We ask a lot of questions about our diet.

What's the right way to treat a chronic illness, fight off a virus, lose weight?

The problem is we get a lot of different answers.

Well, I'm here to help.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we continue our series on OZMPIC with a question,

why do most users quit OZEMPIC and what happens when you stop?

People may not understand the potential limitations of the new class of OZMPIC-like

anti-obesity medications, especially given the wide height these drugs are receiving.

For example, the drugs don't work for everybody, and even when they do, weight loss

stalls out after a year.

The drug insert included in every package of the high dose of Zempic used for weight loss

shows that after about a year weight loss stops, even if you keep injecting yourself with

the drug. Is it because you plateaued at a year weight loss stops, even if you keep injecting yourself with the drug.

Is it because you plateaued at a normal weight?

Sadly, no.

They started out obese and they ended up obese.

Why does the weight loss stall out?

Because of what's presumed to be a near exponential rise in calorie intake, as the same amount of effort to cut

calories, whether through willpower, drugs, or surgery, is met with increasing resistance,

as ongoing weight loss activates your feedback control circuit stimulating your appetite.

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