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malfistyesterday at 11:15 PM0 repliesview on HN

Your comment is all kinds of wrong.

A) it does have cardio protective effects.

It does reduce your appetite, and for most people have very few side effects. If you get nausea you're titrating up too fast. Most people, because it slows gastric emptying, it doesn't make them shit themselves "inside and out". GLP1s are a decent option for treating ibs-d or bile acid issues and is better tolerated than your bile acid sequesterants.

> You could also reduce heart attack and stroke risks by not eating crap and going for a walk every so often.

This victim blaming advice has been given for decades and obesity rates have been climbing for decades. Only glp-1s have reduced that.