Helen Bligh GLP-1 Health Beyond the Scales

24/03/2026

Strength training can seem like a chore when you only think of it it terms of burning calories.
It’s so much more important than this for your long term success when you’re losing weight on a GLP-1. Is it time to focus on more than BMI?

23/03/2026

What are your thoughts on GLP-1s?

23/03/2026

19/03/2026

Well done to for calling out Bolt Pharmacy for this body-shaming ad for weight loss injections specifically targeting women. In my opinion, this brings healthcare into disrepute and is absolutely NOT acceptable. I believe they have now removed the ad. Women are looking after their health - this isn’t about vanity.

11/03/2026

This *really* concerns me

I spoke yesterday with a lovely lady who has been tempted to buy retatrutide for weight loss from an “aesthetic provider”.

She received vials of powder, solvent and syringes in the post with no instructions of what to do next.

Retatrutide is currently in Phase III trials (TRIUMPH clinical trial programme) for adults with obesity or overweight and knee osteoarthritis. It’s activates the body’s GLP-1 and GIP receptors (like tirzepatide / Mounjaro) with the addition of working on glucagon receptors, too. ie. A triple agonist.

The trials show greater weight loss than the dual agonist which is tempting for many people.

ie. retatrutide isn’t currently licensed for human use.

However, the “black market” are exploiting legal loopholes and selling research grade peptides which are not intended for human (or even veterinary)use. They are for laboratory use and research only. Therefore, unregulated and unsafe.

And generally come at a much cheaper price than the prescription medicines.

Please don’t be tempted by these. There is no

💉MHRA approval
💉GMP standards (medicines must follow Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), which ensures correct dose, sterility, and quality control - and these products do not.
💉 verifiable content: the strength, purity, and sterility cannot be verified
💉 verified certificates: even if they include certificates of analysis or “high purity” claims, rhey are often self-issued or from unaccredited labs.
💉 recall if something goes wrong.

If you’re looking to lose weight with a GLP-1, please choose a pharmacy registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

You only have one body.

10/03/2026

Weight loss injections (GLP-1s) are one of the most polarising topics in the media.

The plethora of advice related to “eat less and move more” demonstrates judgement and stigma around obesity. It’s still seen as a “willpower” issue rather than a disease which disrupts the signalling of appetite, hunger and satiety.

This article along with the quote from the BPS amplifies this.

And it’s another reason why I wrote my book.

“People living with obesity are treated differently by healthcare professionals. Health professionals have been found to spend less time in consultations, perform fewer medical interventions and to be reluctant to perform certain screenings with people living with obesity.

As BMI increases, physicians report having less patience, less respect and less desire to help.

Negative comments have been made by healthcare professionals about people living with obesity including beliefs of laziness, lack of self-control or willpower, non-compliance and patients becoming more annoying. Even amongst health professionals who work with obesity, the existence of ‘anti-fat’ attitudes have increased over the last 10 years”. [Weight bias, stigma and discrimination.
The British Psychological Society DOI: 10.53841/bpsrep.2019.rep130.5]

06/03/2026

Many women on a GLP-1 are still trapped in what I call “food prison”, worried whether they’re “doing it right”, whether they’re cheating or whether they’ll regain all the weight if they stop their injections. They’re often trying to combine the new science with outdated models of weight loss based on calorie-counting and the scales. You deserve more and to be free of your worries so that you can have the freedom to live the life you’re losing weight for. Follow me for insights into what’s happening with your biology so that you can make evidence based decisions relevant to the way these medicines work. And find what you’re looking for.

05/03/2026

Can you increase GLP-1 naturally?

04/03/2026

26/09/2025

Proud to be part of the speaker panel on “allyship” this week.

For me, this is active and intentional support of those that don’t have an equal voice.

Both proactively and reactively ,