Clash of the Titans...
Already covered in another article and it was just as stupid then.
Promoting a drug that is new with little known about long term effects that is now being reported as having significant long term if not even possibly permanent effect is ignorant and incredibly irresponsible.
Musk is right. Most of America’s known health issues are related to obesity - and that’s not counting the number of issues that might be related to obesity. Useless, decades-long lectures about diet and exercise have not done a single thing to change the fact that America is now the most obese nation in the world and most likely in human history. The most effective way to drive down the cost of health care would be to make these new weight loss drugs affordable for anyone who needs them.
Let’s not get carried away.
Not true, Elon.
Eating better and getting more exercise and outside more would do wonders, as it has in the past.
Dumb. There are already heart concerns with one of these drugs.
He is full of shit! The drug is a double edge sword and will cause increased cost, as a result of additional treatment. He is a Conman.
…or weight loss drugs will kill you faster to keep the welfare grift state solvent
He is right that many health issues could indeed be ameliorated by better access to these medications,
GLP-1 drugs can be dangerous!
I don't know anything about GLP, but do know something about weight loss. It could be beneficial for the obese, but if abused by people with a little extra padding it could cause problems.
When folks go on starvation diets (hunger suppression) it not only makes the body burn excess fat, but also burns muscle mass at the same time. That is the reason why so many entertainers who need to lose fat quickly for a role or gig, that they also look scrawny. I'm sure many here have notice some actors who go from normal size to sickly skinny for a role.
That is why I suggest such dramatic weight losses include some protein. If they've lost the taste or can't stomach solid foods, a couple cans of Insure or such liquid protein would keep muscle loss at a minimum.
OR...just skip the hi-indwx carbs and eat lean protein. There is sound proof that the Atkins or Keto diets work! I've watched my wife go from close to obese to a shapely weight appropriate woman in just months with Atkins.