(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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It's not the tool, fool.

 In the Daily Mail, they keep talking about the health benefits of semaglutide:

Semaglutide, the ingredient in fat-busting jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy, can slash the risk of deaths from all causes by up to a quarter, new data shows. Researchers from Harvard Medical School in the U.S. showed obese and overweight people on semaglutide enjoyed a 23 per cent lower chance of dying overall in the three years that followed. Meanwhile a separate study led by Australian researchers showed diabetes patients on the drug for just two months had a 29 per cent lower chance of death from heart attacks and strokes.

The hilarious part is that they think that these benefits are ‘partially’ because people are losing weight when they are taking it (and looking like they’ve been living in a cave on bread and water for a decade, but that’s my own opinion).

Because heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, etc. have never been linked to being overweight… right?  So becoming not overweight might lower your risks of all that stuff. 

Now here’s the really creepy part.  They honestly don’t know why semaglutide works.  They don’t have long term studies.  And, like the covid jabs, they are trying to get it into as many people as possible, even going so far as to try to get it coded as a ‘preventative treatment’ in the UK.

You should read the litany of what they say it does here.

But I think they are really stretching it to try to say that the drug is doing something that we all know that general weight loss will do.  

And, if I was trying to get the population who wouldn’t or didn’t take the jabs on board with something that will either addict them for life or ultimately kill them, going the weight loss route would be the ticket.  I’ve always been of the mind that if they could say that kudzu was a weight loss product, the South’s problem with it would be solved.

My A1C was at a point where I could have legit gotten it.  I took a hard pass with a side of ‘hell no’.  

Others might feel that it’s worth it and that’s cool–everyone gets to make their own choices–I’m not a doctor and I’m not in anyone else’s situation, only mine.



  1. Wait!! What?? Do you mean to tell me that kudzu doesn't induce weight loss? Why, that lyin', no good, moonshiner ………

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  2. i think doctors are too confident. medicine is not well understood.

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  3. Ok, I'm the unicorn in this one. I'm in my early/mid 60s. 11 years ago I had a heart attack. Sometime after that, they said Welcome to Type II diabetes. They started me on all the normal diabetes meds and I slowly started gaining weight. The meds did nothing for my A1C. A few years ago, doctors said it was time for the big big med change and took me off the oral meds and went to the once a week injection. Because of the previous heart attack, they're pretty particular about which meds I take. I'm on the highest dosage of Monjourno, and have been for a couple of years now. The excess weight from the oral meds is gone. I eat better and workout regularly too. My A1C is perfect and I'm close to achieving 'ripped grandpa' status. I'm actually back to the same weight/form when I was a young Infantry officer, 40 years ago.I feel great and it has been a life changer for me.The only gripe I have is now that folks are using it for weight loss, there are supply chain issues.

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  4. Amazing what getting kickbacks from big pharma will do.

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  5. Graphine oxide has been found to cause five different self assembling nano structures that are the basis for the large fibrous clots that morticians are taking out of the dead.Graphine Oxide has just been found in dental anesthetic. Now a “conspiracy theorist” would tell you G.O. is in every shot. Take nothing until proven pure.If you don't believe in conspiracy theories and theorists let's get you up to date on all your shots. Go to the doctor now and get flu, shingles, M-pox and you should have 8 corona boosters! Don't forget to ask for some highly addictive psychotropic drugs.

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  6. The age old dilemma, risk to reward. Losing weight is difficult at the best of times for adults. Having wrestled in high school and college I can attest to that.Obesity not only increases the risk of a shortened life but wears on joints, increasing pain and decreasing the desire to move or exercise. A nasty reinforcement cycle.So would you risk a year less of life for 5 years of a more enjoyable health? One year for 10 years? Not worth any risk?I agree it should be the informed decision of the patient

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  7. everything depends on the ort of doctor you get. there are great ones.

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  8. I'm type 2, was given ozempic. Blood sugar was great, but not anything else. In five months I never lost a pound. Always had low grade stomach issues. Then my father's day present this year was a gallbladder attack. 12 hours later it died and required emergency surgery. Ozempic causes food to stay undigested in your stomach for hours, causing your gallbladder to work overtime. There is plenty of evidence for this, but just like the covid vaccine, you have to dig for it. It also causes pancreatitis, something a diabetic can't afford to deal with. There is huge amounts of money being made on these products, and just like the covid vaccine, it's a ticking time bomb. If you or a loved one is on this poison. Get off of it now.

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  9. cranky–I know, right??Avraham and Anon 6:22am–True!Anon the unicorn–I am glad it's working for you for the reason it's meant to. Yeah, with everyone on the band wagon, regular folks trying to get it for their health, not a red carpet, are kind of screwed.Trumpeter–At this point, nothing is pure, including our food. Just got to control the things we can!Gerry–I'm at that age. And I was offered an alternate but 'they don't know why it works'. So another hard pass. But everyone is in charge of their own medical care and decisions, or should be. I can only relate my opinion.Steve–Thanks for letting me know your experience and I'm sorry that it happened to you. But yes, they do hide other side effects that are life threatening partly because the people taking it are being experimented on. To them, you're a data point that needs to be in the fine print. I hope you are doing better!!

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  10. There are a lot of medications, many in use for a long time, for which we don't understand the mechanism by which it works. But they do work. The fundamental decision is based on risk vs benefits. If the benefits of using a drug outweigh the risks then that drug is prescribed.

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  11. Dan–Gotta ask, are you high? Who are we supposed to trust to tell us the risks? Docs? Nope. Govt? Fuck no. Per the above, they are burying any information that might be useful in decision making.

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  12. Years ago I took two things completely off my diet:High Fructose Corn Syrup – hell, anything from corn. HFCS is the most destructive thing in our diets.Soybean oil or any derivatives of soy. Soy is an estrogen generator, boy.Always read the label. Now I actually have to work to gain weight.

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  13. Unclezip–I avoid HFCS too, but do not worry about soy as much. Being of a certain age, the extra estrogen is actually good for me.

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  14. MC good article and great comments. I still find it difficult to believe anything these days unless I'm evolved. Thankfully in my mid 60s still upright.

    Like

  15. Wait!! What?? Do you mean to tell me that kudzu doesn't induce weight loss? Why, that lyin', no good, moonshiner ………

    Like

  16. i think doctors are too confident. medicine is not well understood.

    Like

  17. Ok, I'm the unicorn in this one. I'm in my early/mid 60s. 11 years ago I had a heart attack. Sometime after that, they said Welcome to Type II diabetes. They started me on all the normal diabetes meds and I slowly started gaining weight. The meds did nothing for my A1C. A few years ago, doctors said it was time for the big big med change and took me off the oral meds and went to the once a week injection. Because of the previous heart attack, they're pretty particular about which meds I take. I'm on the highest dosage of Monjourno, and have been for a couple of years now. The excess weight from the oral meds is gone. I eat better and workout regularly too. My A1C is perfect and I'm close to achieving 'ripped grandpa' status. I'm actually back to the same weight/form when I was a young Infantry officer, 40 years ago.I feel great and it has been a life changer for me.The only gripe I have is now that folks are using it for weight loss, there are supply chain issues.

    Like

  18. Amazing what getting kickbacks from big pharma will do.

    Like

  19. Graphine oxide has been found to cause five different self assembling nano structures that are the basis for the large fibrous clots that morticians are taking out of the dead.Graphine Oxide has just been found in dental anesthetic. Now a “conspiracy theorist” would tell you G.O. is in every shot. Take nothing until proven pure.If you don't believe in conspiracy theories and theorists let's get you up to date on all your shots. Go to the doctor now and get flu, shingles, M-pox and you should have 8 corona boosters! Don't forget to ask for some highly addictive psychotropic drugs.

    Like

  20. The age old dilemma, risk to reward. Losing weight is difficult at the best of times for adults. Having wrestled in high school and college I can attest to that.Obesity not only increases the risk of a shortened life but wears on joints, increasing pain and decreasing the desire to move or exercise. A nasty reinforcement cycle.So would you risk a year less of life for 5 years of a more enjoyable health? One year for 10 years? Not worth any risk?I agree it should be the informed decision of the patient

    Like

  21. everything depends on the ort of doctor you get. there are great ones.

    Like

  22. I'm type 2, was given ozempic. Blood sugar was great, but not anything else. In five months I never lost a pound. Always had low grade stomach issues. Then my father's day present this year was a gallbladder attack. 12 hours later it died and required emergency surgery. Ozempic causes food to stay undigested in your stomach for hours, causing your gallbladder to work overtime. There is plenty of evidence for this, but just like the covid vaccine, you have to dig for it. It also causes pancreatitis, something a diabetic can't afford to deal with. There is huge amounts of money being made on these products, and just like the covid vaccine, it's a ticking time bomb. If you or a loved one is on this poison. Get off of it now.

    Like

  23. cranky–I know, right??Avraham and Anon 6:22am–True!Anon the unicorn–I am glad it's working for you for the reason it's meant to. Yeah, with everyone on the band wagon, regular folks trying to get it for their health, not a red carpet, are kind of screwed.Trumpeter–At this point, nothing is pure, including our food. Just got to control the things we can!Gerry–I'm at that age. And I was offered an alternate but 'they don't know why it works'. So another hard pass. But everyone is in charge of their own medical care and decisions, or should be. I can only relate my opinion.Steve–Thanks for letting me know your experience and I'm sorry that it happened to you. But yes, they do hide other side effects that are life threatening partly because the people taking it are being experimented on. To them, you're a data point that needs to be in the fine print. I hope you are doing better!!

    Like

  24. There are a lot of medications, many in use for a long time, for which we don't understand the mechanism by which it works. But they do work. The fundamental decision is based on risk vs benefits. If the benefits of using a drug outweigh the risks then that drug is prescribed.

    Like

  25. Dan–Gotta ask, are you high? Who are we supposed to trust to tell us the risks? Docs? Nope. Govt? Fuck no. Per the above, they are burying any information that might be useful in decision making.

    Like

  26. Years ago I took two things completely off my diet:High Fructose Corn Syrup – hell, anything from corn. HFCS is the most destructive thing in our diets.Soybean oil or any derivatives of soy. Soy is an estrogen generator, boy.Always read the label. Now I actually have to work to gain weight.

    Like

  27. Unclezip–I avoid HFCS too, but do not worry about soy as much. Being of a certain age, the extra estrogen is actually good for me.

    Like

  28. MC good article and great comments. I still find it difficult to believe anything these days unless I'm evolved. Thankfully in my mid 60s still upright.

    Like

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