Comedy legend Margaret Cho talked about her experience being on a GLP-1 as she revealed that she suffers from a binge eating disorder.
The 57-year-old star - who recently recalled 's- called her medication a 'lifesaver' as it helps suppress her appetite.
GLP-1, short for glucagon-like peptide-1, is a hormone your gut normally makes that helps control blood sugar and appetite after eating. It signals the pancreas to release insulin when blood sugar rises and slows how quickly food leaves the stomach, which helps people feel full sooner.
Modern GLP-1 medications are designed to amplify these effects, leading to better blood sugar control and substantial weight loss for many patients.
'I have taken them. I think they're great. I think they're really amazing for curbing impulse eating,' she said during an appearance on Richard Taite's podcast We're Out of Time as published by People first.
The actress and the founder of Carrara Treatment, Wellness & Spa were discussing how GLP-1 medications have shown promise in helping to treat addictions to drugs and .
Comedy legend Margaret Cho (seen in December 2024) talked about her experience being on a GLP-1 as she revealed that she suffers from a binge eating disorder
The 57-year-old star (seen September 2019) called her weight loss medication a 'lifesaver' as it helps suppress her appetite
Cho revealed: 'I have a binge eating disorder. So, for me, it's actually been a quite a lifesaver.
'I think that they are just perfect for any kind of impulse control, you know, that that we're sort of looking at... people really criticize it, but I love them. I'm really grateful for them.'
'I have taken them. I think they're great. I think they're really amazing for curbing impulse eating,' she (pictured in LA last week) said during an appearance on Richard Taite's podcast We're Out of Time as published by People first
Cho is seen in LA back in September 2000 as she recently said that she was not eating out of hunger but it was 'a kind of like wild inner hunger that doesn't make any sense'
But Trump, 79, was apparently quite keen on having Cho, 57, join the cast and sought her out over the course of several years.
