The extra extraordinary benefits and the disturbing risks
of the new weight-loss drugs.
by Johann Hari. (2024)
Johann Hari has the gift of making a complex subject clear
and easy to read about. This book is no exception. GLP-1
drugs highlight the brain-gut inter-relationship. They have
taken the world by storm but in reality they are a fix to
changes in how and what human populations consume.
Most of this has taken place over the past 50 years.
At the outset, Hari admits that he had an eating disorder,
especially in relation to KFC. Rigorous scientific studies
have shown that there is a new generation of drugs, working
in a completely new way, that causes people who use them to
lose between five and 24% of their body weight. For people
with severe obesity it is the Holy Grail. The maker of the most
popular of these drugs, Novo Nordisk, is the most valuable
company in the European Union at present.
This is a fascinating book. You can read my extensive notes
on Google Docs.
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