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Lifestyle
Emma Beckett

"Let food by thy medicine"

You've probably heard about the medication Ozempic, used to manage type 2 diabetes and as a weight loss drug.

Ozempic (and the similar drug Wegovy) has had more than its fair share of headlines and controversies. A global supply shortage, tweets about using it from Elon Musk, approval for adolescent weight loss in the United States . . . Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel even joked about it on film's night of nights last week.

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