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Something You Should Know

Ozempic: Weight Loss Risks and Benefits and What We Miss About Analog

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Science, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Look at any can of cooking spray and it will say on the label that it has zero calories. How can that be? It can’t be. Listen as I explain how they get away with saying that when it isn’t really true and I’ll reveal how many calories there actually are. https://cheatdaydesign.com/how-many-calories-does-cooking-spray-really-have/ No doubt you have heard of Ozempic. It is a drug that allows a lot of people to lose weight. While it is extremely effective, there are risks and concerns. But what is the bigger risk – the risks of taking the drug or the risks of remaining overweight? That’s the question I explore with Johann Hari. He is a writer and journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, and other newspapers. His TED Talks have been viewed over 70 million times, he is the author of some bestselling books and he has taken Ozempic and lost weight. He has also thoroughly researched all sides of the debate on these drugs and the results of his work are in his book Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs (https://amzn.to/3WMpdC7). All the conveniences of living in a digital world are hard to argue with. Still, all these digital gadgets have made many cherished analog things obsolete. Think about how your smartphone has replaced the need for a watch, or camera or a bookstore or record store – even a map. Everything is digital now. This segment isn’t about longing for “the good old days” of analog but rather looking at how important our analog world was a few decades ago and how some analog things still persist because they are still the better way (think of a pencil and a piece of paper). Joining me to talk about all things analog is Deyan Sudjic, Director Emeritus of the Design Museum in London, professor of Design Studies at the University of Lancaster in the UK and author of the book, The World of Analog: A Visual Guide (https://amzn.to/4dMnXEW). No matter what language people speak, when they get hurt they say “OUCH!” or something very close to it. Listen as I explain the reason and purpose of OWWW or OUCH! Source: Jonathan Goldman author of The 7 Secrets to Sound Healing (https://amzn.to/3V6vVR9). PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare & find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, & more https://NerdWallet.com TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Luckily for those of us who live with the symptoms of allergies, we can Live Claritin Clear with Claritin-D! eBay Motors has 122 million parts for your #1 ride-or-die, to make sure it stays running smoothly. Keep your ride alive at https://eBayMotors.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today on something you should know, if you use cooking spray in your kitchen, you need to hear something.

0:08.0

Then, weight loss drugs like Ozemphic.

0:10.0

Yeah, they're effective, but there are concerns, and it's quite a debate.

0:15.0

Anyone who's just saying, boo, they're the devil, or r-a, they're the magical solution, I think is missing the more interesting debate,

0:21.0

because the real choice is what are the risk of these drugs is what are the risks of continuing

0:25.1

to be obese. Probably think that most shocked me is just how bad for you being obese is.

0:31.1

Also why do people say, ow, when they get hurt? And we live in a digital world, but the convenience

0:38.1

of digital has a price, like the smartphone.

0:41.0

You can think about it, the smartphone took away the need for all those categories of things

0:46.1

we once valued, a camera, a map, a bookstore, a record store.

0:51.6

All those things disappeared and turn into these slippery pixels.

0:55.6

All this today on something you should know.

0:58.8

Something You Should Know.

0:59.8

Something You Should Know, Fascinating Intel, the world's top experts, and practical advice you can use in your life today.

1:11.0

Something You Should Know with Mike Carothers.

1:14.0

Hi, what a treat that you've decided to spend part of your day today

1:18.0

listing to something you should know.

1:21.0

I've mentioned several times before on this podcast that I like to cook and one

1:26.0

thing I've always wondered about and I bet you have too it it's about cooking

1:30.6

sprays. Most cooking sprays if you look at the can it'll say

1:34.8

zero or no calories. Well how could that be? How could how could cooking spray have

1:41.1

no calories? Well it turns out it does have calories.

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