Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons

Re:Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons by throwup238 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:39PM (#41240595)

IMO GLP-1 agonists are obviously not free, from first principles. They might be for diabetics who carefully manage their diet, but many (most?) people using them for weight loss usually already have shitty diets with poor macronutrient balance and micronutrient deficiencies. Eating less of the crappy food they were eating before just makes the true situation worse.

This is just the latest [1][2] evidence for the obvious muscle wasting that will happen to a human body that is starved of protein and micronutrients. The muscles under the skin are being cannibalized for protein that’s missing in the diet and other biochemical processes that restore them are starved of the nutrients they need to function.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37558780

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39326333

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Re:Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons by cameronh90 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:57PM (#41240724)

Why do you think they just eat less of the same crappy food?

In my experience, it turned down the reward feedback for calorie dense food, and I would usually now prefer something like a lentil daal over a Dominos.

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Re:Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons by throwup238 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @07:13PM (#41240813)

Because GLP-1 agonists don't change anything other than the cravings and/or reward feedback. They don't add healthy menu items to existing restaurants, they don't put new grocery stores in food deserts, teach people how to shop for healthy food or how to cook it so it's palatable, or in any way mitigate any of the socioeconomic factors that drive people to eating unhealthy food.

In my experience, the average American is looking at restaurants like McDonalds, Dominoes/PizzaHut, a local burger joint, and a "fancy" place like Olive Garden. They wouldn't be able to get something healthy like lentil daal if they wanted to, with the closest equivalent being a McDonald's salad.

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