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This is a ridiculously pessimistic take. I'd hardly say that a drug which is used by obese people which lowers their appetite to more normal levels "makes you s

This is a ridiculously pessimistic take. I'd hardly say that a drug which is used by obese people which lowers their appetite to more normal levels "makes you starve yourself". I've yet to see any reports of people on Ozempic et al who lost so much weight that they died. Usually it's more like they went from obese to "just overweight". They are losing muscle because whenever someone loses overall body weight there is less mass to carry, so their muscle adjusts accordingly. Similarly, if you put on a fat suit that added 50 pounds to your frame and walked everywhere in it you'd quickly gain muscle.

aszantu 3y ago
it's true though, younger folks need like 1 gram/kg of weight in protein daily or so. When you're female and over 40 that goes up to 1.6 grams up to 2.0 grams/kg. If you think you can get that from lentils, you might wanna look into bio-availability. AND if you have any problems with absorbing nutrients in your gut, you are probably not getting enough of everything, no matter how healthy you eat. Protein needs https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/dietary-guidelines/current-dietary-guidelines https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/diet... bio-availability https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723444/
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  Literally nothing you have written is evidence for the idea, which I was challenging, that Ozempic-like drugs "make you starve yourself". Most of the people, currently anyway, who are prescribed these drugs are morbidly obese. There are an entire host of well-known, evidence-supported extremely negative consequences from being obese. So why are you talking about, basically, "eating too many lentils??" in the scope of this conversation? We weren't exactly talking about ensuring vegans get enough nutrients.
  - aszantu 3y ago
    I probably mixed something up in the structure of the thread, sorry I threw it at you

aszantu 3y ago

it's true though, younger folks need like 1 gram/kg of weight in protein daily or so. When you're female and over 40 that goes up to 1.6 grams up to 2.0 grams/kg. If you think you can get that from lentils, you might wanna look into bio-availability. AND if you have any problems with absorbing nutrients in your gut, you are probably not getting enough of everything, no matter how healthy you eat. Protein needs https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/dietary-guidelines/current-dietary-guidelines https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/diet... bio-availability https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723444/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723444/

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Literally nothing you have written is evidence for the idea, which I was challenging, that Ozempic-like drugs "make you starve yourself". Most of the people, currently anyway, who are prescribed these drugs are morbidly obese. There are an entire host of well-known, evidence-supported extremely negative consequences from being obese. So why are you talking about, basically, "eating too many lentils??" in the scope of this conversation? We weren't exactly talking about ensuring vegans get enough nutrients.
- aszantu 3y ago
  I probably mixed something up in the structure of the thread, sorry I threw it at you