Jenni B Coaching, Holistic Health Coach

10/23/2026

I do think glp1’s can be a helpful tool, but they are not the golden ticket. The side effects can be significant and if/when you stop taking them, and you haven’t done the work of adequate protein and weight training, the weight can come back. And then some.

As GLP-1 weight-loss skyrockets in popularity, Mayim Bialik is shining a light on the severe side effects that can occur when these treatments backfire.

Actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik recently opened up about her harrowing experience with GLP-1 medications, offering a stark reminder that popular weight-loss drugs are not without significant risks.

Prescribed a low dose to help manage systemic inflammation caused by underlying autoimmune conditions, Bialik anticipated health relief.

Instead, a single injection triggered a cascade of severe gastrointestinal distress and full-body aches that left her requiring intravenous fluids for dehydration. Her experience underscores how individuals with complex health backgrounds can face unpredictable and debilitating adverse reactions to medications widely praised for their transformative results.

While Bialik readily acknowledges that GLP-1 drugs have provided life-changing benefits for millions struggling with chronic illness and obesity, she insists that public conversation must make room for those who suffer when treatments go wrong.

With millions of patients adopting these therapies nationwide, her candid reflection highlights the critical need for personalized medical guidance, thorough patient screening, and honest discourse regarding potential side effects.

Rather than dismissing GLP-1s entirely, Bialik advocates for greater awareness and compassion, reminding both patients and healthcare providers that no single medical solution is universally safe or effective for everyone.

source: Bialik, M. (2026). My GLP-1 Nightmare. The Free Press.

10/19/2026

The amazing power of what we eat, or what we don’t eat.

Imagine a Scottish army surgeon in the 1790s telling a dying diabetic officer to skip the bread and eat blood pudding, old fatty meat, and rancid pork instead—and watching the sugar disappear from his urine.
That doctor was John Rollo. He trained in Edinburgh, joined the Royal Artillery as a surgeon in 1776, served in the West Indies, and later became Surgeon-General at Woolwich. Diabetes was rare and deadly then. Doctors knew the urine of some patients tasted sweet, thanks to earlier work by Matthew Dobson, but most treatments failed. 
In 1796 Rollo treated Captain Meredith of the Royal Artillery, a once-heavy man now wasting away. Rollo reasoned that the sugar in the urine came mainly from vegetable foods and decided to cut them back hard. He put Meredith on an “animal diet”: blood puddings made of blood and suet, game or long-kept meats, fatty and even rancid pork when the stomach could handle it, plus some milk mixed with lime water and a little bread and butter. He also used medicines to calm the stomach. 
Within weeks Meredith’s urine lost its sugar and he began regaining strength and flesh. When symptoms returned, Rollo tightened the diet further—dropping more of the milk and plant foods and switching to beef tea (meat broth). The patient improved again and returned to duty. Rollo published the case in 1797 and added more in 1798. He was among the first to systematically recommend a low-carbohydrate, meat-heavy diet for diabetes and is credited with helping popularize the term “diabetes mellitus.” 
His approach—restricting starches and sugars while emphasizing animal foods—became a standard treatment for more than a century until insulin arrived in the 1920s. Patients who stuck to it often lived longer and felt better. Rollo even noted that some did better when they avoided all vegetables for a time, and later allowed a few low-sugar greens like spinach or cabbage once the disease was controlled.
He died in 1809, but his meat-first idea showed that what people ate could change the course of diabetes long before modern drugs existed.

10/16/2026

Oh hell no!!!!! 🤯

10/15/2026

Whoa, that’s a crazy good side effect of cutting back on sugar and processed foods.

09/02/2026

Say it loud, Katie Couric!! 🤯

09/01/2026

This needs to be talked about LOUDER!!

04/23/2026

Moving your body after eating is sooo important!!

04/20/2026

Reading labels is so unbelievably critical!!

04/06/2026

When I was scrolling this morning I came across a video making “high protein” brownies made out of chickpeas. You can imagine my brow immediately raised 🤨

Why is everyone going wild for Chickpeas? Claiming they are high in protein!

Not in my opinion! 🚫

Do not be fooled into thinking chickpeas can replace animal protein for a good source of amino acids.

Chickpeas are high in Phytic Acid which blocks the absorption of essential minerals.

Phytic acid also inhibits the digestive enzymes called amylase, trypsin and pepsin.

Amylase breaks down starch, while trypsin & pepsin break down proteins into usable material.

Ruminant animals are not harmful to the environment. In fact, they are essential to a proper ecosystem!

If we decided to tell the truth about health and people could get off prescription drugs, that is what would really help the ecosystem as drug companies are one of the biggest polluting industries!

Tag friends who need to know the facts 🙌

04/06/2026

This is such a beautiful explanation