Ozempic: Miracle Weight Loss Drug Or A Secret Killer? - Johann Hari

Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - chriswillx.com/books/ Here's the timestamps: 00:00 Johann’s Weight Loss 05:11 Is This Any Different to Previous Pills? 11:29 How Common Are Weight Loss Drugs? 15:10 Why Society Has Become More Obese 21:29 Taking Away the Pleasure of Good Food 30:19 Why Not Just Diet & Exercise? 38:05 Most People Are in an Unfair Fight 43:10 How the Drugs Impact Other Behaviours 47:17 Main Risks of Taking These Drugs 52:38 How Weight Loss Drugs Impact Muscle Mass 55:04 Our Appearance-Obsessed World 1:03:53 Johann’s Thoughts After Writing the Book 1:10:52 Where to Find Johann

We actually do know why people seem to gain the weight back after dieting… It’s because they can’t stick to the lifestyle necessary, and will power isn’t a good way to stick to something. Instead, what you need to do is pick a lifestyle you ENJOY and is SUSTAINABLE.

If i could afford it, i would take it in a heartbeat. I don’t care what the down side is… that is how i have suffered with my weight my ENTIRE life. Now in menopause, I’m trying to lose an additional 30 pounds, and I eat very clean and am very active. It is a living hell to be ruled by food.

This isn't going to end well.

In 2011, Hari was suspended from The Independent and later resigned, after admitting to plagiarism and fabrications dating back to 2001 and making malicious edits to the Wikipedia pages of journalists who had criticised his conduct.[1][2] He has since written books on the topics of depression, the war on drugs, the effect of technology on attention span, and anti-obesity medication which have attracted criticism for inaccuracies and misrepresentation.

Best case scenario a generation or two of people taking these drugs will put the junk food companys out of business and maybe people will have healthy food available to them. I don't mind that path.

What if the amount the food you eat reflects the nutrients the body needs to fill the reserves and operate? Satiety postpones because you don't get enough from the processed foods...so if you take a drug that mimics satiety and keep eating crap, cutting the quantity, it will surely end well

It's so unbelievably wild to me that we go through this two-step process of 1) eating hyper-processed, dogshit modern food and becoming obese, then 2) using a highly-advanced modern pharmaceutical product to cure the problems from step 1. Instead, you can just take 0 steps, and eat what a normal evolutionary human would have eaten 50,000 years ago. Meat, fruits, veggies. Maybe throw in some whole grains. Our further divergence from our evolutionary past is a huge problem.

Ozempic hides health issues that poor diet might initially display as weight gain, it does’t stop people being malnourished, even if they do lose weight, and the vast, vast, vast number of people who exercise a bit more and eat a bit healthier, do lose weight. Never mind that this is seriously harming those needing the drug for its actual purpose of helping those with diabetes.

I am almost 72 and never thought I would live this long. I prefer fighting it with diet and exercise.

Im really struggling with this episode & weight loss drugs in general. I have been out of shape many times in my life, but I learned discipline and willpower in this domain of life to overcome this. I didn't always have strong dicipline/willpower, its something that I intentionally trained. I really dont think im special at all. I just learned about healthy habits and, over the course of several years, worked on my discipline and slowly implemented healthy habits into my life. I have so much empathy for people struggling with their weight, and I do think drugs like Ozempic could be a great intervention in some situations, but I really struggle to believe that I and others who maintain a healthy lifestyle are somehow special or have some other worldly will power that obese people dont have. I know many obese people who are very hard working and disciplined in other domains of life. I believe that the vast majority of people have the capacity to live a healthy life if proper education about food, and the reasons why one may be overeating/living a sedentary lifestyle is addressed on a personal level, as well as conciously worked on by the individual over the course of several years. I used to eat terriblely, play video games until 4 am, get 2 hours of sleep, miss all my classes, and hardly exercise. I did that for a long time and just worked slowly to build my discipline and change my habits one at a time. Im willing to believe that there are genetic compenants that make this significantly more difficult for some individuals. I for example have terrible Insomnia, and always have and likely always will. Most of my life slept 2-4 hours a night, but now I sleep 6-9 hours a night. It is such a problem that I have to structure my entire day around optimizing for sleep, or it wont happen. It woukd be very easy to take a pill, but that would likely degrade my health, so Instead I do all of the sleep protocols from Dr. Mathew Walker and i can sleep reasonably well now. IDK MAN.

I've been following Johann Hari since his Lost Connections book. I clicked on this video because I didn't believe this was the same guy based on the thumbnail image...lol I was like , "Wait, is there another Johann Hari??"...lol I appreciate his honestly, curiosity and vulnerability. If you come from a family like his, like I do (also raised by my mom and grandma), you get it. I can see people on here who are skeptical, but when you've struggled with your weight your entire life, these GLP-1 drugs are a life saver, both figuratively and literally.

I've always liked Johann and have bought all his books since his first appearance on the podcast years ago. He's the only one who can make lifetime dependency on a pharmaceutical sound like a plausible solution to our present alimentary hellscape.

Chris, please get Tyna Moore on your show to discuss this topic more in depth.

I've lost 60 pounds over the last 2-3 years.... But I've been following the themes of health and wellness that are consistent across the most reliable platforms (including this one). I've also kept it at a sustainable level. Any major changes I've made have been done slowly and I do not exhaust myself in the gym. This followed getting clean and sober 3 1/2 years ago. Maybe getting sober gave me the faculties to make large changes in my life. 🤷 For perspective, at 41 years old I was 5'11" and 260 pounds... I just dropped below 200. I guess my point is that 2 lb lighter seems outrageous on a 2-year diet.

It felt like I was watching infomercial for Ozempic

So, I'm dubious about Johann Hari, due to his previous issues with plagiarism. I'm listening to the podcast regardless with an open mind, but I will point out that Jay Rayner has completely refuted that he has ever taken Ozempic, so I would definitely say to take all of this with a grain of salt

I took it, it’s both good and horrible, I was 110-120 and even 90 lbs , but recently weighed 150lbs, and I’m short, so I was considered fat. I was rushed to the hospital after three months of taking it. It cause gall stones. I’m a person who walk and run, but eating too much. I noticed my skin all over lost muscle tone and didn’t look right. I stopped and gained 10 lbs within 2 weeks. I have managed to lose it on my own, so this is interesting.

There is no way in hell Ozempic, and drugs like it, don't have horrific long-term side effects. Especially for people who take it for long periods of time.

So, in summary, GLP-01 will be a key component in the composition of ‘Soma’. Horrifying.