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Not on the scale people are using them now, but they've been studying GLP-1's since the 90's.
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Daidraco
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Sounds like an antagonistic response when I literally said its "terrible" and what "we've learned about the drug "so far"". But ok
Burnem Wizfyre
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Sorry I have no faith in them at all and past history with pharmaceutical companies operate. Rush drug collect 10B, pay 4B in fine and suits, collect 6B.Sounds like an antagonistic response when I literally said its "terrible" and what "we've learned about the drug "so far"". But ok
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It seems like the fad of Celebrities using them to lose vanity weight has created a stigma overall to these drugs.
Someone who is truly obese and has developed such a bad relationship with consumption to the point that its an addiction? For these types of people these drugs seem almost like the stuff of science fiction.
I kind of think of them, at the moment, more like drugs that temper or even cure addiction rather than weight loss drugs.
Someone who is truly obese and has developed such a bad relationship with consumption to the point that its an addiction? For these types of people these drugs seem almost like the stuff of science fiction.
I kind of think of them, at the moment, more like drugs that temper or even cure addiction rather than weight loss drugs.
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Don't you think you should know the answer to that before you make a comment like "You think we have long term studies for these drugs" ?
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Thats fine and I understand where you're coming from. My point was that the health benefits as of "right now" far outweigh any of the negative side effects. Heart problems, Back Problems, Intestinal problems, etc. Never mind things like the onset of Diabetes, which is curb stomped by the reduction in weight and low appetite. .. Do you see where Im going with it, at least? I think the drug is scary, personally. But "so far" - again, Im prefacing it - but "so far" ... there is just no comparison. People across the world arent going to magically start eating less on their own accord. Taking a shot of this is "easy" for them, and if thats the best shot we got at people being healthier - Im all for it.
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Ozempic has been around for over a decade now, so yes. Then again I am on it for beetus, so the weight control is just a nice knock on effect for me.
I just got back from two weeks in Japan. It's absolutely striking the difference in obesity between their population and ours. I'd be shocked if more than 1/20 people were over 20% body fat, compared to 2/3 here.
The food was fucking amazing and absolutely everything was fresh and clean, even packaged convenience store products. No matter what you tried to eat it was a celebration of the best possible version of the core ingredients. Even ice cream tasted like milk, rather than sugar and fat. If you bought something that had fruit on the packaging it contained... fruit. Plates and bowls were 1/2 to 1/3 the size of what is standard here, making it far easier to eat modestly. Despite having 2-3 meals a day at restaurants and beers and desserts with every dinner, net of the activity from walking I lost weight.
It was definitely one of those experiences that leaves you feelilng "Oooooh.... THIS is how it should be."
The food was fucking amazing and absolutely everything was fresh and clean, even packaged convenience store products. No matter what you tried to eat it was a celebration of the best possible version of the core ingredients. Even ice cream tasted like milk, rather than sugar and fat. If you bought something that had fruit on the packaging it contained... fruit. Plates and bowls were 1/2 to 1/3 the size of what is standard here, making it far easier to eat modestly. Despite having 2-3 meals a day at restaurants and beers and desserts with every dinner, net of the activity from walking I lost weight.
It was definitely one of those experiences that leaves you feelilng "Oooooh.... THIS is how it should be."
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