They arent even remotely the same thing. All intermittent fast is is eating during a feeding window. You still eat the normal amount of food. The drug makes it so you dont even feel hungry. And when you do eat you dont eat much as it makes you feel full. Essentially puts you into a huge calorie deficit.
Yeah sorry to be skeptic of the pharmaceutical industry in 2025. Especialy when it comes to a lifelong, expensive, relatively new treatment.
Most people aren't eating 2,500-3,000 calories in a "feeding window". Most people fast for..wait for it...maintaining caloric deficits/intake.
I understand that. You can still easily eat 2500 calories in an 8 hour window. But fasting still isnt the same as taking a drug. Fasting isnt some miracle hack.
They do but its not as simple as just not eating for a few hours. When you fast you are still hungry and want food. The drug makes you not even desire food or have an appetite. Completely different things going on here.
I recall reading about some evidence that there is also some inhibition/moderation of addiction pathways.
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mentioned it about his aunt earlier.
Certainly true, but a lot of the lardasses that need this aren't going to suddenly find good eating habits/discipline. If they have to go on this for a while every couple years to keep under a 30BMI, that should be fine.
well maybe bad habbit can't come back as long as you take, but evidence is clear that you'll get the weight back if you stop. Hence why I called it a lifelong medication. It's certainly worth the risk in some cases, but even the average doctor says it should be left to diabetics and severely obese people.
Nope. If you're some 400 lb. land whale you're literally dying. So, this is definitely a better alternative than that.
An issue I see, beside known/unknown side-effects is that you aren't a landwhale just because you eat too much. It's also a matter of eating shit and not exercising. These drugs will put a band-aid on the eating too much, and possibly somewhat hide the other 2 underlying problems, but certainly not solve them. This is a partial fix, especialy for people that want to look good in the mirror, and as you say lose 20 50 pounds. You'll look good in the mirror, but won't get any of the health benefits you'd have from going the regular route, and you're taking significant risks with the drug itself. Feels like cosmetic surgery.
I don't think anyone is arguing these drugs match properly adjusting diet + exercise, etc. But society at large has come to a point where there are all these pressures, not to mention whatever predispositions someone may have that will affect their ability to maintain a healthy weight/life style. This isn't to say that people don't need to be responsible for themselves or that there aren't best practices that should be followed when using the drugs.