A scientist whose work in the 1970s helped pioneer weight-loss drugs like Ozempic has warned that people will struggle to take it for more than a few years because it takes the pleasure out of eating. “Once you’ve been on this for a year or two, life is so miserably boring that you can’t stand it any longer and you have to go back to your old life,” Professor Jens Juul Holst said in an interview with Wired. Over the last few months, Semaglutide – sold under branded names Ozempic and Wegovy, among others – has come to dominate the cultural conversation thanks to its off-label use as a weight-loss drug. The medication originally created to treat diabetes by regulating blood sugar levels, has also been found to greatly suppress one’s appetite and slow the rate at which the stomach empties. This has meant it’s become very popular among people looking to lose weight, and words like ‘miracle’, ‘revolutionary’, ‘silver bullet’ and ‘holy grail’ are being thrown around when talking about the drug. According to some reports, there is mass usage of the drug in Hollywood, Manhattan and it’s now apparently making its way through Westminster. Holst, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, first began researching GLP-1, the hunger-regulating hormone which is mimicked by Semaglutide, in the 1970s. It was his work developing treatments around GLP-1 that directly led to the creation of Semaglutide, although initially the scientists were working on cures for duodenal ulcer disease before realizing it had benefits for people with diabetes and then for weight loss and obesity. Semaglutide is not without its side effects, however. Nausea, dizziness, constipation, vomiting and diarrhoea often come as part of the package, while patients have also reported hair loss and a gaunt face – “Ozempic face” – as a result of rapid weight loss. Renal failure, pancreatitis and intestinal obstruction might develop in rare cases. Alongside this, according to Professor Holst, is a loss of joy when it comes to food. “What happens is that you lose your appetite and also the pleasure of eating, and so I think there’s a price to be paid when you do that. If you like food, then that pleasure is gone,” he warned.
The levels of serotonin will be reduced when you take weight loss pills. You are no longer receiving surges of pleasure from various foods and drink and drugs. Dopamine and serotonin are molecules that send signals throughout the body; these chemicals affect how we feel. When dopamine is released in our brain, we feel a sense of temporary pleasure. Serotonin, while similar to dopamine, creates a long-lasting feeling of happiness or well-being. "How Ozempic works is,it decreases the surge of dopamine, and therefore the desire for that particular activity is decreased."Aug 31, 2023 HEALTH Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes My THEORY when the next Covid rolls around those of US that are taking weight loss pills they will get Long Covid.
You are not missing anything i don't think. The S&P reached exactly my technical level and we took 90 points and then it sold off and came back and it again wet to my tech sig point where it has trouble and even though I am almost entirely out of long S&P I wanted to let folks know that from here there is another move up- a short covering rally which we had starting up until a war broke out! I've been pretty damn amazing with the Directional calls--
Up over 20% we are closing the ARDX Gummy-- but this stk has potential to run much higher. ARDX Ardelyx, Inc. $4.070.62 (+17.97%)11:11 AM 10/18/23 NASDAQ | $USD | Realtime
I'm considering a new SHORT on COIN> I happen to have alot of chart work on this name from when we took it down the first time and I see $71.75 is a 2nd level break point. If that breaks it's back to $50<---- COINCoinbase Global, Inc. $2 away from a new short- $75.35-2.11(-2.72%)11:13 AM 10/18/23 NASDAQ |$USD |Realtime
do we still like at $139 level / been there a few times this morning. I've been waiting for COTY to hit and flip into this. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) NYSE - Nasdaq Real Time Price. 140.03-2.64 (-1.85%)
Wingstop Inc. (WING)- has a strong posture looks higher. NasdaqGS - NasdaqGS Real Time Price. 184.52+0.01 (+0.01%)
Good to see you back! Yesterday I bought 100 MRNA $85-$90 puts! Made a 3-4x on some. Today UAL puts, Stoney is the Boss!