Keto and Precriptions

     I've been thinking a lot about people shaming others for using support for weight loss.  I understand that some diet pills can cause health problems, and their use can be hazardous. Currently, some think using semaglutide support demonstrates weakness rather than providing essential supplemental help.  I don't understand that at all.  GLP-1, which regulates blood sugar and combats insulin resistance, is absent in those suffering from obesity.  If we see people's weight gain as a health problem, why wouldn't we use any safe measure possible to achieve weight loss? This negative response may also result from the fact that Ozempic, a diabetic drug, is currently the most prescribed of the semiglutide support drugs. Studies claim it may result in losing up to 15% of body weight. Clearly, based on my research, which I've shared in previous blogs, it is much more than an appetite suppressant. Nothing about my diet or exercise changed, but weight loss has increased since using semaglutide support.  Since its approval for weight loss, the various brands of semaglutide are helping those chronically overweight, and so far, it is safe. Nevertheless, people continue to shame those needing this support to lose weight, implying they are overeating or lazy.  That was definitely not the case for me.  Semaglutide mimics the body's GLP-1 hormone, which regulates sugar and delays the stomach from emptying, making weight loss possible. Still, the cultural conversation around weight loss drugs has become increasingly toxic, claiming some are "stealing" the drug from diabetes patients by taking medication not meant for them out of vanity and are taking the "easy way out.  My journey verifies the falsity of this position. Even now, thousands of patients share that the medication has positively impacted their health.  Creating stigmas around medical treatment is rude and dangerous. For me, using semaglutide successfully is a huge relief and has improved my health more quickly.  My research demonstrates that chronic weight gain is a medical condition and causes chronic conditions like heart disease or diabetes.  Moreover, based on his experience as a CNA, my son Jacob warned me that patients who weigh more often struggle to receive accurate and helpful medical attention from doctors and are blamed rather than supported. Obesity is treated as a moral failure rather than a health condition. Our cultural conversations around innovations mustn't make obese people feel too ashamed to get the help they need.​