Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Diva podcast. I'm Monica Reinegel and in this show I take

a closer look at nutrition headlines research and trends to help you put that information

into perspective and decide how or whether it may apply to you. And today I want to address

some headlines that I've seen over the past couple of weeks regarding ozampic. This is the

diabetes and now weight loss drug that's already been the subject of a lot of sensational coverage

this year. For example, I've seen a lot of press over a recent study showing that people who lose weight

on ozampic lose a fair amount of muscle mass. And another article addressed the fact that people

on ozampic eventually stopped losing weight and hit a plateau. Both of these news stories suggest

some confusion, not just about how these drugs work, but about how weight loss in general works.

Now before I go any further, let me clarify that I am not making a case for or against these

particular medications. Michael here is to add some missing perspective to some of the conversations

that I'm hearing and reading about this. Ozampic and WegoV are two brand names for the same

drug, somagletide, depending on whether it's being prescribed to treat diabetes or obesity.

And these are the names that you've probably been hearing a lot about lately. But somagletide

belongs to a larger class of medications called GLP1 agonists. And these are generally given

by injection. These drugs were originally developed and approved to treat type 2 diabetes and

they are quite effective in improving blood sugar control. But it turned out that they were also

quite effective in promoting weight loss. People taking these drugs can experience weight loss

similar to what we might see with bariatric surgery and well beyond what people who are suffering

from overweight or obesity are typically able to achieve with lifestyle modification alone.

This is not a medication that you take for a month in order to drop a dress size for your class

reunion or to hollow out your cheeks in preparation for your next movie role. This is not

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