Ozempic and similar medications are highly in-demand and yet remain deeply controversial. Online conversations about them are often full of misinformation — and echo decades of flawed teachings on weight management. So what do we get wrong when we talk about this new wave of weight-loss medications? A lot, it turns out.
Business Insider Producer Elizabeth McCauley dives into the scientific literature and talks to experts to find out the truth.
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00:00 – Intro
00:46 – “An Untested Drug”
03:11 – “Curing” Obesity
06:23 – Big Pharma
08:30 – Side Effects
13:54 – Copycat Drugs
17:50 – “The Easy Way Out”
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Why copycat Ozempic is everywhere: https://www.businessinsider.com/compounded-ozempic-semaglutide-hims-hers-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-fda-2025-9?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=business-pinned-comment
Cut out the music
A big thing you missed with the natural GLP-1 supplements is that the body will clear out natural GLP-1 proteins within a few minutes after entering the system.
The great thing about the GLP-1 drugs is they have a half-life of 5 to 7 days instead of two or three minutes, so they are more effective for way longer.
What about being my wife my wife started taking it. We’ve had a perfect marriage. We have money. We have a beautiful home with great children. We never fight. We never argue. We have everything we want. We go everywhere. We want. We have a great sex life. Everything is perfect absolutely stunning. My friends have always told me how jealous they are of us. That’s not why I’m in a relationship with my wife, but that’s what they have told me and now she wants a divorce and I truly think that it’s because of Ozempic.
So far I’ve lost 100 lbs on OZEMPIC 👍💪
The only real “shortcut” to weight loss is never having too much excess weight in the first place. It mostly starts in childhood, is A LOT easier when others around you also have normal weight, and you have access to food that’s not designed to bypass the satiety signals in your brain. There’s no real easy way to do this once your relationship with food dysfunctional. It IS a systemic issue, it’s not an individual problem and definitely has no aspect of personal moral to it.
Given the incidence of obesity and diabetes in the US I wonder how much of the problem is the food they have been selling us.
No drug works for everyone. There is no miracle drug for the world. You just have to try different things and see what your body will work with. Full stop.
I took wegovy a couple of months. Lost 35lbs. It worsened my IBS i became gluten intolerant along with my already known food sensitivites like lactose corn and eggs and greens and grains.
I gained 25lbs back after 2 months of quitting it.
very good.
Wow, a a Canadian i am shocked at the American price.
I also wonder how no one is noticing that insulin became cheaper once these drugs were on the market. I feel like my children’s diabetes paid for all that research
A therapist does wonders for food noise, online shopping, and any other addiction, if you’re willing to put in the work. No drugs needed.
You might want to update this info..they are being sued by thousands of people for all kinds of health issues.
0:27, I searched up the article. In no where does it say anything about shopping addiction. In the article, addiction is referred to for drug seeking behavior and alcohol abuse. Y;all need to not make stuff up.