I just saw the recent South Park episode which talked about weight loss drugs but they didn’t take any clear stand on the matter. In fact I thought they were mostly positive about it.
Can you please your practical experiences with them?
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#2> but they didn’t take any clear stand on the matter.
So, you refer to South Park for medical advice ?
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#3> but they didn’t take any clear stand on the matter. So, you refer to South Park for medical advice ?
They took a very clear stand btw. "Rich people get Ozempic, poor people are prescribed body-positivity".
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#4> but they didn’t take any clear stand on the matter. So, you refer to South Park for medical advice ?
They took a very clear stand btw. "Rich people get Ozempic, poor people are prescribed body-positivity".
I can agree on this line, but I would try to get my hands on some serious information and speak with one or more doctors.
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#5What about eating healthier and doing more sport? I heard it works pretty well.
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#6What about eating healthier and doing more sport? I heard it works pretty well.
Sports is actually extremely inefficient when you look at the science. However, when you look at anecdotes, it seems to be consistently impactful. I think it's more an issue with how we're calculating calories out.
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#7Anecdotally,
Garcinia seems to be the most useful so far, mostly by lowering appetite.
Fat burners mostly rely on 1) increasing metabolism via caffeine 2) making that effect last longer. It seems to make things worse for me by increasing hunger, and sometimes makes me feel tired like when I have a fever and I end up lying around all day. Fevers burn lots of calories too, so I suspect it's artificially creating the same effect. It's probably most useful when combined with workouts. Also I think a lot of programmers have higher caffeine tolerance.
Things that keep blood sugar low are very effective in reducing weight but part of it is done by reducing water. Side effect is your brain needs plenty of sugar for processing, so it was not suited to programming work.
Re: Ask HN: Have you tried weight loss drugs?
#8What about eating healthier and doing more sport? I heard it works pretty well.
Sports is actually extremely inefficient when you look at the science. However, when you look at anecdotes, it seems to be consistently impactful. I think it's more an issue with how we're calculating calories out.
It will be hard to pick apart why. Muscles increase metabolism plus I suspect after a workout you feel like protein not carbs/sugar. You eat that and feel full. Then there is plain old confounding of people who have a good diet and people who exercise.
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#9> but they didn’t take any clear stand on the matter. So, you refer to South Park for medical advice ?
No, but usually they are trying to prove a point like ‘lazy solutions have great beginnings but don’t end well’. This time it was different and I might be living under a rock but never heard of weight loss drugs.
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#10> but they didn’t take any clear stand on the matter. So, you refer to South Park for medical advice ?
They took a very clear stand btw. "Rich people get Ozempic, poor people are prescribed body-positivity".
I thought it wouldn’t end well for the “rich” people - they would end up with some consequences like man-bear-pig or participating in fads like Prime energy drink.
But it wasn’t great either. Cartman never got thin, randy never got thin, women got abs - and maybe super high cravings/addiction to the drug.
That got me thinking, are they saying that this drug is legit but expensive because of the messed up healthcare system or its just a rick people fad and get them to do stupid things.