Risks of Ozempic

As expected, there are new reports showing that these new 'magic pills' aren't so magical. As has been the case with every other 'magic pill' in the past. 

At a recent 2023 STAT Breakthrough Summit, obesity experts Jamy Ard and Robert Lustig reported that people losing weight with Ozempik and Wegovy (both Semaglutide) are losing almost half their weight in muscle. While any weight loss will result in some muscle loss, these appetite suppressing meds are showing a much greater amount of muscle loss at 40%.

This isn't just about vanity either. "If you are a woman 60 years old or over and you are losing muscle, your risk of dying just went up exponentially. So we may be robbing from Peter to pay Paul" Dr. Lustig reported.

This is not to mention the various other side effects such as nausea and vomiting to name a few. They are also finding that these drugs might be linked to pancreatitis. This is just the beginning. No doubt there will more findings as time goes. When phen phen was introduced in the early 90's it took a couple years before they discovered it was causing strokes and permanent heart damage.

What's even more deceiving is that these 'experts' are claiming that losing weight with a calorie deficit does not work long term, therefore people must take these medications to 'cure' obesity.

WE ALREADY KNOW THIS. We already know that you can't continue to lose weight with calories in, calories out. This is not new information. If you listen to leading top health experts such as Mark Hyman, they have been saying this for years. This method of losing weight will only work for a limited time. Our body has a set point at which it will hold on to the weight...even at the risk of slowing down all of the systems in our body. You will lose your hair at a certain point before you will continue to lose weight.

So, for the 'experts' at big pharma to compare their 'magic pill' to information we KNOW doesn't work is very misleading. Let's compare taking a drug to lose weight to methods and UPDATED information that DOES actually work. Meanwhile, big pharma continues to profit from keeping us in this cycle. 

We know now that the USDA Food Pyramid and MyPlate have had it all wrong. Eat lots of grains, low fat etc. etc. The more we followed these guidelines, the fatter and sicker we have become as a nation.

We now know that we need to eat a diet low in added sugar, higher in healthy fat, clean protein, reduce processed foods and stop eating fast food. The Standard American Diet (SAD) is keeping us addicted to processed foods, sugar and food-like substances and ultimately is making us sick.

I could go on for days about all the incorrect information we have been given. Meanwhile, there really are great tools and methods available that are proven to help with weight loss such as intermittent fasting. This strategy can be adapted as a lifestyle and is scientifically proven to have amazing health BENEFITS. Why are we not talking about THIS!?

All this being said, what happens when you get tired of feeling nauseous and anxious all day and stop taking the drugs. You gain the weight back, and usually them some. I personally know several people in this scenario, and it is heartbreaking. I've heard first hand accounts of the anxiety these drugs caused them, insomnia, heart palpitations. 

Taking pharmaceuticals to "cure" obesity is not the answer. You will never build health with medication. 

The answer is helping people to sort through all the noise, and get CLEAR, UPDATED information about health, nutrition and weight loss. 

I see it every day in the community that I am building as a health coach. People are learning about how to eat for weight loss AND for health! Working on mind-set and supporting one another in making LASTING changes! People are losing weight by learning the correct information and figuring out what is sustainable for THEM long term.

Health isn't a program or a plan. These drugs (programs and plans) are nothing but a temporary fix. I know because I lived it for 20+ years, and I want to help people from getting stuck in this trap.

I would like to add that I am not sitting in judgement or blaming consumers for wanting to lose this weight and get control of their health. I was one of these 'consumers' for decades! I personally took phen phen in the 90's. I didn't know better....I felt like I had tried everything, and bought right into it. Along with hundreds of other plans and gimmicks.

So I get it..and it's NOT our fault. Big pharma and the diet industry are to blame. They profit from people who are desperate for help, who have been battling obesity and want to believe this promise of a 'cure'.

There is no cure. YOU are the cure. Big pharma doesn’t care about your long-term health. They want your money. 

Take your health into your own hands. Get updated, clear information and making lasting changes in your health and your lifestyle.

Don't risk your health on these false promises of a "cure".