#245 Ozempic. The truth about the side effects and risks of this Magic Pill with Johann Hari
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Johann Hari is back on the podcast today and he looks completely different to the last time I saw him. He’s lost an incredible amount of weight, his face looks completely different and it’s all because of a drug you’ve probably already heard of. Ozempic.
Also known as GLP-1 agonists, these drugs were initially used by doctors like myself in General Practice for type 2 diabetics, but have now found a use case to treat obesity.
For over a year, Johann has been self treating with the drugs and diving into the history of how these drugs were discovered and utilised. From the lab to the pharmaceutical companies & the doctors surgery to the popular pages of celebrity gossip columns; Johann tells the full story without shying away from the potentially dangerous reality of the sideffects and risks of these popular medications.
We talk about:
What Ozepmic and similar drugs do to your brain and gut
How it impacts addiction to food and other substances
What the potential risks are including cancer, pancreatitis and bowel obstruction
Why UPF and obesity are the main concern
You can purchase Johann’s newest book, ‘Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs’, available on 2nd May 2024, here: https://amzn.to/3Ulz2UB
Johann Hari is a New York Times best-selling author, his books include, ‘Chasing the Scream’, ‘Lost Connections’, and ‘Stolen Focus’. He has written for the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, and has twice been named ‘National Newspaper Journalist of the Year’ by Amnesty International.
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| 0:08.0 | People who know Vegas, they'll know that's the roughest KFC in the world. |
| 0:11.0 | And that's really saying something and believe me I've been to all of them. |
| 0:13.8 | I went there and I just ordered what I would have ordered a year before I |
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| 0:21.8 | and I looked at this food and I suddenly thought shit I can't eat this and |
| 0:28.4 | Colonel Sanders was on the wall like is in all the KFCs and I really felt like he was looking down at me going |
| 0:32.1 | mate what happened to my best customer right? |
| 0:37.3 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen Podcast. |
| 0:42.4 | The show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition, and I'm a medical doctor I study nutrition and I'm a firm believer in the power of food and |
| 0:56.6 | lifestyle as medicine. |
| 1:00.8 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of looks completely different to the last time I saw him. |
| 1:21.6 | He has lost an incredible amount of weight. His face looks |
| 1:26.2 | completely different and it's all because of a drug you've probably heard of. |
| 1:32.0 | A ZEMP1 Agnes, these drugs were initially used by doctors like myself in general practice for type 2 diabetics, but I have now found a use case to treat obesity. |
| 1:45.3 | For over a year, Johann has been self-treating with the drugs and diving into the history |
| 1:50.8 | of how these drugs were discovered and utilized. From the lab to |
| 1:55.3 | pharmaceutical companies and the doctor surgery to the popular pages of |
| 1:59.8 | celebrity gossip columns, Johann tells the full story without shying away from the |
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