Physician-written articles on medical weight loss, GLP-1 therapy, metabolic health, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. Practical guidance from Dr. Nicolas Maalouf.
Tirzepatide or semaglutide? A board-certified internist walks through the mechanisms, the head-to-head trial data, side effects, and how the choice actually gets made in clinic.
Read the article →Nausea, constipation, fatigue, and the muscle loss nobody warns you about — what is normal, what is manageable, and when a side effect means the plan is wrong.
Read the article →The four pricing tiers in LA, what the membership fee does not include, how insurance and HSA/FSA fit in, and how to judge whether it is worth it for you.
Read the article →A preview of what's on the way:
A clear-eyed look at how semaglutide and tirzepatide work in the body, what they do (and don't do) for weight loss, and how they fit inside a real metabolic plan.
Coming soonThe scale doesn't tell the whole story. Why body composition, not weight, is the real target and how to build a plan that protects lean muscle while burning fat.
Coming soonWhy seven-minute visits fail people trying to lose weight, and what changes when a doctor actually has time to build a plan around your life.
Coming soonHow we build nutrition around your labs, your life, and your goals, without dogma. What actually moves fat loss, insulin sensitivity, and long-term metabolic health.
Coming soonThe biology of why stubborn weight is stubborn, how to work with your metabolism instead of against it, and why long-term care beats crash programs every time.
Coming soonYou don't need to live at the gym. Here's what movement actually needs to look like to move the needle on fat loss, insulin sensitivity, and long-term health.
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