Junk food is addictive. Drugs like Ozbig treatment addiction. But when will we handle big food like a big cigarette?

Since Ozempic struck public consciousness with weight loss medicine, one in eight Americans I tried it (Or its version) weight loss.

This is amazing. Five years ago, most people who read this article would not have known that these drugs exist. Controversy is due to the increase in the availability of Ozempic and other GLP-1-based drugs. Are they worsening “deadly stigma”? Is it safe in the long run? Why aren’t it cheaper? Isn’t they a chemical solution for artificial issues?

Review: Diet, Drug and Dopamine: Promise and Risk of the latest weight loss drugs-David A. Kessler (text publishing)

Dr. David A. Kessler is worth listening to David A. Kessler, former director of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As a GP that regularly treats obesity patients, I have found that many of his arguments are convincing. ~ Inside Diet, drug and dopamineHe writes:

We can now effectively treat obesity (with GLP-1 injection) even if we cover the root cause. It may seem ridiculous that one industry causes us to get sick only with other industries.

Provocating, he compares the past smoking industry directly to today’s food industry. In particular, it is a small food that is a food that has a very normal combination of fat and sugar, fat and salt, carbohydrates and carbohydrates and salt. These foods have been modified to the extent that they can be almost recognized in the original form, but they are very delicious and easy to transport.

Speaking in experience

Kessler speaks with the empathy of personal understanding as well as the authority of decades of scientific understanding. He fought obesity and used GLP-1 drugs. Cut the body fat in half: 30%to 15%.

He said that the side effects were bloated, intense chills and sometimes “sharp abdominal pain” in the Washington Post. that Also said The drug can “stop the trajectory of chronic diseases in the United States if it is used by medical directors and the right people.”

This book dives dive about why Kessler personally gains weight and struggles to prevent it with millions of people around the world. He points out:

I have two advanced degrees (…) I was the dean of two medical universities. Run FDA. No one will blame for no discipline and resolution.

If you manage your weight is simply about sufficient education and willpower, Kessler will not have difficulty. But he does. His book is open to readers open his home and openly invited new ways of thinking about obesity.

He does not present something new. His unique contribution is to collect insights in various fields of research (addiction, endocrine, obesity). It is a story of many influences, including biology, psychology, and even economy.

Body is a health problem

In some ways this is a dense reading. Kessler’s reference literature (at the end) occupies one -third of the book. But on the other side, you can read easily. He writes in a story style. In this way, he presents the reader’s claim and shows how his view is different from others.

For example, he speaks of the opinions of the “body training” movement that advocates respect and acceptance of all body size. He recognizes that weight is not a cosmetic problem but a health problem. Many serious diseases, such as heart failure, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, share obesity as risk factors.

Kessler insisted that the disease would increase if the failure of the obesity of our society would increase. He supports this and all his arguments as a data page, which is presented in the form of relevant. For example, 13 types of cancer increases risks depending on obesity. A person with a BMI over 40 has shaved his life for nine years.

Kessler consists of four parts of this book. First, provocative, about the power of addictive food. This method of seeing food supports the rest of the book. Part 2 describes the complex biology of weight gain and loss. (Spoiler: It’s not just to count and exercise calories.) Part 3 briefly explains the role of GLP-1 drugs in a comprehensive, practical and subtle way of sustainable weight loss.

And the last part is to pay attention not to rely on drug treatment, and to point out the environmental factors that cause obesity at first, such as a sitting lifestyle and diet that is dominated by harmful foods.

Ultra -small food: culprit

In the last section, the winding sound that goes up to Cresden is to blame the main mover behind obesity. It is intentionally made in this way by adding sugar, salt and fat. This can lead to a long distribution deadline. Creating these characteristics means that you can change foods in the original state or make food from the beginning in the laboratory.

He refuses to discuss the wisely politically “Ultra Processed Foods” (UPF). Controversial topic. The debate over the exact definition of “UPF” has allowed the food industry to be distracted and biased from potential damage. Kessler uses the term “Ultra-Compeded Food” to create a neat side of people who are interested in defending the UPF.

He argues that the problem is in the addictive characteristics of ultra -small foods, and combines with the reduction of nutrient content, causing metabolic body injury when we eat. Our glucose levels are soaring and visceral fat accumulates.

It is also rich in small foods. There is a reasonable claim that food processing is essential. Prevents hunger. But instead of helping to avoid the disease, herbivorous products are “weapons for biology.”

His former employee, FDA, pointed out that he sets guidelines for food safety. But he asks why there are no regulations to protect the community from severe foods.

What should happen?

Kessler’s final call is aimed at both individuals and communities. He asks us to solve it from dependence on miniature foods. And he wants the community to overall a healthier future.

Kessler constantly anticipates and refutes a systematic and potential claim in his explanation. Most of what he says is convincing. But the actual question is what each of us choose to do it.

In short, the homes: miniature foods are addictive in his house. The GLP-1 injection handles it. But the ultimate solution is to control ultra -small foods from the beginning.