These drugs are chemically induced intermittent fasting.
I’m okay with people saying “these drugs force people into healthy eating habits” but the weight loss itself is merely a symptom of the healthy eating habits that would be healthier on the body when done with discipline rather than chemically altering your digestion.
I have, and do, suffer from lack of discipline in facets of my own life.
I just want to be honest about these drugs.
I suppose that the drug also cures people with Parkinson's [0] through ... Discipline, right?
0: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: A New Treatment in Parkinson’s Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11011817/
Is there a better word that I can use in the future to ensure that my message is one of support free from misinformation?
I feel your link and the other studies showing it helps people with various other addictions is evidence against the drug being a “fat melter”.
1. Ignore the continual and catastrophic failure of the idea that we can will ourselves out of an increasing crisis
2. Pat themselves on the back for their smug victim blaming
Hence the negative reaction. I don’t have an alternative word for you to use.
Humans at a population level have severe limits on what they can deal with. This is why tech companies use dark patterns, because exploiting and abusing people until they can’t put up resistance works fantastically. Suggesting that the real solution to mass exploitation is just to have the discipline to not be exploited would and should receive a negative reaction.
Ultimately, the solution to obesity is to make the fix as easy to obtain as the primary causes of the problem. Can’t wait for a gambling and (working) smoking vaccine.
Yes
> These drugs are chemically induced intermittent fasting.
No, they're a type of calorie restriction, as is intermittent fasting.
This just seems painfully pedantic.
> Intermittent fasting is any of various meal timing schedules that cycle between voluntary fasting (or reduced calorie intake) and non-fasting over a given period.[1][2] Methods of intermittent fasting include alternate-day fasting,[3] periodic fasting, such as the 5:2 diet, and daily time-restricted eating.[1][4]