What used to be a whisper— “I'm on Ozempic ” —has recently become a shout. Celebrities like Serena Williams, Oprah, and Kelly Clarkson are on the jab, aka an injectionable medication like Ozempic, Zepbound, or Mounjaro, which is a synthetic version of the GLP-1 hormone our body produces, and the results typically include weight loss.

“GLP-1 is short for glucagon-like peptide 1, a hormone that we produce in our gut after we eat,” says Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, board-certified physician who specializes in obesity medicine and endocrinology. Ninety percent of Dr. Salas-Whalen's patients are currently on a form of the medication, and it inspired her to write Weightless , coming out in December of this year. “The main function of this hormone is to regulate glucose, but it also helps us fe

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