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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
John Semley

‘I miss eating’: the truth behind the weight loss drug that makes food repulsive

Ozempic makes people find food revolting, acting like an appetite suppressant.
Ozempic makes people find food revolting, acting like an appetite suppressant. Photograph: ViChizh/Shutterstock


“Everyone’s on it,” says Dr Daniel Ghiyam whose “medical spa” in Ventura county, California, offers skin tightening, body contouring, vaginal rejuvenation and, lately, injections of Semaglutide, the active ingredient in a new drug called Ozempic. To hear Ghiyam tell it, these injections are Hollywood’s worst-kept secret.

“A lot of celebrities are on it,” he says. “Everyone’s who’s not talking about it is on the stuff.”

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