alt Hacker NewsLiving a healthy lifestyle, so that you won't need Ozempic, is possible - even surrounded by all the drugs and booze and carbs.
I do it. Lots of people do it. The information is freely available, now more than ever.
From all I've read, Ozempic isn't a silver bullet, and has many side effects. It just helps people stave off the inevitable for a while.
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The population level statistics show that you're the exception and not the rule. Obviously if the side-effects are unpleasant, the alternative health implications must be even worse: Which they are.
> The information is freely available, now more than ever.
Given the progress of the threads here, do you have any recommendations for cutting through the noise and finding good scientific information on weight loss, healthy eating, lifestyle, etc?
I agree with you that all the information is out there, but there seems to be an enormous amount of resistance in the threads here to threads to even simple things like:
- Fresh fruits and vegetables
- Lean proteins
- Cut out processed foods
- Cut out smoking, rec. drugs, and booze
- Eat less in general
- Stay hydrated - water is the only drink you really need
- Find ways to move more, esp. for people with sedentary jobs / lifestyles
- Sleep more
- Reduce stress
> The information is freely available, now more than ever
You have to believe it to find it.
Noise is everywhere, now more than ever. I think finding proper information is going to be exponentially harder.
A couple of days ago I was "fighting" on Reddit about something that is as clear as day, with proof and all, with people who were completely sure of the opposite (side note: this is when I deleted my Reddit accounts)
Well good for you, aren't you special...
Now what about the other 74% of the population.
You ever hear the saying "If you owe the bank $1000 dollars, that's your problem. If you owe the bank a million it's theirs"
This is a public health epidemic and no matter how much you scream "But I'm special" the rest of the world is going to fall apart around you. And yes, this issue is spreading to the entire world and not just the US.
Disclaimer I have never been obese or suffered obesity.
If it was easy no one would be fat. The whole body acceptance movement is a sham and always will be. We dont find obesity attractive and we do not want to be obese. However for some reason 60% of us in the west are overweight. And it is extremely hard to lose the kilos. We are eating too much and we shame eachother for eating small portions or skipping meals.
But put simply, we have normalized large portions and eating five times per day.
And its super hard to cut the volume after a lifetime of large portions and eating ever two hours nonsense.
I sympathise with obesity sufferers and hope that the outcome of all of this is to normalise smaller portions and fewer meals again.