The wonder here is effective brain manipulation rather than fat melting.
These drugs are chemically induced intermittent fasting.
I’m okay with people saying “these drugs force people into healthy eating habits” but the weight loss itself is merely a symptom of the healthy eating habits that would be healthier on the body when done with discipline rather than chemically altering your digestion.
Humans are biochemical machines. Hormones (chemicals) regulate many systems in humans. So, you want people to eat less and work out more, when hormones, or biochemical subsystems, are messed up?
Anecdotally, the people I know who have been taking GLP-1 agonists have not been following eating patterns consistent with "intermittent fasting". They're just eating less (especially snacking).
When it comes to words like discipline or willpower, they are typically a signal that the poster is about to:
1. Ignore the continual and catastrophic failure of the idea that we can will ourselves out of an increasing crisis
2. Pat themselves on the back for their smug victim blaming
Hence the negative reaction. I don’t have an alternative word for you to use.
Humans at a population level have severe limits on what they can deal with. This is why tech companies use dark patterns, because exploiting and abusing people until they can’t put up resistance works fantastically. Suggesting that the real solution to mass exploitation is just to have the discipline to not be exploited would and should receive a negative reaction.
Ultimately, the solution to obesity is to make the fix as easy to obtain as the primary causes of the problem. Can’t wait for a gambling and (working) smoking vaccine.
> Intermittent fasting is any of various meal timing schedules that cycle between voluntary fasting (or reduced calorie intake) and non-fasting over a given period.[1][2] Methods of intermittent fasting include alternate-day fasting,[3] periodic fasting, such as the 5:2 diet, and daily time-restricted eating.[1][4]
Intermittent fasting is different than calorie restriction. There are calorie-restricted diets where you eat small amounts constantly throughout the day (this used to be the go-to recommendation of doctors). Intermittent fasting doesn't even necessarily entail calorie restriction.
These drugs are chemically induced intermittent fasting.
I’m okay with people saying “these drugs force people into healthy eating habits” but the weight loss itself is merely a symptom of the healthy eating habits that would be healthier on the body when done with discipline rather than chemically altering your digestion.