Dr. Krista Hennigar, ND

Dr. Krista Hennigar, ND Dr. Krista Hennigar is a naturopathic physician providing primary health care, pain management, and

Dr. Krista Hennigar is a naturopathic physician providing primary health care, pain management, hormone replacement therapy, and aesthetic medicine at Helix Integrative Health in Kelowna, BC.

We don’t hate weight loss.We hate how some people achieve it.Same woman.Same 15% weight loss.Call it discipline if it’s ...
04/21/2026

We don’t hate weight loss.
We hate how some people achieve it.

Same woman.
Same 15% weight loss.

Call it discipline if it’s diet + exercise.
Call it cheating if it’s a GLP-1.

That’s not science.
That’s bias.

Because while people debate “earning it,”
these medications are quietly lowering A1C, improving cardiovascular risk, and changing lives.

If that makes you uncomfortable,
it’s worth asking why.

People love to say GLP-1s “just reduce appetite.”But they also:• improve insulin signaling• reduce glucagon output• stab...
03/18/2026

People love to say GLP-1s “just reduce appetite.”

But they also:
• improve insulin signaling
• reduce glucagon output
• stabilize blood sugar
• act on the brain’s reward system

Which is why patients often notice changes BEFORE the scale even moves.

Appetite is just the headline.
Metabolic regulation is the story.

03/17/2026

GLP-1 nausea isn’t a gold star — it’s a side effect.
If you feel awful, your plan needs adjusting… not celebrating.

03/16/2026

For years, people struggling with their weight were told the problem was simple:

💥Eat less.
💥Move more.
💥Try harder.

So when it didn’t work, they blamed themselves.

But weight regulation isn’t a character trait — it’s biology.

👌🏼Hormones.
🧠Brain signaling.
🥗Metabolism.

And biology deserves medical care, not shame.

✨Shout out to the patients who stopped blaming themselves and started asking for better answers.✨

If you spend any time on social media, you’ll hear about “high cortisol.”High cortisol causes weight gain.High cortisol ...
03/07/2026

If you spend any time on social media, you’ll hear about “high cortisol.”

High cortisol causes weight gain.
High cortisol causes fatigue.
High cortisol causes everything.

But the stress response doesn’t work that simply.

Early stress can increase cortisol.

But chronic stress can actually disrupt the rhythm of the entire system.

Instead of just staying high, cortisol signaling can become dysregulated or blunted, which can leave people feeling:

• exhausted
• foggy
• wired but unable to relax
• like they never fully recover from stress

Hormones rarely behave like single villains.

They work in complex feedback loops designed to keep the body in balance.

Which is why reducing the entire stress response to “high cortisol” misses a lot of the story.

Understanding the system matters more than chasing one number.

Have you ever been told your symptoms were just “high cortisol”?

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