"Or maybe, it’s another reminder that we should take the old-fashioned way in losing weight before turning to medications."
Thanks for the reminder. The oldest of all is to eat real food (dating back to when there wasn't anything else), if it can still be found. Or maybe I should say while it can be found.
It's a bit sad to think about the state of our food sources, but I suppose it will encourage people to become gardeners! If only I had a green thumb...
I don't have one either but my housemate is a Master Gardener. Growing food was new for her, other than the kind that grows on trees, but she is picking it up quickly. Everything's organic, of course.
Oct 10, 2023·edited Oct 10, 2023Liked by Modern Discontent
I recently saw a video of doctors discussing drugs like Ozempic. One stated that the patient will have to be on the medication for life if they do not change their lifestyle. If they don't change their lifestyle and go off the medication, they will gain back all the weight loss and then some.
I thought, if they could change their lifestyle then they wouldn't need the medication in the first place. I lost weight effortlessly by cutting grains, sugar, and processed foods. My mood is better, and I sleep better too. Mainly I eat what I'm told I shouldn't eat; meat, eggs, high fat dairy. Low carb veggies and fruits, and fish. I rarely exercised, though I do now. People need to stop listening to the bad advice from the government (who is in bed with big pharma) and doctors that have no nutritional training (I suppose many of them are in bed with big pharma too).
We don't even know what the long-term effects of these drugs are, and given these adverse reactions they should raise serious red flags. It sort of just shows that now there's a huge incentive for medical dependency when it comes to obesity. Just stay on obesity medications forever to lose the weight. That's a good way to make someone a lifelong customer, and it doesn't teach anyone about proper nutrition and diet.
Anyways, congrats on the weight loss! Don't let pharma know you did it all on your own!
I'm really not sure where the concept of, "Hey let's totally mess with your parasympathetic nervous system to help you lose weight!.", actually came from. 😐🤔🤔🤦♀️🤦♀️
To be fair, we have an obesogenic environment and lifestyles, with all the endocrine disruptors, indoor conditions, so the old fashion concepts of weight loss, don't actually work as they used to. The "just eat less, and move more", does not cut it these days when most individuals NS are stuck in fight, flight, freeze, fawn stress responses, which stress triggers hormones and inflammatory messages as coping mechanisms. Especially with the effect that that has on bowels anyway 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
We have such a child-like understanding of our own bodies, environment and place in the universe🤔😐😐🤷♀️🤦♀️
You're first comment is a reason why I have felt more critical of many of the antidepressants and other drugs that we take. Anything nervous system related seems like a pretty big gamble to mess with. I think it's likely that the main concern was the downstream effects rather than the possible consequences on the nervous system.
There is a lot to our modern lifestyles that can make it all difficult. I've actually been curious about this in recent weeks, especially with how popular the idea of a "return to primitive lifestyles" has become in some degree. It would be nice to see research to examine whether the mismatch between our modern lifestyles and habits relative to our ancestors may make these approaches less effective.
"Or maybe, it’s another reminder that we should take the old-fashioned way in losing weight before turning to medications."
Thanks for the reminder. The oldest of all is to eat real food (dating back to when there wasn't anything else), if it can still be found. Or maybe I should say while it can be found.
It's a bit sad to think about the state of our food sources, but I suppose it will encourage people to become gardeners! If only I had a green thumb...
I don't have one either but my housemate is a Master Gardener. Growing food was new for her, other than the kind that grows on trees, but she is picking it up quickly. Everything's organic, of course.
I recently saw a video of doctors discussing drugs like Ozempic. One stated that the patient will have to be on the medication for life if they do not change their lifestyle. If they don't change their lifestyle and go off the medication, they will gain back all the weight loss and then some.
I thought, if they could change their lifestyle then they wouldn't need the medication in the first place. I lost weight effortlessly by cutting grains, sugar, and processed foods. My mood is better, and I sleep better too. Mainly I eat what I'm told I shouldn't eat; meat, eggs, high fat dairy. Low carb veggies and fruits, and fish. I rarely exercised, though I do now. People need to stop listening to the bad advice from the government (who is in bed with big pharma) and doctors that have no nutritional training (I suppose many of them are in bed with big pharma too).
We don't even know what the long-term effects of these drugs are, and given these adverse reactions they should raise serious red flags. It sort of just shows that now there's a huge incentive for medical dependency when it comes to obesity. Just stay on obesity medications forever to lose the weight. That's a good way to make someone a lifelong customer, and it doesn't teach anyone about proper nutrition and diet.
Anyways, congrats on the weight loss! Don't let pharma know you did it all on your own!
I'm really not sure where the concept of, "Hey let's totally mess with your parasympathetic nervous system to help you lose weight!.", actually came from. 😐🤔🤔🤦♀️🤦♀️
To be fair, we have an obesogenic environment and lifestyles, with all the endocrine disruptors, indoor conditions, so the old fashion concepts of weight loss, don't actually work as they used to. The "just eat less, and move more", does not cut it these days when most individuals NS are stuck in fight, flight, freeze, fawn stress responses, which stress triggers hormones and inflammatory messages as coping mechanisms. Especially with the effect that that has on bowels anyway 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
We have such a child-like understanding of our own bodies, environment and place in the universe🤔😐😐🤷♀️🤦♀️
You're first comment is a reason why I have felt more critical of many of the antidepressants and other drugs that we take. Anything nervous system related seems like a pretty big gamble to mess with. I think it's likely that the main concern was the downstream effects rather than the possible consequences on the nervous system.
There is a lot to our modern lifestyles that can make it all difficult. I've actually been curious about this in recent weeks, especially with how popular the idea of a "return to primitive lifestyles" has become in some degree. It would be nice to see research to examine whether the mismatch between our modern lifestyles and habits relative to our ancestors may make these approaches less effective.