Early trial data demonstrated that Wegovy, which has been shown to help patients lose an average of 15% of their weight, also reduced incidence of heart attack, stroke or death from heart disease by 20%.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    I remember when Olestra came out and it was hailed as this new thing that will allow everyone to eat high-fat foods guilt free.

    Then it turned out it made you shit your pants.

    • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Man do I have a story about a coworkers chair during the late 90s because of Olestra ….

      Let’s just say it ended up in an empty cube. Good times.

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
      2·
      1 year ago

      Meh. It wasn't that bad. It was great when you were constipated though.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      26·
      1 year ago

      Olestra's infamous diarrhea is mostly over-hyped.

      Like, yeah, if you eat a lot of it you'll shit your pants. In reasonable quantities its fine, though.

      But people heard "0 calories? I can eat as much as I want!" and well…