Ozempic, Type 2 Diabetes, and Weight Loss: What Happens When You Stop?

In this episode, Christa goes over the new "medication rage": Ozempic. She shares the research, and her thoughts on weight loss, type 2 diabetes, and what to consider when thinking of taking the medication.

Key Topics: 

• (0:40) Response to the New York Times Article "Ozempic Can Cause Major Weight Loss. What Happens if You Stop Taking It?"
• (1:43) What is Ozempic? And how does it help someone living with Type 2 Diabetes? 
• (4:24) What is causing the weight loss? 
• (4:55) The major side effects of taking Ozempic. Are they good or bad?
• (6:47) Advantages to taking Ozempic and what it does for your Type 2 Diabetes. 
• (8:24) Let's go to the research and see what happens when you come off Ozempic. 
• (12:10) Lead researcher Domenica Rubino who conducted another study said in an interview that "...long-term treatment is needed to avoid weight regain. Weight regulation is incredibly complicated. It’s complicated physiology and there are all kinds of hormonal impacts that drive regain..."
• (12:45) Christa's response to why she disagrees and how researchers need to start analyzing other factors leading into treatment and post-treatment with Ozempic. Ozempic is also a medication used to help with blood sugar, the extra "perk" is weight loss. 
• (14:07) Are we treating the person as a whole which includes an individuals lifestyle, stress factors, sleeping habits, eating patterns, and emotional state?

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