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Someone please explain what ozempic is. Are we going to cringe at it 10 years from now like all the other diet stuff in the past?

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Probably yeah. I am not super familiar but I think it’s just an appetite suppressant, big business bc obesity is a huge problem in amerikkka

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It’s a hormone-like anti-diabetes drug that’s gotten popular as an off-label weight loss drug due to advertising and celebrity endorsements. It’s absurdly expensive and administered via injection.

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These tricks will always be cringe because the science of weight loss already exists.

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What do you mean by the science of weight loss?

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Weight control is all about calories, to lose weight you have to enter a calorie deficit (consume more than your intake) to gain weight you have to enter a calorie superavit (consume less than your intake). Your daily calorie baseline can be measure and it varies on current weight/activities/metabolism/etc… No drug will save you from that.

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It increases the risk of a few different types of cancer and may cause intestinal blockages.

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Ozempic is the main reason Denmark isn’t currently in a recession. it’s made by Novo Nordisk, the biggest company in Denmark and also one of the biggest in Europe. It technically was developed as some type of diabetes medication and then was discovered to help people lose a LOT of weight very quickly.

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My mom is diabetic (with a load of other issues) and it’s the only medicine that helps her.

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