805: Diet Pills and Supplements | Skeptical Sunday

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Jordan Harbinger

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🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Are the diet pills and supplements you take to offset that midnight chalupa habit doing you any favors? You wouldn't be alone in wondering. All over the world, people buy pills or supplements in hopes of preventing disease, improving their health, and losing weight. But do any of them really work?

Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a topic that you may have never thought about, open things up, and debunk common misconceptions.

On This Week's Skeptical Sunday, We Discuss:

With 40% of Americans being obese, 70% overweight, and 100% duped by corporate greed for an easy, instant solution, it's no wonder diet pills and supplements are pitched as the greatest thing since sliced bread (and the bread is probably how you got like that).
A self-administered injection of semaglutide (popularly branded as Wegovy or Ozempic) can provide up to 17% weight loss at a cost of over $1,300 per month. Side effects include possible thyroid tumors, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, headaches, kidney damage, and stomach pain.
Fat blockers can reduce fat intake by 30%, but the weight loss is typically only around six pounds over two years.
The diet supplement industry is largely unregulated by the FDA, so there's a risk of potentially harmful, unlabeled ingredients sneaking past protective scrutiny.
Over-the-counter diet supplements are often BS, but green tea is a natural weight loss aid that can help block fat, suppress appetite, and help people lose weight.
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0:00.0	Special thanks to Peloton for sponsoring this episode of the Jordan Harbinger Show.
0:08.0	Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger, and this is Skeptical Sunday.
0:11.7	A special edition of the Jordan Harbinger Show where fact checker and comedian David C.
0:15.5	Smalley and I break down a topic that you may have never thought about,
0:18.5	open things up and debunk common misconceptions,
0:21.4	topics such as why the Olympics are kind of a sham, why expiration dates on food or nonsense,
0:26.4	why tipping makes no sense and might even be a little bit racist, recycling,
0:30.0	band foods, toothpaste, chemtrails, and a whole lot more. Normally on the Jordan Harbinger Show,
0:34.7	we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's most fascinating people,
0:38.4	and we turned their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to impact your own life
0:42.7	and those around you. We have long form interviews and conversations with a variety of really
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1:08.9	JordanHarbinger.com slash start or look in your Spotify app to get started. On this episode
1:14.0	of Skeptical Sunday, we're going to address weight loss pills and supplements. You know,
1:18.0	the stuff you take after you eat a ton of Taco Bell junk food to pretend you didn't just do
1:21.4	some real damage with those chalupas all over the world. People buy pills or supplements in hopes
1:26.4	of preventing disease, improving their health and of course losing weight, but what really works
1:31.7	and is it worth it? Skeptic comedian David C. Smalley is here to weigh in. Damn, already? Yeah,
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