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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by overgard on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:39PM (#46597100)
To be fair, 12 step programs would be a counter argument. The maintenance of homeostasis requires constant attention in those programs. You could say overeating is different from other addictions, and I would agree, but there are a lot of similarities too..
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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by throwaway173738 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @01:35AM (#46597894)
One might argue that homeostasis is, itself, a kind of attention that our bodies pay. Maybe by consciously changing our habits we can change our set points. In certainly way more aware of how full I actually am 3 weeks into hitting a 2000 calorie a day diet.
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