Comment by tsoukase
14 hours ago
Diabates can harm the brain either indirectly, through vascular damage, or directly through nerve cell degeneration. The latter is a less studied mechanism and can explain the benefit from GLPs. But I agree, it's not different than a low calorie diet. In the modern times of abundance and sedentary lifestyle, fasting makes wonders. So, if you have even one vascular risk factor, just cut your calories in half, just stop eating. Your body will thank you.
GLP-1 provides the only plausible way to do so.
Let's not be absolute. There are some people craving for food (esp. endomorphs), some binge eaters (eg under depression) or low metabolizers (hypothyroid) but for many it's easy to cut calories.
This is just flat out untrue. Going a day or two without eating anything feels freeing and wonderful. You simply have some coffee and go through your day, drink water. By not eating anything at all it’s much easier. Even having a couple bites of food gets the body revved up to eat more. Fasting is a choice to simply not. To abstain. To stop and pause. This idea is so un American that I believe people are simply unaware and unable to process the notion.
Putting this idea in people’s mind, that they will be OK if they don’t eat for a day, would be revolutionary. However, companies want to sell things rather than simply give people a basic idea and open their world to possibilities.
This simply isn't how any addiction works. You can just as well say to an alcoholic to "just stop drinking". Humankind tried to rid itself of obesity for too long and it only kept getting worse. GLP-1 is the key.