What Paule Joseph has said about GLP-1 receptor agonists

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 18, 2026

Paule Joseph, Chemosensory researcher and senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health, co-director of the National Smell and Taste Center, has been quoted on GLP-1 receptor agonists once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on September 18, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Joseph reports a recent study finding smell unchanged in people taking GLP-1 medications, with differences appearing in detection thresholds and reduced food noise.

    “everybody assumes that these medications make food taste bad or taste like nothing. And that's not what this group of investigators found. Smell was unchanged”

    TED Radio Hour: Big mysteries explained through your senses (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 39:37

Episodes

Others on GLP-1 receptor agonists

Paule Joseph on other topics