People on weight loss drugs eat less? My god, what else will science discover?!
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In this case, not science but an investment firm. Trying to figure out if they should cut investments in restaurants, groceries or both.
It is slightly interesting that people mostly seem to cut eating out and not groceries, rather than it being proportional. That being said, if I'm taking a weight loss drug I'm probably trying to eat at least a little healthier, which probably means less eating out.
They are also stupid expensive. If you're spending 1k a month on medicine, of course you're gonna eat out less.
That's the new dystopian plan for those who can't afford groceries. Take a pill!
My mom told me that when she was send away to a remote school where she lived with other teens they drenched cotton balls in orange juice and ate that to lose weight. That thought still haunts me.
What's crazy about that, you could just eat high fiber foods and get the same effect.
People did that because the cotton wouldn't be digested and make their stomachs feel full for a long time. Literally the same thing nondigestable fiber does.
What's actually crazy is most people today barely eat any fiber.
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73% of Americans are overweight. They'll be just fine if they eat out less.
As a lot of people here know, I am the last person to be saying this, but if it was possible to take a pill to avoid paying for groceries, it's probably worth it.
Just don't end up living on Ensure and V8 because it's just as expensive, trust me.
I used to think of eating and sleeping as wasting my productive time. Were I then able to take a pill to reclaim that time, I would have. I'm much lazier now. I like the new me.
Trust me, eating is one of the best things in the world. Maybe the best thing in the world if it's the right meal. Every culture is built around food.
I am very much in a position to know this.
Edit: I forgot my point, which was that even though it's great, if people could only do it when they wanted to instead of when they had to, they would probably make that choice.
I'm on Ozempic. I eat way less. Many restaurants offer portion sizes that are far, far too big for a person NOT on weight loss drugs let alone one who is. I often ask for a half or a quarter portion because I don't want to waste the rest of the food. I always say I will pay full price but I don't want all the food. Some restaurants give me a break on the price. Others don't. When you're faced with such huge portions it's just easier to avoid restaurants.
Why is taking home leftovers not an option?
I do when I go to a restaurant close to home. I travel for work and can't take leftovers back to my hotel most of the time. I've found that most restaurants are good about cutting portion sizes and that sometimes when I ask for half because I can't eat a whole portion but offer to pay full price they will give me a break.
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Spend your money on weight loss drugs so you don’t have any money to eat out.
Begun, the drug vs food wars have. (Just kidding they’ve been going on for eons)
Who needs plants, just feed the cows other cows. what could go wrong?
Water? Like from the toilet?
People are healthier, so CNBC worries about the profits of junk food corps.
Fast food lobbyists are going to demand ozempic be banned
Big pharma vs big mac.
Most takeout and many restaurants aren't healthy, and I would expect many people taking dietary supplements/weight loss pills to be health conscious. And also eat less in general.
Also: The focus the article and study puts on this impacting the corporate food world sickens me.
Mmm, okay. Duh?
No one said it yet?
Water is wet, news at 11
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