TIL Ozempic is made from the poisonous lizard Gila Monster's peptides. Mmmm more reptile peptides please! My stomach isn't paralyzed enough
🤢 These people are sick! 🤮
- https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-ozempic-glp1-drugs-developed-by-gila-monster-2023-3
- https://discernreport.com/this-is-what-happens-when-you-inject-yourself-with-reptile-venom-peptides-marketed-as-fda-approved-weight-loss-drugs/
- https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-06-09-ozempic-wegovy-weight-loss-drugs-injectable-lizard-venom-peptides.html
You're right there is a lot of nuance, but the drug isn't even for this purpose and should not have had all sorts of media advertising as such.
I don't think earning it really has a point for getting the weight off and keeping it off; Ozempic doesn't just make the weight disappear after all. Calories are ultimately stored energy, and that has to go somewhere and it takes time.
For many people, losing the weight on its own can give them the motivation to make those changes no matter how they get there, because they feel like it is a second chance.
The problem is that the "shortcuts" to losing weight all bring pretty terrible repercussions over time, and that's why prescription drugs should not be used for its purpose.
But I certainly wouldn't ever say that the problem is that they didn't earn it and therefore wouldn't appreciate the opportunities that are available for being slimmer.