Ozempic: TikTok’s fixation and the diet culture cycle

Ozempic: TikTok’s fixation and the diet culture cycle | About That

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Ozempic, a drug used to help treat Type 2 diabetes, has soared in popularity thanks to a side-effect - appetite suppression. Stacy Lee Kong and Nancy Carlson join About That's Andrew Chang to discuss how celebrity weight loss, diet culture and social media have further fueled the demand.
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@ksisu1324 Жыл бұрын

I have been on Ozempic, supervised by my GP, for 6 months to help me lose excess weight. I have been in so many different weightloss education programs, applying good nutrition & weigh and measure everything, smaller plates - smaller meals, using logic and distraction activities. Nothing worked. My use of prescription Ozempic stopped the ravenous hunger. No cravings. I have had zero hypoglycemia issues. My body is happy with smaller balanced meals. I am finally losing weight, 40lbs so far. I am now able to walk more. I feel better and my joints hurt a little less. I have a 2-3 year plan to get down to a healthy weight with increased fitness goals along the way.

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! You've summarized it nicely. No ravenous hunger, no cravings. You're doing great. I just started (1 dose which leaked a little!) and I'm absolutely prepared to be on it for life. It's what I (and we all) need to stop letting our brains/guts control our lives. Hoping soon there will be pills or something simpler than an injectable pen.

@ksisu1324 Жыл бұрын

@@DanK123 I am so enjoying my life now that I am not being controlled by my gutt-brain. I am hoping that this will eventually come in a less expensive pill form or vial.

@brendaclark4023 Жыл бұрын

A good steady income for your dr too

@gloriaesteban2913 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@gloriaesteban2913 Жыл бұрын

Kate moss looks so good

@OMEGATHENIETZCHIAN Жыл бұрын

I was put on ozempic a few months back. It has helped curb my appetite to some extent but it hasn't been a miracle drug I still need to make good food choices and exercise. It's a tool that can help but at the end of the day my obesity is only going to be cured by making sustained lifestyle changes.

@rickystarduster Жыл бұрын

if all it is doing is helping you not to put on more weight like it does for me than it is doing its job as far as i am concerned as i have mobility issues as well as diabetic so this has helped me to keep from putting more weight on but loosing weight is another matter.

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

Incorrect. "Making lifestlye changes" is next to impossible for almost everybody, thanks to our brains fighting against us and wanting to stay at the higher weight we've been. Almost everybody reverts back to their old weight. It's a disease. Ozempic/Wegovy/etc makes us less hungry and slows gastric emptying. When you're not hungry and driven to eat food all the time, you lose weight. Please don't say things like "it's not a miracle drug" when it's actually quite miraculous and changing people's live. Look at obesity as...hemophilia or seizures or any other lifelong condition that you need medication for.

@OMEGATHENIETZCHIAN Жыл бұрын

@@DanK123 set point has nothing to do with lifestyle and your set point can be reset. Usually it resets every 3-6 months provided change is consistent. If, for example, you take up soccer and plau twice a week every week for a year while adjusting your diet to meet your new energy needs you will lose weight and your set point will adjust. Not by much but by some.

@katelambert732 Жыл бұрын

@@rickystarduster exactly this.

@lucyfair6141 Жыл бұрын

I got prescribed Saxenda a few years ago. Lost 40 ponds in 3 months. My body was aching everywhere, i couldnt eat without vomiting or nausea. My pancreas is a mess now. I have stop, and the pounds came back.

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

I'd try the newer drugs. You'll ramp up slowly and only go as far as you can tolerate. Don't give up! Definitely talk to your doctor.

@RAralar Жыл бұрын

This is lowering the supply for actual diabetic patients

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

No, they're produced separately with different names under different licenses. Doctors have always prescribed various drugs for people off label. Adderall for weight loss, etc. This is nothing new. It'll be just fine. Novo Nordisk has tons of money to make with this life changing drug and is surely ramping up production as word spreads.

@darlene2861 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Andrew for this very interesting video. I was put on Ozempic for Type Two Diabetes but had to stop after 5 weeks. I lost 10 lbs but the side effects for me were horrific. Awful abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and then cold sweats all over my body. I decided it is just not worth it. A proper diet is my answer - I following carnivore/keto

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

If you can stick to that, great. Congrats. It's not that simple or easy for most people. Did you start at the lowest dose of Ozempic?

@gorgeous.akosua Жыл бұрын

If it is too good to be true, it is too good to be true.

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

Incorrect. Please learn more.

@leecox6241 Жыл бұрын

How many are aware that a recent study linking Ozempic and multiple sclerosis in women over 45?

@ahill4642 Жыл бұрын

ugh, damn

@FOJO27 Жыл бұрын

Where can we find the study?

@DSCropper66 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interesting and impactful piece! It's helped me understand critiques of diet culture like other discussions haven't.

@davidking4540 9 ай бұрын

Way too many people who don't need it .I'm not able to get it now because there's a shortage .

@bernieschau Жыл бұрын

You guys do a nice job, thank you 🙏

@polyanthesis Жыл бұрын

Those shakey machines are not meant for weight loss. They're used in physiotherapy for people with hypermobility to work on stabilisation muscles in very small increments (in less than 5 minute increments.)

@cactusqueen Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for covering this topic, CBC. I have watched diet culture harm so many people, myself included. I would really like to see more content like this.

@hojoinhisarcher Жыл бұрын

great stuff keep it up!

@brendaclark4023 Жыл бұрын

What are the long term side effects

@rickystarduster Жыл бұрын

is ozempic available in the states without a prescription because if not then there are a lot of type 2 diabetics in the usa or people who's doctors are prescribing this medication when they should not be

@crissysnader7725 Жыл бұрын

Gotta have a prescription in the US.

@shelbysycamore637 Жыл бұрын

TIL Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian are diabetics. Sounds like the doctors are handing the prescriptions out like candy at this point.

@chery0071 Жыл бұрын

When you have money you can buy allot of things

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

No, you need a prescription. Ozempic is the diabetes version, Wegovy is the weight loss version. For Wegovy, the guidelines are (I believe) that somebody with BMI of 30 or higher or a BMI of 27 or higher with weight related health issues. It's not "illegal" to prescribe otherwise, but doctors are supposed to follow this guideline. When there's truly enough of this so that there's no "shortage" nobody will care. I think things have already improved and there's more product available. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually a large percentage of us are taking this to regulate our eating to stay healthy. As long as it's safe (or safe enough) then I think it's truly life changing.

@charlesharnois3684 Жыл бұрын

I'm a type 2 diabetic, I use Trulicty for my condition, Last month went to 3 different pharmacies to a refill, I was told the shortages is because Doctors are prescribing it for weight loss,

@Hopeful62 Жыл бұрын

The shortage is on pharma not other patients

@Afritunez 6 ай бұрын

Ozempic is basically putting the real issue under a rug and hoping for the best

@alienpix Жыл бұрын

Being thin means doctors don't believe my pain because I "look well", despite having diagnosed genetic causes of pain.

@katherinespencer2073 Жыл бұрын

Diabetes can also be 'cured' by people making serious lifestyle changes...but people are not expected to do that. The insurance companies keep covering their medications, doctors & society keeps accepting that & their high use of healthcare. So, with all of the hurtful aspects of being extremely obese, carrying an extra 50 lbs on your skeleton, that should also deserve medication...for life. FOR LIFE....because without it, many lose it.

@deniselittrean880 9 ай бұрын

Correction: Your comment applies to Type 2 Diabetes not Juvenile Diabetes Type 1.

@tonmoycmc46 Жыл бұрын

I love ozempic

@akirac2086 Жыл бұрын

To bad it’s not considered a weight loss medication yet. It’s not covered in Alberta. I’m on Saxenda and having side effects.

@brettknoss486 Жыл бұрын

Semeglutide is approved by Hewlth Canada to treat obesity.

@carolr9747 Жыл бұрын

I use this and never lost an ounce !!

@judyklein649 Жыл бұрын

My colleague used ozempic, it did not curb her appetite at all. She did lose 60 lbs but gained 50 back. It didn't work for her, not in the long term. 😥

@DanK123 Жыл бұрын

Somehow I doubt you used it.

@carolr9747 Жыл бұрын

@@DanK123 i have a prescription for this injection, once weekly, why doubt? Perhaps it takes a while...

@beatrizaceiton3691 Жыл бұрын

Who wants to take drugs for no reason, I'm allergic to pills.

@karenacton3854 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you…..I thought those generations were into healthy eating and treating their bodies like a temple……I guess not eh? Pathetic. One of these days those influencers are going to get someone killed with this garbage.

@lallitasingh1954 Жыл бұрын

I though this was about ozempic, it's not, it's about weight obsession. It would have been good to find out the side effects of ozempic. There are many.

@ahill4642 Жыл бұрын

they listed some of them at 1:21

@JHabc Жыл бұрын

Yes, the diabetes center and my pharmacist actually told me there were no side effects. If I had known what they were, I never would have taken it. Had a prior endocrinologist rule it out because of my medical history. I took 2 doses, and I was throwing up constantly, exhausted, and in a ton of pain. I was having hypoglycaemic episodes and couldn’t get anything down to treat them. It took my body months to recover.

@lallitasingh1954 Жыл бұрын

@@JHabc I agree, I stopped taking it. It’s horrible.

@lakeviewstyle Жыл бұрын

I just started my first dose today.25. I felt instantly a wave of weird fullness from my belly to my brain. Like flying at high altitude without the need to pop my ears. I started at 9am and didn’t feel the need to eat until 5:30. Total calories were 1300 and I’m done. I’m diabetic but this also has that strong appetite suppressant quality. No side effects so far.

@lallitasingh1954 Жыл бұрын

@@lakeviewstyle you are fortunate that you have not had side effects. I was ill, threw up, felt horrible in it.

@daisychic Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this until she started talking about “whiteness”.

@MelindadelosSantos Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't fasting alone be enough?

@tinarose6578 Жыл бұрын

Sure - but not many people want to (or will) do that.

@christine_notchristina Жыл бұрын

Really, the power of Tiktok is amazing and horrifying!

@darksmoke2021 Жыл бұрын

Doc said want quick solution. No a solution that works.

@avrilbellis Жыл бұрын

You're one

@gloriaesteban2913 Жыл бұрын

Stop writing warnings lol

@ariesa9751 Жыл бұрын

Just be careful of long-term effects. Diet and exercise is the only way to sustainably lose weight.

@brettknoss486 Жыл бұрын

Diet and exercise has a terrible track record. Medication is only part of the puzzle, but one that has shown results.

@rebeccaagholor9622 Жыл бұрын

Get rid of the ease of access to processed foods. If whole foods were as heavily subsidised as the junk, peeps wouldn't be buying it.

@Butterfly-rd4je Жыл бұрын

Love this show n the topic you discuss. Her opinion helps those who do struggle but want.to.do.the safe way. Most.people have been.off after covid n people just want to go back to be heath

@blademan4089 Жыл бұрын

Elon and Kim both using it… How can I say no….

@daisychic Жыл бұрын

Kim used Ozempic, and Elon used Negovy. They’re similar but she used the one prescribed to Diabetics, his for weight loss.

@Tribuneoftheplebs Жыл бұрын

It costs a couple hundred a month lol. If you got it 🤑 like Elon and Kim then go ahead.

@JHabc Жыл бұрын

@@daisychic Ozempic and Wegovy are the exact same drug, just with different names for marketing purposes

@avrilbellis Жыл бұрын

I didn't get to finish typed my reply to you there, then. Weird.

@yazori74 Жыл бұрын

So Ivan Provorov got the right to not support LGBTQ but NOT QATAR ? open the comment section on that video "NHL player skipped Pride-themed warmup, citing religious beliefs"!!

@yazori74 Жыл бұрын

@@grant6578 I agree with him, u miss understood my point!