Anesthesiologist Joshua Hackett grew up in Chico, attended Chico State, and now practices in Humboldt County. He has a “passion project: increasing metabolic health for the general population.”
Hackett’s project is carefully presented in “The GLP-1 Lifestyle: Transform Your Metabolism and Achieve Lasting Weight Loss With Or Without Semaglutide” ($14.99 in paperback, independently published, see facebook.com/groups/glp1lifestyle; also for Amazon Kindle). His book is for educational purposes and is “not a substitute for professional medical advice.”
“Semaglutide,” he writes, “is a medication initially designed to treat type 2 diabetes”; it’s also proving effective in “harnessing the power of our own biology, targeting the hormonal imbalances and physiological mechanisms that contribute to weight gain. At least that’s what the commercials want you to believe. Of course, part is true, part is false, and part is unknown.” (A lengthy bibliography points to medical journal articles as well as non-academic sources.)…