Tag: weight loss drugs

A calm, honest guide for real people—not quick fixes

If you’re over 40 and considering—or already using—a GLP-1 appetite suppression weight loss medication, you’ve likely been promised something simple:

Eat less. Lose weight. Feel better.

And yes… for many, the scale does move.

But what happens after the prescription is where most people feel quietly lost.

Let’s talk about that part.

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What Most People Are Not Told After the Prescription

GLP-1 medications can reduce appetite. That part is real.

But what’s often left out is this:
They don’t teach you how to eat.

So what happens?

• You eat less… but not necessarily better
• Protein intake often drops too low
• Muscle loss can begin quietly
• Energy dips become “normal”
• Long-term sustainability is unclear

As Dr. Eric Westman often emphasizes in his clinical work, what you eat still matters—even when you’re not hungry.

Appetite suppression is not nutrition guidance.

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If you’re feeling unsure of what to eat you’re not alone.

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‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’, a familiar phrase from Hippocrates dating back to around 400 BC. While a few things may have changed in the world since then, this statement has never been more relevant. There is a rising ‘ tsunami’ of chronic condition diagnoses, both physical and mental. Along with these, an increasing reliance on prescription medications like Ozempic to treat and manage them. This is a distinct shift away from lifestyle medicine of old.

While medication can be life-changing and life saving it is not without it’s downsides. This is true in terms of side-effects and costs. Yet the lure of a quick fix very often outweighs these. And speaking of weight, this is where the need for a quick fix is most prevalent. In 2022 the global weight loss and weight managment market size was valued at US$ 224.27 billion. It is predicted to grow to around US$ 405.4 billion by 2030. It’s no surprise then that weight loss or anti-obesity medications, like Ozempic, have taken their place at the top of prescription pads around the world.

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Dr. Hassina Kajee, specialist physican and Medical Director of The Nutrition Network discusses weight loss drugs such as Ozempic, delving into the intricacies of these medications, emphasizing their diverse risk factors, side effects, agonists, and the pivotal role of GLP-1 in the body.

Ozempic is a weekly injection that helps lower blood sugar by helping the pancreas make more insulin. It is not approved for weight loss, but some physicians prescribe it to be used for weight loss.

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