The Truth About Alcohol and Health

The Truth About Alcohol and Health

The Truth AboutAlcohol and HealthIntroduction The idea that moderate alcohol consumption offers health benefits is based on a lot of bad science and myth. While many people want to believe that having a glass or two of red wine or other alcoholic beverage on a near...

The latest prescription weight loss craze is a once-weekly injection of Wegovy (semaglutide) at a cost of over $1,400 per month. Wegovy is a higher dosage version of Ozempic, a drug also produced by big pharma giant Novo Nordisk A/S that was approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in 2017. Wegovy was approved for weight loss by the United States FDA in 2021.
Semaglutide works as a GLP-1 receptor agonist, which means that it acts like a compound that we make in our body known as human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). Semaglutide is chemically 94% identical to human GLP-1. But it behaves much differently (discussed below) and that creates potential problems.

High Cholesterol

High Cholesterol

High Cholesterol What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fatty substance in the body that serves several vital roles. It is a building block for various hormones and bile acids; and it plays a major role in stabilizing cell membranes. While proper cholesterol levels are...

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