The Dr. Francavilla Show
The Dr. Francavilla Show
Dr. Francavilla
Carolynn Francavilla, MD is Board Certified in Family Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She owns and operates Green Mountain Partners for Health and Colorado Weight Care. Dr. Francavilla is a nationally recognized obesity expert, lecturing on the topic obesity as well as through her own platform HelpYourPatientsLoseWeight.com. She serves on the Obesity Medicine Association Board of Trustees. She is an Assistant Professor at Rocky Vista University and Volunteer Faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is passionate about helping people lose weight to treat and prevent medical problems. Dr. Francavilla has learned that losing weight and keeping it off is complex and not a matter of will power, but biology, and seeks to help others finds healthy longterm solutions to their weight.
Cut Back Screen Time to Improve your Health and Weight
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) What if the biggest thing standing between you and your health goals wasn't food, or exercise, but the screen you're holding right now? Today we're talking about screen time — how too much of it affects your health, your weight, and what you can actually do about it. I've got five problems screens create, and five solutions to go with them, so s...
Jul 20
28 min
GLP1s, Surgery, and Menopause with Triple Threat Dr. Angela Glasnapp
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) Ever wonder why losing weight can suddenly feel impossible in your 40s or 50s, even when nothing about your diet or workout routine has changed? That's exactly the question this week's episode sets out to answer, with guest Dr. Angela Glasnapp joining the conversation. Dr. Glasnapp is a board-certified bariatric surgeon, obesity medicine special...
Jul 13
28 min
Five New Shifts in How Exercise Affects Health
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) Ever feel like exercise gets treated as this magic weight-loss tool, when really that's not even its main superpower? Here's the truth: most people don't lose significant weight from exercise alone. Your body is smart (annoyingly so) — it adapts, burns fewer calories than you'd expect, and can even nudge you to move less throughout the day or ea...
Jul 6
25 min
Genetics of Obesity with Dr. Jesse Richards
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) What If Your Weight Struggle Was Never About Willpower? What if the reason some people struggle with their weight their entire lives has nothing to do with what they're eating or how hard they're trying — and everything to do with their DNA? It's a question that doesn't get asked nearly enough, and today, we're finally diving into it. For so man...
Jun 29
43 min
Wegovy, Zepbound, and Foundayo Coverage for Medicare Patients with the Bridge Program
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) What if Medicare finally made GLP-1 medications for weight management more affordable — could this be the moment that changes access for millions of people? Today, we're talking about something that's been years in the making in the world of obesity care: the expanded coverage of anti-obesity medications for patients on Medicare. Starting July 1...
Jun 22
24 min
Custom GLP1 Dosing With Dr. Ian Justl Ellis of Voafit
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) What if the reason so many people struggle on GLP-1 medications isn’t the medication itself — but the way it’s being dosed? Today we’re diving into something that could genuinely change the way you think about GLP-1 therapy: custom dosing. And there is honestly no one better to talk about this with than Dr. Ian Justl Ellis. Dr. Ian is a board-ce...
Jun 15
38 min
Micro-Dosing GLPs Like Wegovy and Zepbound — Do We Even Need To???
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) What If the Lowest Dose Isn't Actually the Safest Dose? If you've spent any time in weight loss or wellness spaces online, you've probably come across the term microdosing — and chances are, it was framed as the smarter, gentler, more mindful way to use GLP-1 medications. But is that actually true? That's exactly what we're digging into today. I...
Jun 8
22 min
Calorie Counting and Logging- Should you do it and what to know
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) Have you ever wondered if counting calories is actually worth your time — or if it's just another diet trap dressed up in a tracking app? In this week’s episode, we talk about just that, and the answer is more nuanced than a simple yes or no. Calories are real, they matter, and paying attention to them can be genuinely useful — but the way many ...
Jun 1
29 min
Wegovy High Dose: Who Should Take It and What Are the Side Effects?
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) Tripling the dose of Wegovy sounds intense — so why are researchers doing it, and who is it actually for? For a long time, 2.4 mg weekly was considered the ceiling for Wegovy. But a newer option quietly entered the conversation: Wegovy HD, a 7.2 mg weekly dose of semaglutide. And despite how big that jump sounds on paper, there surprisingly hasn...
May 25
20 min
You Are Doing Better Than You Think
Claim your complimentary gift of my exclusive mini weight care guide today! Link: Weight Care Guide — Dr. Francavilla Show (thedrfrancavillashow.com) Are You Being Too Hard on Yourself? Here's What Your Doctor Actually Sees "When was the last time you actually gave yourself credit for how far you've come?" That question has been sitting with me for a while now — and after a string of patient visits that all pointed to the same thing, it felt like the right time to talk about it. This week I'm...
May 18
31 min
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