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Anti-Obesity Drugs in Sociopolitical Context

Abstract

This literature review critically examines the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) as a diagnostic tool for obesity, highlighting its historical and scientific flaws. The diagnosis and treatment of obesity is heavily stigmatized and reflects deeper socio-economic and racial biases. Fatphobia, or anti-fatness, is deeply rooted in white supremacy and colonial history. I argue that anti-fatness and weight-based discrimination significantly impact health outcomes, rather than body fat percentage alone. The way that the medical system focuses on body size rather than the overall health of patients perpetuates harm and yields even poorer health outcomes. To genuinely improve the lives of fat individuals, we must dismantle anti-fat systems and remove barriers to healthcare, job equity, and basic infrastructure by implementing legal protections, rather than simply promoting weight loss. This review emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to health that considers socio-economic factors and systemic discrimination.

Journal Summary

Recently, two anti-obesity medications, Ozempic and Wegovy, which are primarily prescribed for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), have shown promise in causing weight loss. The 2022 scientific journal “Ozempic and Wegovy for Weight Loss, Pharmacological Component and Effect” by Abdullah Mohammed, et al explores the pharmacological components and effects of these medications on weight reduction, summarizing findings from existing clinical studies.

Ozempic is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist primarily used to manage T2DM. Clinical studies indicate that semaglutide can also promote significant weight loss. Ozempic's mechanism involves binding to GLP-1 receptors in the brain, reducing food intake and increasing feelings of fullness. This leads to a decrease in body weight and improvement in glycemic control. Wegovy, also a GLP-1 receptor agonist, is the same drug as Ozempic but two times the dose, specifically approved for weight loss for fat people even without T2DM. Administered as a weekly injection, Wegovy has shown effectiveness in inducing sustained weight loss. The STEP trials demonstrated that participants using Wegovy experienced an average weight loss of 15.8% over 68 weeks. Wegovy's pharmacokinetics involve prolonged activation of GLP-1 receptors, enhancing satiety and reducing hunger. GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide mimic the action of the natural hormone GLP-1, which regulates appetite and blood sugar levels. By slowing gastric emptying and promoting a feeling of fullness, these medications reduce caloric intake. Clinical trials have shown that GLP-1RAs, including semaglutide, can result in weight loss from 5% or up to 10-15% of body weight. However, sustained weight loss requires ongoing lifestyle modifications, as discontinuation of the medication leads to weight regain. Common side effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists include gastrointestinal issues such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. Other potential side effects include increased heart rate, fatigue, headaches, and changes in thyroid function.

Obesity as a Disease

How does one get an obesity diagnosis? There is one single criterion used for diagnosing someone with this disease: The Body Mass Index (BMI). A person’s BMI is their weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters, rounded to one decimal place. It does not account for muscle mass versus body fat. For these reasons, the BMI has been widely proven to be an ineffective health measure. The BMI was also never intended to be a measure of health in the first place.

The BMI was created in the 1800s by a statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, who did not study medicine, to gather statistics of the average height and weight of specifically white, European, upper-middle-class men to assist the government in allocating resources. It was never intended as a measure of individual body fat, build, or health (Karasu, 2016). Quetelet is also credited with founding the field of anthropometry, including the racist pseudoscience of phrenology. Quetelet’s L’homme Moyen would be used as a measurement of fitness to inspire, and as a scientific justification, for eugenics (Eugenics archive).

Studies have observed that about 30% of "normal” weight people are “unhealthy," whereas about 50% of "overweight" people are “healthy” (Rey-López, et al, 2014). Thus, using the BMI as an indicator of health misclassifies 75 million people in the United States alone. “Healthy*” lifestyle habits are associated with a significant decrease in mortality regardless of baseline body mass index (Matheson, et al, 2012).

*I put “healthy” in quotation marks here because the definition of an individual’s health is oversimplified and depends on many socioeconomic factors.

While epidemiologists use BMI to calculate national obesity rates, the distinctions between weight classes can be arbitrary. Ever notice that the weight classes on the BMI are nearly intervals of five? In 1998, the National Institutes of Health lowered the overweight threshold from 27.8 to 25—making roughly 29 million Americans "overweight" overnight—to match international guidelines (Butler, 2014). Critics have also noted that those guidelines were drafted in part by the International Obesity Task Force, whose two principal funders were companies making weight loss drugs.

Jackie Scully, Senior Research Fellow at the Unit for Ethics in the Biosciences, University of Basel, in her scientific journal titled “What is a Disease?” states the following: “As the business literature shows, new clinical diagnoses are often welcomed primarily as opportunities for market growth (Moynihan et al, 2002). One recent example of this is female sexual dysfunction (FSD). The huge commercial success of sildenafil (Viagra) for erectile dysfunction in men provides a strong motivation for drug companies to identify an equivalent market (that is, condition) in women. And some ethicists feel that drug companies were, to put it mildly, over-involved in the medical consensus meetings held between 1997 and 1999 that effectively drew up very inclusive clinical criteria for the definition of FSD (Moynihan, 2003)."

How can one diagnose a person with a disease and sell them medications solely based upon an outdated measure that was never meant to indicate health in the first place, especially when obesity has no proven causative role in the onset of any chronic condition? (Kahn, et. al., 2000), (Cofield, et al, 2010).

This is why the term “obese” is recognized as a slur by fat communities. It's a stigmatizing term that medicalizes fat bodies even in the absence of disease. The word directly translates to "having eaten oneself fat" in Latin. Obesity, as a medical diagnosis, doesn’t have much ground to stand on. Aside from being overtly incorrect as a medical tool, the BMI is used to deny certain medical treatments and gender-affirming care, as well as insurance coverage. Employers still often offer bonuses to workers who lower their BMI. Although science recognizes the BMI as deeply flawed, it's going to be tough to get rid of. It has been a long-standing and effective tool for the oppression of fat people and the profit of the weight loss industry.

To treat obesity, patients must eat less. Making someone smaller still means they will be healthier, right?

Fatness and Mortality

The idea that obesity is unhealthy and can cause or exacerbate illnesses is a biased misrepresentation of the scientific literature that is informed more by bigotry than credible science (Medvedyuk, et al, 2017). Fatphobia existed long before fatness became medicalized. Yes, obesity is correlated with conditions such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes, but some scientists are looking into possibilities that don't equate correlation with causation. Obesity has no proven causative role in the onset of any chronic condition (Kahn, et al, 2000), (Cofield, et al, 2010) and its appearance may be a protective response to the onset of numerous chronic conditions generated from currently unknown causes (Lavie, et al, 2009), (Uretsky et al, 2007), (Mullen, et al, 2013), (Tseng, 2013). A portion of these correlated conditions are likely brought on by the stress of being part of one or more marginalized groups with little to no support or basic access in society. Weight stigma itself is deadly. Research shows that weight-based discrimination increases risk of death by 60% (Sutin, et al, 2014).

Dieting also poses serious health risks. The reason that these weight loss drugs are so successful by comparison is that dieting is unsustainable and does not lead to prolonged weight loss. Over 50 years of research conclusively demonstrates that virtually everyone who intentionally loses weight by manipulating their eating and exercise habits will regain the weight they lost within 3-5 years, and 75% will regain more weight than they lost (Mann, et al, 2007). Evidence suggests that repeatedly losing and gaining weight is linked to cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and altered immune function (Tomiyama, et al, 2017). If most fat people have historically tried to lose weight their whole lives through dieting, this has major implications on overall health. Prescribed weight loss is also the leading predictor of eating disorders (Patton, et al, 1999).

Another factor that may be impacting fat people’s rate of mortality is that they are being mistreated at the doctor’s office. I have personally heard dozens of stories about doctors refusing to treat or investigate a problem that a fat person came in for until they lost a certain amount of weight, only to discover years later that the problem was unrelated to their weight and has progressed severely because it went untreated. Fat people are often mistreated and looked at with disgust and disdain in medical settings, leading them to avoid going to the doctor in shame or fear of abuse. This can seriously worsen health issues. Fat stigma in the medical establishment (Puhl, et al, 2012) and society at large arguably (Engber, 2009) kills more fat people than fat does (Teachman, et al, 2003), (Chastain, et al, 2009), (Sutin, et al, 2015). This impact is too significant not to be taken under consideration.

Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness

The issue of anti-fat bias is directly rooted in white supremacy. The ideal thin body was constructed as a marker of whiteness and “purity” before any of this was ever made to be about health. Dr. Sabrina Strings has spent her career studying this history. In her book, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, Dr. Strings discusses how constructions of race led to the thin ideal. “Over the decades, the rise in biracial children would break down the way that slave owners saw Blackness and whiteness. To combat the hypocrisy they created, owners invented new ways to dehumanize the enslaved population. They made a calculated decision to start putting more value on white physiques versus Black ones. In her research, Strings found that Black women’s bodies were otherized even more than Black males. For colonizers who hadn’t seen diverse body types before, they quickly categorized the Black female figure as ‘deviant,’ ‘greedy,’ and ‘overtly sexual.’ The fact that we still use these terms to describe fat bodies today is all the evidence we need to understand that fatphobia is directly linked to racism, not health. This mindset was also strengthened by Protestantism. Slave owners looked for any way to prove their power over the enslaved people, and they frequently used religion as ‘proof’ of their racist superiority. Additionally, Protestant belief encouraged various ways to become closer to God, which included eating as little as possible. This would resonate the most with white women. They had as much to do with perpetuating fatphobia as their husbands. White women were desperate to show their own power against Black women on the plantation, and the difference between their bodies was the perfect rift. And so began the centuries-old belief that thinness is beautiful, and fatness is ugly” (Sassenrath, 2023).

Revisiting the Journal with Context

Thinness has been an important value throughout history in the United States. Our positive associations with thinness and negative associations with fatness have led to a collective schema that is black and white, good versus bad, beautiful versus ugly, healthy versus unhealthy, and life versus death. This has led the FDA to approve Wegovy as a weight loss drug with haste, after just sixteen months of testing. It is known that going off the drug will result in rapid weight regain, so patients are expected to be on it for the rest of their lives when there have been no long-term studies. We do not yet know if the drug will have long-term effects, yet it has been approved for kids as young as twelve (FDA, 2021). As of July 2024, Novo Nordisk has a market cap of $633.01 billion (Marketcap). 

Wegovy is prescribed along with diet and exercise, which has been proven to lead to weight regain and eating disorders. Patients are being prescribed Wegovy and Ozempic when they are fat, but otherwise metabolically healthy. If this drug is truly a game changer for public health, we should be measuring how patients' health improves over the long-term rather than how much weight they lose. For example, if these drugs improve heart health, they should be prescribed as a heart health medication for patients with heart disease, rather than prescribed as a weight loss fix based on body size alone. With the evidence we have, we know it is possible to be fat and healthy, so these drugs may be solely cosmetic in many cases.

Future

If we want to improve the lives of fat people, we will remove barriers to care, not try as hard as we can to make all fat people disappear. That will never happen. If we truly cared about the well-being of fat people and not their disappearance, we would work to dismantle the systems that oppress them and abolish anti-fatness. 

Currently, fat people have next to no legal protections for being discriminated against (NAAFA, 2023). Fat people are denied housing, (Kariss, 1977) jobs, and receive less pay and promotions legally because of their size (The Economist). They are denied access to clothing, seating, transportation, and other human rights because infrastructure has been designed to exclude them. Fat people have less likelihood of receiving a fair trial (Beely, 2013), and are denied necessary surgeries (Barrett, 2022) ––but not weight loss surgery that amputates the digestive tract. Fat people are denied gender-affirming care (Conley, 2023), in vitro fertilization and reproductive healthcare (Muir, 2024), even adopting children (Carter, 2009). Fat children have been removed from their loving parents because when their diets failed, it was seen as neglect (Badshah, 2021). Fat people have disproportionately high suicide rates (Wagner, et al, 2013), and are facing medical malpractice and mistreatment (Kolata, 2016).

Can a drug fix that?

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Mindset shift #2: Plateaus are part of the process and key to the success of longterm weight loss.

Plateaus are not roadblocks—they’re milestones. They show that your body is adjusting to the progress you’ve made so far. Instead of seeing them as failures, view it as a reward for your hard work. As your body giving you a break so you can recharge and reevaluate.

Why Are Plateaus Important to Your Weight Loss Journey?

When you lose weight, your body needs time to recalibrate:

• Metabolism: Plateaus prevent metabolic adaptation, where your body slows down calorie-burning to preserve energy.

• Hormonal Balance: Hormones like leptin (which regulates hunger) and cortisol (stress hormone) stabilize during plateaus, reducing stress on your body.

• Muscle Preservation: Slower weight loss during plateaus gives your body a chance to retain muscle mass.

What to Do During a Plateau:

1) Don’t Rush to Make Changes: Give your body time to adjust to recent weight loss before altering your diet or exercise routine. Sometimes, patience is the key to moving forward.

2) Focus on Restorative Acts: Prioritize sleep management and stress management, as both play a critical role in weight loss. Poor sleep and chronic stress can disrupt hormones like cortisol, which can hinder progress.

3) Celebrate Non-Scale Victories: Progress isn’t just about the number on the scale. Look for improvements in strength, stamina, mood, energy levels, or how your clothes fit.

4) Reflect and Reassess:

Use this time to observe your journey without judgment. Ask yourself:

• What has been working so far?

• What feels difficult, and how can I make it easier or more sustainable?

• Have I become too restrictive or too lenient?

• Are my diet and exercise routines still aligned with my goals and needs?

Plateaus are a chance to adjust and refine your habits to better suit your lifestyle.

5) Consider Upcycling Calories:

Upcycling calories involves alternating higher and lower calorie days to prevent your metabolism from adapting too much. For instance:

• Increase your calorie intake slightly on one day with nutrient-dense foods like healthy fats or complex carbs.

• Return to your usual calorie range on the following days.

This strategy can help reset your metabolism and push past a plateau.

6) Reassess Your Workouts:

Once you feel ready to adjust, start by varying your exercise routine:

• Incorporate new movements or activities to challenge different muscle groups.

• Ensure your workouts include strength training, which boosts metabolism.

• Avoid overtraining—intense workouts with insufficient recovery can increase cortisol, working against your weight loss goals.

7) Review Your Diet: Plateaus are a good time to take a closer look at your eating habits with curiosity and without judgment. Ask yourself:

• Are you eating enough proteins and fibres to help you feel full and well nourished? Did you eat enough healthy fats to ensure proper satiety?

• Are you eating more calorie-dense foods than you realize, such as cooking oils, granola, nuts, nut butters, cheese, or avocado?

• Be careful of low calorie foods. These items are often ultra-processed with artificial sweeteners. Sugar substitute can negatively impact your gut microbiome and insuline response—paradoxically causing you to gain weight. Focus on fresh whole foods and bake your own little treats, even of they are higher in calories they will be more satisfying.

• Have recent stressors, celebrations, holidays, or vacations led to more indulgences than usual?

• Are you underestimating portion sizes or the amount of food you’re eating?

If you feel comfortable and it won’t negatively impact your mental health, consider tracking your food intake for a couple of weeks. Focus on accuracy by weighing your food rather than using cups or spoons, especially for non-liquid items. Be gentle and non-judgemental. The goal is to understand not punish.

If tracking feels too overwhelming, focus instead on visual portion control (e.g., smaller plates, filling half your plate with veggies, or limiting high-calorie extras like dressings).

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new schedule! extremely detailed + visual schedules

as I said, an explanation of my new schedules and visual schedules my way, a little bit of my life! hope you like it or give you some ideas to do, god bless you and have a nice day!

fixed daily schedules

Sleep: 10:00pm to 5:45am ( 7.5 hrs of sleep, 5 sleep cycles.

Exercise: 60 minutes of exercise per day ( either high or low impact.

study: 3 to 4 hours ( depending on the number of subjects.

Hobbies: 3 hours ( life is beautiful doing things you love.

other daily activities: 3 hours.

Set daily routines:

morning routine

Wake up.

Drink a glass of water.

Put my playlist.

Brush my teeth.

Make the bed.

Wash my face.

Yoga / pilates.

Pray.

Have breakfast + drink coffee + read something (article, book, etc).

Take a bath.

Get dressed.

night routine

Review my obligations for the next day.

Drink water.

Brush my teeth.

Put on pajamas.

Read / watch something + yoga / pilates.

Draw / journal.

Play my nightly playlist.

Pray + read the bible.

Sleep.

study routine

Play my study playlist.

Drink water or coffee.

Make a list of what I am going to study.

Put on the pomodoro.

Take breaks when I need them.

Concentrate on finishing the topics not so much on time.

Workout soft routine (Yoga + Pilates)

Pilates:

10MIN full body cardio pilates workout // low-impact full body fat burn & tone | LIDIAVMERA

20MIN full body hourglass pilates // tone & slim | LIDIAVMERA

10MIN full body hourglass pilates | 7 DAY SUMMER CHALLENGE - day 6 | LIDIAVMERA

20MIN abs & booty hourglass pilates | 7 DAY SUMMER CHALLENGE - day 5 | LIDIAVMERA

15MIN full body HIT pilates for weight loss | 7 DAY SUMEMR CHALLENGE - day 4 | LIDIAVMERA

15MIN everyday hourglass pilates workout // intermediate level | LIDIAVMERA

10MIN full body gentle pilates workout // strengthen & lengthen // period pilates flow | LIDIAVMERA

20MIN full body pilates workout / DAY 4/7-DAY PILATES CHALLENGE / no equipment | LIDIAVMERA

Yoga:

20 Min Power Yoga Flow | Full Body Vinyasa Yoga for All Levels

20-Minute Intermediate Power Yoga

20 Min Daily Yoga Flow | Every Day Full Body Yoga For All Levels

20 Min Morning Yoga Flow | Every Day Full Body Yoga For All Levels

30 Min Energising Morning Yoga Flow | Full Body for Yoga All Levels

Yoga To Reduce Stress | 30 Min Slow Flow - Relaxing Stretches + Savasana

20 Minute Evening Yoga + Savasana | Deep Stretch & Relax

20 MIN POWER YOGA FLOW To Feel Energised | Full Body Yoga Workout For Strength + Length

30 Minute Sweaty Power Flow

and a beautiful playlist:

xoxo ana

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If you have the time and energy: Do you have a link or a title for the longitudinal study about dieting and diabetes that you mentioned in the tags of that one post? I would greatly appreciate it, I'm trying to collect some data to better argue against fatphobia in my job

yeah dude i have like.  everything lol

the study is called the look AHEAD (action for health for diabetes) study and it ran between 2000 and 2015.  five thousand participants were assigned to either a weight loss program (1200-1800 calorie diet and 25 min/day physical activity) or simple informational counseling with no weight loss component.  as health markers, the study looked at rates of cardiovascular disease, weight loss, diabetes remission, and a few more technical indicators.

the results are so instructive on what dieting does and doesn't do for the body.  to start: the maximal “weight loss” for our the group peaked at 9% one year in and leveled out at less than 5% by the third year.  so, a 200-pound person would be a 182-pound person after the first year and a 190-pound person after the third year (i.e.: still fat, and fatter the second year than the first).  this is informative because it is so typical; six months on a diet is the amount of time it takes for the metabolism to react and counteract the incidental weight loss at the beginning of the diet.  take any random weight loss trial and you will see the same shape of the curve; for example, these are examples take from a literature review published in 2000 where the authors talk about how no matter what kind of diet they prescribe, the field is not seeing long-term weight loss and, quote, “fresh ideas are needed to push the field forward.”  (spoiler alert, these fresh ideas would not be forthcoming.)

while i was ranting in the tags i confused the cardiovascular disease results and the diabetes remission results – it was the CVD that had showed no impacts.  ultimately the trial was ended for futility because the hazard ratio between the two groups was so totally identical:

this also is entirely typical.  most studies on weight loss show no significant decrease in mortality.  for those that do show a small improvement in mortality, it is dwarfed (and confounded) by the much more reliable result that increasing your physical activity improves mortality regardless of weight loss.  basically, exercising makes people live longer, and the rare positive mortality impact of dieting is best explained as an aftereffect of the exercise that usually goes along with a diet.  not to mention that the weight loss from these trials is so trivial that it’s hard to objectively credit anything to it.  for metabolically healthy individuals, weight loss from a diet is associated with a higher mortality risk.  like, surprise, cutting calories and working your body past its nourishment is bad for you.  glenn gaesser and siddharta angadi talk about this here in one of the best papers to read on this subject if it interests you.

and finally there's diabetes remission.  in the first year, 11% of the diet group experienced some remission compared to 2% of the controls.  on the surface, that looks like a flatly better remission rate.  however.

the total remission rate went down every year after.  so, your hba1c or your glycated hemoglobin level describes the percentage of your hemoglobin that has glucose bonded to it.  it's the level of sugar in the blood, and it's how we define diabetes: anything higher than 5.7% is pre-diabetic and anything higher than 6.5% is diabetic.  what these graphs show is a temporarily decreased hba1c that goes steadily back up the longer the diets continue.  this is far from a cure.

eating less food than usual can make your blood sugar drop, especially if you are diabetic.  as i understand it –  insulin is the hormone that allows your cells to take in glucose, and type 2 diabetics have an excess of insulin in their bloodstreams, so when a diabetic eats less than usual that unregulated excess insulin allows the available glucose to be taken up quickly, resulting in lower blood sugar levels after the fact.  this is what you're seeing at the beginning of the study.  but like, that effect doesn't continue forever.  even if you continue faithfully on the diet, your body rebalances your metabolism against your normal food environment.  as a diabetic, that rebalancing takes you out of remission and you don't go back in.

the fact that people remitted for a short time is not nothing.  there's no broadly-accepted cure for diabetes, which renders diets as treatment a nuanced subject.  like, you're relieved of the diabetes effects for a while, but now you're suffering from the diet itself, and in the long run it exacerbates the scale of the problem by intensifying the underlying metabolic syndrome.

it's early to tell (read: there aren't a lot of vectors putting out this information, so take with grain of salt) but treatment for the underlying metabolic syndrome that causes type 2 diabetes appears to be the path to remitting type 2 diabetes long-term.  diabetes is like a series of hormonal triggers failing to cue one after another.  you want to address each of those failed triggers through medication and a safe food environment rather than the symptoms-based approach of e.g. a diet, which produces the desired end effect for a while but doesn't actually cure you of the disease.  the foremost doctor working on metabolic syndrome is emily cooper, who has a book and a podcast and a medical practice that i recommend.  it's good stuff, especially compared to some of the bullshit in this field.

ultimately the look ahead study is a case of an obesity study uncovering relevant results by accident.  if you read the text, the authors don't discuss any of their fucked data at all; they instead jump to making excuses for why, surprise, prescribing light malnutrition doesn't cure heart disease.  the degree of corporate capture in the obesity treatment field is extreme and due to a cascade of reasons* diets are held as sacrosanct and are not allowed to be aspersed.  so authors of studies in this field talk around their data like it's their job (it's their job).  it's, like, tobacco research in the 80s bad.  the whole field is sick with rot.

but despite the barriers put up by the financially interested, good work still happens and good people are still working.  even in the bad work, all of the information is there if you read what the data says and not what its interpreters tell you it's supposed to say.  we're coming to a point in history where people can read studies for themselves and plainly see what is and isn't.  we're coming to a point in history where the long game of telephone from some corporate exec to the morning news to my doctor to me is arrested at the jump.  we're coming to a point in history where we're harder to just lie to.  and it's going to feel real good when the truth goes further.

good luck with your job, lmk if you have any other questions 💜

*one: the corporations actually responsible for rising obesity levels don't want to be challenged and the focus on personal responsibility scapegoats them.  two: leveling the "disease" of obesity and cultural anti-fatness against people creates a fertile consumer market for pharmaceuticals, diet products, cosmetics, etc.  three: the main prescriptions for obesity (diets, drugs, and surgery) don't work long-term, so people stay fat or get fatter and the aforementioned consumer market never disappears.  it's real fucked.

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Mitolyn is a dietary supplement that boosts metabolic power. It uses natural ingredients to increase the body's metabolic rate. This helps burn fat more efficiently and boosts energy levels.

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I experienced minor side effects, but they were not severe. Always follow the recommended dosage and consult a healthcare professional if you have concerns.

Is Mitolyn suitable for everyone?

Mitolyn may help those with sluggish metabolism. But, it's not for everyone. Certain health conditions or medications may require caution. Always consult a healthcare provider.

How does Mitolyn compare to other metabolic boosters on the market?

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What is the Mitolyn customer review rating?

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Hey guys, welcome to my new Tumblr channel! 💕 I'm a 17-year-old girl passionate about podcasts, learning, and sharing my thoughts. This is where I'll post all my blogs, share advice, and talk about things that inspire me. If you're into health, self-care, and personal growth, you're in the right place!

Recently, I listened to an incredible podcast called ''Top Food Hacks To Regenerate Stem Cells, Boost Brain Health & Improve Circulation | Dr. William Li''

There is a Questions of the Podcast that paid my attention to me:

-Olive Oil & Stem Cells? Let's Talk About It! (35:37) 🫒

So, in the podcast, Dr. William Li talks about olive oil and its effects on stem cells. He says that olive oil has bioactive compounds, like polyphenols a Hydroxytyrosol, which are good for stem cells because they help reduce inflammation and might support cell regeneration.

BUT here’s the thing: I found it a bit hard to follow when he mentioned complex terms like hydroxytyrosol. It would’ve been nice if he explained those words more simply. I mean, not everyone knows what that is! 🤔

I totally agree that olive oil is great for health, but I just wish he had made it easier for us to understand the science behind it. It sounds like a good reason to use olive oil more often in meals, but I still need a little more clarity on how it helps at the cellular level!

-Green Tea & Coffee for Metabolism Boost? (1:06:00) ☕️🍵

Dr. Li explained that green tea and coffee have polyphenols that can activate brown fat, which helps burn white fat and boosts metabolism. It’s interesting, but I feel like he could’ve emphasized that the effects are pretty small. While they can give a slight boost, they shouldn’t be seen as a magic solution.

My Advice: Green tea and coffee are good, but they’re not the answer. To lose fat, focus on eating healthy foods like beans and carrots, which Dr. Li also mentioned later in the podcast. Eating these foods can really help with fat loss, along with staying active and getting enough sleep.

What I liked about Dr. Li’s explanation is how clear and easy he made everything to understand. I love that he explained the difference between brown fat and white fat—it made me think about how our bodies actually use fat for energy.

I still feel like people need to remember that no drink is going to work wonders by itself. It all comes down to a healthy lifestyle with proper nutrition and regular activity.

-What I Didn't Like 😕

Okay, so while I loved the content, I felt like the podcast was missing some energy. There was no background music, and it made some parts feel a bit too serious or flat. I get that it's a podcast, but a little light music could've made the whole vibe more engaging. Without it, it felt a bit long and harder to stay fully tuned in for the whole time.

-What I Liked 💡

What I really appreciated about the podcast was Dr. Li's ability to explain complex topics like stem cells and fat in such a simple and relatable way. His insights into how brown fat works were super interesting, and I felt like I learned a lot. He made science feel accessible, and I enjoyed how passionate he was about health and nutrition. Oh also I really enjoyed the part where Dr. Rangan Chatterjee talked about his "5 Diet Changes to Make Today." (53:11)

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-Overall, I'd still recommend it because there's so much good info packed in there. What do you guys think? Do you prefer podcasts with or without background music? Let me know in the comments! 💬 And don't forget to follow me for more reviews...

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Cinnamon has been long used around the world in both sweet and savoury dishes and drinks.

But a new TikTok trend claims adding a teaspoon of cinnamon to your daily coffee (and some cocoa to make it more palatable) for one week can help you burn fat. Is there any truth to this?

Not All Cinnamon Is the Same

There are two types of cinnamon, both of which come from grinding the bark of the cinnamomum tree and may include several naturally occurring active ingredients.

Cassia cinnamon is the most common type available in grocery stores. It has a bitter taste and contains higher levels of the active ingredient cinnamaldehyde, a compound that gives cinnamon its flavour and odor. About 95 percent of cassia cinnamon is cinnamaldehyde.

The other is Ceylon cinnamon, which tastes sweeter. It contains about 50 to 60 percent cinnamaldehyde.

Does Cinnamon Burn Fat? What Does the Research Say?

A review of 35 studies examined whether consuming cinnamon could affect waist circumference, which is linked to increased body fat levels. It found that daily doses of cinnamon below 1.5 grams (around half a teaspoon) decreased waist circumference by 1.68 centimeters (0.66 inches). However, consuming more than 1.5 gram a day did not have a significant effect.

A meta-analysis of 21 clinical trials with 1,480 total participants found that cinnamon also reduced body mass index (BMI) by 0.40 kilograms per square meter and body weight by 0.92 kilograms (2.0 pounds). But it did not change the participants’ composition of fat or lean mass.

Another umbrella review, which included all the meta-analyses, found a small effect of cinnamon on weight loss. Participants lost an average of 0.67 kg and reduced their BMI by 0.45 kg/m².

So overall, the weight loss we see from these high-quality studies is very small, and mostly with no change in body composition.

The studies included people with different diseases, and most were from the Middle East or the Indian subcontinent. So we can’t be certain we would see this effect in people with other health profiles and in other countries. They were also conducted over different lengths of time, from two to six months.

The supplements were different, depending on the study. Some had the active ingredient extracted from cinnamon, others used cinnamon powder. Doses varied from 0.36 g to 10 g per day.

They also used the two different types of cinnamon—but none of the studies used cinnamon from the grocery store.

How Could Cinnamon Result in Small Amounts of Weight Loss?

There are several possible mechanisms.

It appears to allow blood glucose (sugar) to enter the body’s cells more quickly. This lowers blood glucose levels and can make insulin work more effectively.

It also seems to improve the way we break down fat when we need it for energy.

Finally, it may make us feel fuller for longer by slowing down how quickly the food is released from our stomach into the small intestine.

What Are the Risks?

Cinnamon is generally regarded as safe when used as a spice in cooking and food.

However, in recent months the United States and Australia have issued health alerts about the level of lead and other heavy metals in some cinnamon preparations.

Lead enters as a contaminant during growth (from the environment) and in harvesting. In some cases, it has been suggested there may have been intentional contamination.

Some people can have side effects from cinnamon, including gastrointestinal pain and allergic reactions.

One of the active ingredients, coumarin, can be toxic for some people’s livers. This has prompted the European Food Authority to set a limit of 0.1 mg per kg of body weight.

Cassia cinnamon contains up to 1 percent of coumarin, and the Ceylon variety contains much less, 0.004 percent. So for people weighing above 60 kg, 2 teaspoons (6 g) of cassia cinnamon would bring them over the safe limit.

What About the Coffee and Cocoa?

Many people may think coffee can also help us lose weight. However there isn’t good evidence to support this yet.

An observational study found drinking one cup of regular coffee was linked to a reduction in weight that is gained over four years, but by a very small amount: an average of 0.12 kg (0.26 lbs).

Good-quality cocoa and dark chocolate have also been shown to reduce weight. But again, the weight loss was small (between 0.2 and 0.4 kg) and only after consuming it for four to eight weeks.

So What Does This All Mean?

Using cinnamon may have a very small effect on weight, but it’s unlikely to deliver meaningful weight loss without other lifestyle adjustments.

We also need to remember these trials used products that differ from the cinnamon we buy in the shops. How we store and how long we keep cinnamon might also impact or degrade the active ingredients.

And consuming more isn’t going to provide additional benefit. In fact, it could increase your risk of side effects.

So if you enjoy the taste of cinnamon in your coffee, continue to add it, but given its strong taste, you’re likely to only want to add a little.

And no matter how much we’d like this to be true, we certainly won’t gain any fat-loss benefits by consuming cinnamon on doughnuts or in buns, due to their high calorie count.

If you really want to lose weight, there are evidence-backed approaches that won’t spoil your morning coffee.

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Fast Lean Pro: Unveiling the Claims Behind the Hype

Fast Lean Pro enters the weight loss ring with a bold promise: mimicking the effects of intermittent fasting without the inconvenience of skipping meals. Sounds like a dream come true, doesn't it? But before you reach for your wallet, let's delve a little deeper and see if this supplement lives up to its claims.

The Allure of Fasting, Without the Fast:

Fast Lean Pro positions itself as unique because it supposedly triggers the body's fasting mechanisms even when you continue eating normally. This is achieved by, they claim, tricking your brain into thinking it's in a fasted state. This, in turn, supposedly compels fat cells to release and eliminate stored fat, ultimately leading to self-destruction.

Tempting as it sounds, there are a few reasons to be cautious:

Where's the Science?: The notion of mimicking a fasted state without actual fasting is a significant claim. Scientific evidence to support this specific mechanism for Fast Lean Pro is currently lacking.

**Beyond Reality: **The claims regarding cellular regeneration are a vast oversimplification of human biology. While our bodies do undergo some natural cell renewal, the idea of a supplement replacing all "old" cells with "new" ones is simply not supported by science.

The Anti-Ageing Allure: Fact or Fiction?

Fast Lean Pro goes beyond weight loss, venturing into the territory of anti-ageing. They claim it not only burns fat but also replaces old cells with new ones, promoting a youthful appearance. This bold statement raises further concerns:

Cosmetic Comparisons: The comparison to cosmetic procedures like hyaluronic acid injections and Botox is misleading. These procedures target specific concerns, while Fast Lean Pro's claims are broad and lack specifics regarding how it achieves such drastic anti-ageing effects.

A Look at Proven Alternatives:

While the idea of effortless weight loss and a youthful appearance is certainly enticing, a safe and sustainable approach is generally recommended. Here are some alternatives to consider:

Dietary Changes: Making adjustments to your diet, such as reducing calorie intake and focusing on whole foods, can be a significant step towards weight loss.

Exercise: Regular physical activity is a cornerstone of a healthy lifestyle. It can boost metabolism and promote weight loss in a natural way.

Professional Guidance: Consulting a doctor, registered dietitian, or qualified nutritionist can help you create a personalized plan for safe and effective weight loss that considers your individual needs and health history.

The Final Verdict: Buyer Beware

Fast Lean Pro's claims lack strong scientific backing and appear to rely heavily on marketing jargon. There's currently no magic bullet for weight loss, and effortless solutions often come with a hefty price tag (both financially and potentially for your health).

Here's what to keep in mind:

Independent Reviews: I wasn't able to find independent reviews to verify the claims made by Fast Lean Pro. This lack of independent verification raises a red flag.

Focus on Healthy Habits: Prioritizing healthy habits like a balanced diet and regular exercise is a more sustainable approach to weight loss and overall well-being.

Consult a Professional: If you're serious about weight loss, consider seeking guidance from a qualified healthcare professional who can develop a safe and personalized plan for you.

Remember, achieving lasting weight loss and a youthful appearance requires dedication and a commitment to healthy living. Don't be swayed by flashy marketing claims; focus on building a healthy lifestyle that you can maintain in the long run.

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Count Calories for Health

Calorie counting involves tracking the number of calories you consume through food and beverages to manage your weight or achieve specific health goals. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it:

Determine Your Caloric Needs:

Calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) using online calculators or formulas like the Harris-Benedict Equation.

Factor in your activity level to estimate your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE).

Set Your Goals:

Decide if you want to lose, gain, or maintain weight.

Adjust your caloric intake based on your goals (e.g., a 500-calorie deficit per day for weight loss).

Track Your Intake:

Use a food diary, mobile app (like MyFitnessPal, Lose It!, or Cronometer), or spreadsheet.

Record everything you eat and drink, including portion sizes.

Read Nutrition Labels:

Check the serving size and calories per serving.

Note the calories from macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats).

Weigh and Measure Portions:

Use a kitchen scale for accuracy.

Measure liquids with measuring cups and spoons.

Use Online Databases:

Refer to databases like USDA’s FoodData Central for foods without labels.

Search for restaurant menu items in the app or online.

Be Consistent and Honest:

Log every item consumed, including snacks and drinks.

Be precise with portion sizes.

Review and Adjust:

Regularly review your progress.

Adjust your caloric intake based on changes in weight or activity levels.

Example

Determine Caloric Needs:

BMR: 1,500 calories

Activity Level: Sedentary (BMR x 1.2 = 1,800 calories)

Set Goal:

Weight Loss: Aim for 1,300-1,500 calories per day (300-500 calorie deficit).

Track Intake:

Breakfast: 2 eggs (140 calories), 1 slice of whole-grain toast (70 calories), 1 apple (95 calories).

Lunch: Grilled chicken salad (300 calories).

Dinner: Baked salmon (350 calories), steamed vegetables (100 calories).

Snacks: Greek yogurt (150 calories), almonds (100 calories).

Total: 1,305 calories for the day.

By consistently tracking your caloric intake and staying within your target range, you can effectively manage your weight and reach your health goals.

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By: Aaron Sibarium

Published: Apr 24, 2024

Top physicians, including former Harvard dean, say required course is riddled with dangerous falsehoods

Students in their first year of medical school typically learn what a healthy body looks like and how to keep it that way. At the University of California, Los Angeles, they learn that "fatphobia is medicine’s status quo" and that weight loss is a "hopeless endeavor."

Those are two of the more moderate claims made by Marquisele Mercedes, a self-described "fat liberationist," in an essay assigned to all first-year students in UCLA medical school’s mandatory "Structural Racism and Health Equity" class. Launched in the wake of George Floyd’s death, the course is required for all first-year medical students.

The Washington Free Beacon has obtained the entire syllabus for the course, along with slide decks and lecture prep from some of its most explosive sessions. The materials offer the fullest picture to date of what students at the elite medical school are learning and have dismayed prominent physicians—including those sympathetic to the goals of the class—who say UCLA has traded medicine for Marxism.

Jeffrey Flier, the former dean of Harvard Medical School and one of the world’s foremost experts on obesity, said the curriculum "promotes extensive and dangerous misinformation."

UCLA "has centered this required course on a socialist/Marxist ideology that is totally inappropriate," said Flier, who reviewed the full syllabus and several of the assigned readings. "As a longstanding medical educator, I found this course truly shocking."

One required reading lists "anti-capitalist politics" as a principle of "disability justice" and attacks the evils of "ableist heteropatriarchal capitalism." Others decry "racial capitalism," attack "growth-centered economic theories," and call for "moving beyond capitalism for our health."

The essay by Mercedes "describes how weight came to be pathologized and medicalized in racialized terms" and offers guidance on "resisting entrenched fat oppression," according to the course syllabus. Mercedes claims that "ob*sity" is a slur "used to exact violence on fat people"—particularly "Black, disabled, trans, poor fat people"—and offers a "fat ode to care" that students are instructed to analyze, taking note of which sections "most resonate with you."

"This is a profoundly misguided view of obesity, a complex medical disorder with major adverse health consequences for all racial and ethnic groups," Flier told the Free Beacon. "Promotion of these ignorant ideas to medical students without counterbalancing input from medical experts in the area is nothing less than pedagogical malpractice."

Nicholas Christakis, a sociologist and physician at Yale University, who has spent decades providing medical care to underserved communities, including in the South Side of Chicago, called the curriculum "nonsensical."

The relationship between health and social forces "should indeed be taught at medical school," Christakis wrote in an email, "but to have a mandatory course like this—so tendentious, sloganeering, incurious, and nonsensical—strikes me as embarrassing to UCLA."

UCLA did not respond to requests for comment.

Snapshots of the course have been leaking for months and left the school doing damage control as members of UCLA’s own faculty have spoken out against the curriculum. The most recent embarrassment came when a guest lecturer, Lisa Gray-Garcia, led students in chants of "Free, Free Palestine" after instructing them to kneel on the floor and pray to "Mama Earth." Lessons on "decolonization" and climate activism, as well as a classroom exercise that separated students by race, have also stirred controversy.

"There are areas where medicine and public health intersect with politics, and these require discussion and debate of conflicting viewpoints," Flier said. "That is distinct from education designed to ideologically indoctrinate physician-activists."

The mandatory class is part of a nationwide push by medical schools to integrate DEI content into their curricula—for residents as well as students— both by adding required courses and by changing the way traditional subjects are taught.

Stanford Medical School sprinkles lessons on "microaggressions," "structural racism," and "privilege" throughout its curriculum. Residents at Yale Medical School must complete an "Advocacy and Equity" sequence focused on "becoming physician advocates for health justice," while those in the infectious disease program must complete additional lessons on "Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism."

Columbia Medical School promotes an "Anti-bias and Inclusive" curriculum by encouraging educators to use "precise, accurate language." Instead of "women," guidelines for the curriculum state, faculty should refer to "people with uteruses."

The changes have been driven partly by the Association of American Medical Colleges—one of two groups that oversees the accrediting body for all U.S. medical schools—which in 2022 released a set of DEI "competencies" to guide curricula. Schools should teach students how to identify "systems of power, privilege, and oppression," the competencies state, and how to incorporate "knowledge of intersectionality" into clinical decision-making. Students should also be able to describe "public policy that promotes social justice" and demonstrate "moral courage" when faced with "microaggression."

The course at UCLA, which predates those accreditation standards, offers a preview of how DEI mandates could reshape medical education. It is littered with the lingo of progressive activism—"intersectionality" is a core value of the class, according to slides from the first session—and states outright that it is training doctors to become activists.

Students will "build critical consciousness" and move toward a "liberatory practice of medicine" by "focusing on praxis," according to the slides.

A section called "Our Hxstories" adds that "[h]ealth and medical practice are deeply impacted by racism and other intersectional structures of power, hierarchy, and oppression—all of which require humility, space and patience to understand, deconstruct, and eventually rectify."

That jargon reflects a worldview with clinical implications. In a unit on "abolitionist" health, which explores "alternatives to carceral systems in LA," students are assigned a paper that argues police should be removed from emergency rooms, where 55 percent of doctors say they’ve been assaulted—mostly by patients—and threats of violence are common, according to a 2022 survey from American College of Emergency Physicians. Other units discuss the "sickness of policing" and link "Queer liberation to liberation from the carceral state."

Flier said the syllabus was so bad it called for an investigation—and that anyone who signed off on it was unfit to make curricular decisions.

"Assuming the school’s dean," Steven Dubinett, a pulmonologist, "does not himself support this course as presented, it is his responsibility to review the course and the curriculum committee that approved it," Flier said. "If that body judged the course as appropriate, he should change its leadership and membership."

Dubinett did not respond to a request for comment.

One of the leaders of the course is Shamsher Samra, a professor of emergency medicine who in December signed an open letter endorsing "Palestinians’ right to return" and linking "health equity" to divestment from Israel.

"To authentically engage in antiracism health scholarship and practice is to explicitly name injustices tied to white supremacy and maintain an unapologetic commitment to antiracism praxis that transcends US borders," the letter reads. "As such, we, the undersigned,* unequivocally support a free Palestine and Palestinians’ right to return."

Samra, who in 2021 published a paper on "infrastructural violence and the health of border abolition," did not respond to a request for comment.

To the extent the course addresses actual medical debates, it frames contested treatments as settled science, omitting evidence that cuts against its activist narrative. A unit on "Queerness/Gender," for example, assigns readings on "gender self-determination" and "DIY transition," but does not include any of the research from Europe—such as the newly released Cass Report—that has led England and other countries to restrict hormone therapies for children.

"UCLA School of Medicine has decided to shield its students from the ongoing scientific debates playing out in Europe and even in the U.S.," said Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute who researches gender medicine. "This is fundamentally unserious, and a stain on the school’s reputation."

The omission of inconvenient facts extends to a unit on Los Angeles's King/Drew hospital—nicknamed "Killer King" for its high rates of medical error—which the course promotes as an example of "community health."

Founded in 1972 as a response to the Watts riots, the hospital was majority black, had a documented policy of racial preferences, and was hit with several civil rights complaints by non-black doctors alleging discrimination in hiring and promotion.

It closed in 2007 after a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation by the Los Angeles Times found numerous cases in which patients had been killed or injured by clinical mistakes, such as overdosing a child with sedatives and giving cancer drugs to a meningitis patient. Efforts to reform the hospital stalled, according to the Times, because its board of supervisors feared coming across as racially insensitive.

The assigned readings on King/Drew do not include any of this history. Lecture slides instead praise the hospital for "suturing racial divides," but suggest that it may not have gone far enough. A focus on "producing highly talented and skilled physicians," one slide reads, "forced" King/Drew to hire doctors who were, "in some cases, not Black."

The curriculum is a "compilation of ideologic and anecdotal assertions that represent a warped view of medicine," said Stanley Goldfarb, the founder of the medical advocacy group Do No Harm and the father of Free Beacon chairman Michael Goldfarb. "American medical education needs to purge itself of this nonsense and treat every patient as an individual."

The slides suggest that "lived experiences," "historical memory," and "other knowledges" can constitute medical expertise.

Biomedical knowledge, after all, is "just one way of knowing, understanding, and experiencing health in the world."

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The moral of the story is, if you see a UCLA medical school certificate on your doctor's wall, leave.

If you don't see this as the same thing as faith-healing, I don't know what to tell you.

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Explaination on Fat Shimp Posts and Studio Reimbursing Fans

Here is a chronology of what I believe happened:

1. Melons of Xiao Zhan started circulating around 4 days ago, 20/21st December depending on time zone. Ever since the Hot Search went out, DGTV App crashed, XFX (including fans with large accs) and Official Ticket Sellers were ecstatic.

2. On the 22nd, Sohu Entertainment updated with a latest interview from an event attended by XZ's latest drama director Zheng Xiaolong where he mentions he is looking forward to the filming started early next year

3. Yesterday 24th XZ posted a picture with his haircut. Simultaneously our internal Fan Management group posted clearly that Xiao Zhan has no New Year Engagement and will join the drama group the next day.

Excerpt from the post:

"Recently, there has been some news about follow-up work arrangements. After communication and confirmation with the studio, we will now reply here. Starting tomorrow, the artist will devote himself wholeheartedly to the launch and filming of his new work. Apart from this, he has no other arrangements for the time being."

4. This caused problems among fans who tried to reimburse for the tickets and constant crashing of App didn't help. Many reached out to Fat Shrimp Account to explain and they conveniently informed the Studio. This was in their next post.

"We are all very sorry that despite our efforts, we could not coordinate the work due to time factors. At the same time, regarding the concerns and feedback from some fans about actual losses, we are actively discussing with the studio and will synchronize reasonable solutions as soon as possible. I'd like to apologize again for everyone's previous expectations and possible losses."

5. Fat Shrimp posts a final post on steps, XFX can take so as to get their reimbursements, but to fans surprise, they also reimbursed for hotel prices and air flights, as long as they can be verified by the studio that they're genuine. For that, they've asked to forward them proofs regarding their booking etc. And they've promised to ho through them individually.

"All information will be reviewed and reviewed by @小泽影视会官微@小之War.comxuanguanwei. All the costs involved are provided by @小泽Studio.

I once again say sorry to everyone for all the trouble caused by this matter."

6. DGTV has been very professional about this and has been working hard at reimbursing tickets.

7. Xiao Zhan leaves for Hengdian early on the 25th.