We ask a lot of questions about our diet.

What's the right way to treat a chronic illness, fight off a virus, lose weight?

The problem is we get a lot of different answers.

Well, I'm here to help.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host Dr. Michael Greger.

Today, in part three of our series on OZMPIC, we look at how to control the side effects

of GLP1 drugs.

It appears the vast majority of people prescribed GLP1 drugs stopped taking them in a matter

of months, but compare that to the older weight loss drugs.

Those had a 98% failure rate. In drug trials, most people taking these types of weight-loss drugs. Those had a 98% failure rate.

In drug trials, most people taking these types of weight-loss drugs started out obese and

ended up obese no matter how long they stayed on them.

But that's just on average.

Some people, despite being on high-dose-ozympic for years, actually ended up heavier than

when they started, and most remained overweight, but

a small fraction, some about 1 in 25, plateaued down at a normal weight.

1 in 25 doesn't sound like a lot, but obese individuals are rarely able to achieve

a normal weight without something drastic like bariatric surgery.

Only about 1 in 200 men with

class 1 obesity or 1 in 100 women, are able to find their way back to a normal weight,

so these drugs really can have a huge effect in a select few.

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