What's up everybody? It's Austin Rivers from Off Guard and I've got some exciting news.

Off Guard hosted by me and my guy Pasha Gigi is officially moving to our own

podcast feed. We are now dropping two shows every week. Me and Pasha go way back and talk so much hoops already

that we figured it was time to fire up the mics and let you in on these conversations.

Every week, Pasha and myself will hit on the biggest stories happening around the league.

Tapp into the show twice a week on our new off-guard feed on Spotify or wherever you get your

podcast.

Today's podcast is about the Weight Loss Drug Revolution, which I think might be one of the most important stories in the world right now.

And despite all the attention that weight loss drugs are receiving, it's possible, I think, that we might be underrating the effect that these drugs are

having on our bodies, on our minds, and on our economy.

I want to begin somewhere a bit concrete even if it's a bit fanciful so one way we can begin to tell the story of these weight-loss drugs is for me to tell you

about a lizard called the Heelomaster. The Heelomaster is a heavy venomous

lizard native to the southwest US and one of the most unique traits of the Heelomaster

is that the reptile only needs to eat once

to survive for several months. In fact there's some research that suggests they can

live on just five meals a year.

So about 15 years ago, a small team of scientists studied the saliva of the

Hela monster to understand its metabolism.

Like how does this creature survive on five to ten dinners a year?

They found this lizard saliva contained a hormone that lowered blood sugar and regulated appetite.

And when they looked at it very closely, they realized that this lizard gut hormone

actually structurally resembled a human hormone, called the glucagon-like peptide 1, G.L.P. 1.

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