Diet vs. Wegovy & Ozempic Revisited: Risks and Alternatives | Dr. Neal Barnard Live Q&A

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🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The side effects of weight loss drugs are discussed. Do the risks outweigh the potential benefits? And how effective are medications such as Wegovy and Ozempic for long-term weight loss?

Dr. Neal Barnard discusses the pros, cons, and proven safer and effective alternatives to these popular weight loss medications.

He joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room LIVE. Together they share the facts about the safest and most effective weight loss techniques.

Plus, we open up The Doctor’s Mailbag and take questions from Exam Roomies for a broader look at heath.

-- Questions Answered --

- Are natural weight loss medications safer?

- Can some weight loss drugs make you hungry?

- How can you get back on track after a failed diet?

- Can you eat 160 grams of fiber in a day?

- And more!

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0:00.0	Coming up on the exam room.
0:03.2	If memory serves, these were not originally created for weight loss.
0:09.0	They were really marketed initially for diabetes and they do reduce blood sugar to a degree
0:14.4	and they also cause some weight loss.
0:16.4	And that got people excited, what if I don't have diabetes, I just want to lose weight,
0:20.3	let me take this drug.
0:22.7	And what the drugs do is that they interact with the brain to turn down your appetite.
0:28.6	And so the effect is not enormous.
0:31.2	If you're 100 pounds overweight, you're not going to lose 100 pounds on Mugovian, the
0:35.3	vast majority of cases.
0:36.8	But you might lose 30, 35 pounds and so that feels pretty good to people and they've
0:40.9	been ready to line up at the cash register.
0:44.2	Comes along with the cost.
0:45.8	Apart from the money, there is also hectic to pay in the bathroom.
0:50.6	I mean, people are nauseated and vomiting and they get diarrhea and those are very common
0:54.8	side effects.
0:56.2	They sometimes go away with time.
0:58.3	They sometimes don't.
1:00.4	And then the more serious issues are gallbladder problems, pancreatitis.
1:04.4	A French study suggested that thyroid cancer was about 58% more likely than people using
1:09.5	these drugs.
1:10.5	And those are all the risks over relatively short-term studies.
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