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dyauspitr10/11/20245 repliesview on HN

Sounds like a miracle drug that helps with all afflictions that come with our modern life/sedentary living.


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Alupis10/11/2024

The problem with this (and all diet plans/drugs) is the lifestyle that led to problem in the first place.

If you do not change your lifestyle, for real and not just superficially, then you will relapse with a vengeance.

That is to say, be careful with using a drug as a crutch. Sure, it can artificially make you much more interested in not consuming so many calories and/or perhaps being more active than before - but you have to continue that lifestyle after stopping the drug.

Will Ozempic users have developed the personal discipline to prevent themselves from relapse without the drug - or will they forever be on a the yo-yo of weight gain/loss?

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marcosdumay10/11/2024

Except for all the externally imposed ones.

But yes, there's a reason people are celebrating those drugs.

rafaelmn10/11/2024

I'd say it's the opposite - if you don't exercise you end up skinny fat which is metabolically unhealthy as well. It helps with super accessible dopamine hits I guess - which is awesome - but need to combine it with exercise for maximum benefit.

I wouldn't be surprised if they come up with a drug for that that's more sideffect free than testosterone/ derivatives. Lean and ripped cocktail

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eli_gottlieb10/13/2024

Honestly, sounds like our "modern lifestyle" is designed to get everyone addicted to something, and the healthiest possible addiction is, as it turns out, an anti-addiction medication.

arijo10/11/2024

It's not a miracle drug. Check this Joe Rogan interview to understand at a deep level all the problems with a drug like Ozempic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lTyhvOeJs

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