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What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by mathgeek »

7bit wrote: post #526
watwut wrote: post #433

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> 10 oranges are unhealthy You made that up tho.

I know Math is hard for you, so let me explain it: 10 oranges have a total of roughly 700 calories and 120 grams of sugar while only having 30 grams of fiber. It's mainly sugar. Eating 10 oranges per day crowds out protein, fat and other nutrients. It's not a made up claim. You are a made up claim, troll.

> Eating 10 oranges per day

I know it ends up as pedantry, but specifying the period with every post/restatement is so critical in these threads. 10 oranges a day is unhealthy, but so is 10 oranges a year to someone trying to make a counter point.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by mcmoor »

theshrike79 wrote: post #390
sublinear wrote: post #298

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Yes. I'm saying that it goes away when you fix your diet. Do you know what nutrients are? Deficiencies are the cause of the noise. This is an evolutionary feature, not a bug. Your body is expecting you to keep eating alternatives until you eventually stumble onto the foods that make you feel better and then keep eating those. In severe cases you might need more patience with the right foods, but if you already feel l…

I eat a perfect diet of moslty vegetables, chicken and fish, I cook my own food and know what's in it. I just eat too much of it, because food tastes good and it's a source of dopamine for me. Like most people with food noise. Also when I get up and finish eating, within 30 minutes my brain is thinking what's going to be the next meal I eat. Food noise. Yes, some people can lose massive amounts of weight by "just eti…

The beer part is relatable. I've seen people advising on cutting soda, beer, any sweety beverages. I've only consumed water for years now and here I am. Though i imagine if I do drink those beverages I'd be even bigger.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by 7bit »

mathgeek wrote: post #531
7bit wrote: post #526

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I know Math is hard for you, so let me explain it: 10 oranges have a total of roughly 700 calories and 120 grams of sugar while only having 30 grams of fiber. It's mainly sugar. Eating 10 oranges per day crowds out protein, fat and other nutrients. It's not a made up claim. You are a made up claim, troll.

> Eating 10 oranges per day I know it ends up as pedantry, but specifying the period with every post/restatement is so critical in these threads. 10 oranges a day is unhealthy, but so is 10 oranges a year to someone trying to make a counter point.

Not my responsibility to make sure people with read deficiencies are able to follow a discussion.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by jawilson2 »

dmayle wrote: post #171
dirtbagskier wrote: post #2

I'd take them even if they didn't make me lose weight - and I'm the type of person that doesn't like takeing Tylenol unless absolutely necessary. The best way I can describe it: my body and mind are no longer is in starvation mode. I plan, do, act and sleep well.

I had the same experience, but not with GLP-1 drugs, but by upping my protein intake to about 0.7g per pound of body weight. Night and day, stopped always being hungry... I've tried Noom before (eating highly filling, low calorie foods, but filling, not satiating), but that only worked while I was tracking (and always forcing myself to keep it up)... Losing weight required work on top of that, but the protein just ma…

I had the same experience, but with a strict keto diet, <20 net carbs / day. I started in 2014, and have maintained it more or less since. When I periodically stop it for a month or so, I get anxiety attacks, migraines, and obviously weight gain. So, I just don't stop it.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by tapoxi »

zhivota wrote: post #91
tapoxi wrote: post #23

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I got pancreatitis from Zepbound, but it was indirect. Turns out rapid weight loss can cause gallstones, especially if you're genetically predisposed to them. I had one that ended up stuck in the bile duct, causing acute pancreatitis. I had to get my gallbladder removed shortly after and hundreds of stones were found. I would consider getting an ultrasound since the stones don't just go away when you stop taking the…

Thanks for sharing, it makes sense. Even before taking Tirzepatide I have had issues my whole life with greasy / fatty stool, and now that I've had reason to research the gall bladder, it does make me wonder if perhaps I also have stones.

Best of luck, if you do end up needing your gallbladder removed (they don't just remove the stones) it's a pretty simple procedure. I was out of the hospital after a few hours. No negative effects, and I don't need to worry about that happening to me again.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by jelsisi »

nwienert wrote: post #515
cjbgkagh wrote: post #432

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I started on an extremely small dose and worked up very slowly because I predicted and did in-fact have hyperactivity to it. I got gastroparisis and the associated huge amount of vomiting, couldn’t eat for the first few weeks. But slowly over the course of 3-6 months I was having few and fewer bad days. I take a bunch of other meds as well but this one is one of the most effective. I also do LDN, Amitryptiline, Modaf…

Btw I have a couple autoimmune issues and found Tirzepatide strongly preferable to Semaglutide.

Interesting, how did you get access? Through a prescription?

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Post by crooked-v »

herbst wrote: post #493
amanaplanacanal wrote: post #381

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If telling people to eat better fixed obesity, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic.

I mean the idea is that GPT helps to reduce appetite while you learn to eat properly. Not to take GPT the rest of your life.

Why not? If it doesn't have immediate side effects for a given person it's unlikely to have them later, and it will be dirt cheap as soon as the patents run out.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by herbst »

crooked-v wrote: post #537
herbst wrote: post #493

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I mean the idea is that GPT helps to reduce appetite while you learn to eat properly. Not to take GPT the rest of your life.

Why not? If it doesn't have immediate side effects for a given person it's unlikely to have them later, and it will be dirt cheap as soon as the patents run out.

> If it doesn't have immediate side effects for a given person it's unlikely to have them later

Why would this sentence make any sense?

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by faangguyindia »

treis wrote: post #486
faangguyindia wrote: post #332

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I've helped many people lose weight, become jacked, and go from underweight to a healthy weight. I regularly hear from overweight and obese people who come to me, “I’m genetically predisposed to being fat.” Yet after a few months, we often make significant progress. Many of them have also tried “deficit dieting,” and it didn’t work for them. But when I looked more deeply into their methods, I found they had calculate…

Pretty much everyone can make significant progress in a few months. That’s not the problem being solved.

With sustainable approach they stay around 15-20% Bodyfat (for males) for long time spanning several years, very few relapse and when they do they know what they gotta do.

Re: What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis

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Post by faangguyindia »

crooked-v wrote: post #360
faangguyindia wrote: post #169

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What's your maintenance calories and how did you calculate it? Most people calculate it wrong.

It's about 1800 KCal, give or take, on a day of sedentary office work. I'm deeply familiar with it after years of calorie tracking. My grocery shopping and meals, most cooked from scratch on a daily basis, are designed around it to keep at a stable weight. If what you actually mean to say is "you're wrong, there's no way you could eat like that", the response is "give me nothing but heads of lettuce with salt and pep…

1800kcal is low, average woman has 2000kcal maintenance while male 2500kcal.

People with that low of maintenance calories are usually sedentary and undermuscled.

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