shot, a shingles vaccine series at age 50, and vaccination against pneumonia at age 65. Data from observation studies on vaccine recipients that show benefits far exceeding the risks are confounded by the fact that people who choose to get vaccinated are more likely to be white, married, nonsmokers of a higher social class, with higher levels of education, higher incomes, and health insurance. You can’t tell cause-and-effect until you put it to the test by randomizing people to vaccine or placebo injections. Join me for my live webinar on March 15 at 2pm ET to find out what randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials have to say about the pros and cons of getting these vaccines.

How Not to Age Book Club

How Not to Age Book Club

Join me for a series of four live webinars where I’ll dive into each part of my new book, How Not to Age, and highlight some of the most important passages. I’ll spend time summarizing each week’s section, then open it up for Q&A. If you’ve already gotten your copy, you know that How Not to Age is such a massive book that there’s a lot of ground to cover in each webinar.

How Not to Age Webinar

How Not to Age Webinar

Dr. Greger has scoured the world’s scholarly anti-aging literature and developed this new presentation to deliver the good news that we have tremendous power over our longevity and health destiny. He will cover natural ways to slow the aging process, the diets and lifestyles of healthiest, longest-living populations, ways to preserve brain, bowel, and bladder function as we age, as well as tips to combat skin aging and menopausal symptoms.

Choosing the Safest and Most Effective Sunscreen

Choosing the Safest and Most Effective Sunscreen

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Up to 90 percent of visible facial aging is due to sun exposure. Randomized controlled trials have put the daily application of sunscreen to the test for both slowing skin aging and preventing skin cancer. In this one-hour live webinar, Dr. Greger will go over the pros and cons of regular use of sunscreen, detail the best way to apply it, and discuss how to choose the safest brands, of particular importance given recent findings that the absorption of sunscreen chemicals into the bloodstream is greater than previously thought.

How to Prevent and Treat Age-Related Hearing Loss

How to Prevent and Treat Age-Related Hearing Loss

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Age-related hearing loss is not inevitable. What can we learn from cultures who retain their hearing into old age? In this one-hour live webinar, Dr. Greger will cover the lifestyle factors that put your hearing at risk and the diet and supplements that have been put to the test to prevent and even reverse hearing loss.

Boosting Collagen Formation Through Diet and Supplements

Boosting Collagen Formation Through Diet and Supplements

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Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. As we age, our synthesis of collagen decreases by about 1 percent a year, which may contribute to the development of wrinkles. In this hour-long live webinar, I’ll address whether collagen supplements may help with skin aging, as well as with arthritis, and how we can maintain and boost our own body’s synthesis of collagen with diet.

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