Posted on Dec 22, 2023
Another Ozempic side effect? Facing the holidays with no appetite
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Kim Tyler calls herself air-traffic control for her family, and her kitchen is its hub. Her mother, cousin, daughters and four grandkids circulate, daily, feasting on things she makes.
"I'm the one that's trying new recipes and making everyone try something new," she says. She stuffs her cabinets with exotic spices and obscure varieties of vinegar she acquires on travel. And she draws inspiration from local bounty: Halibut and salmon pulled from waters near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, fill her freezer. "I make osso buco with moose," she says.
In short, food is central to Tyler's life. "I think it's a mom thing, it's a family thing," she says, adding that she loves cooking for the holidays.
Kim Tyler calls herself air-traffic control for her family, and her kitchen is its hub. Her mother, cousin, daughters and four grandkids circulate, daily, feasting on things she makes.
"I'm the one that's trying new recipes and making everyone try something new," she says. She stuffs her cabinets with exotic spices and obscure varieties of vinegar she acquires on travel. And she draws inspiration from local bounty: Halibut and salmon pulled from waters near her home in Soldotna, Alaska, fill her freezer. "I make osso buco with moose," she says.
In short, food is central to Tyler's life. "I think it's a mom thing, it's a family thing," she says, adding that she loves cooking for the holidays.
Another Ozempic side effect? Facing the holidays with no appetite
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Kim Tyler says a lack of appetite hasn't made her any less social. For one thing, there aren't many restaurants in her town of just over 4,000. And if anything, she says the joy of food has been replaced by the joy of being able to exercise and play outside with her grandkids.
"I have so much more fun with them, and I can do more with them," she says.
Only occasionally, Tyler remembers sugary or salty things she loved and misses, like Hawaiian soy sauce she once loved eating with rice — neither of which she eats anymore.
But for now, she's fine with the tradeoffs of life without an appetite.
Will she — or many others using weight-loss drugs long term — eventually bore of that life? She says maybe. "I'm still only three months in. Ask me a year from now if it's a chore."
Correction
Nov. 28, 2023
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Kim Tyler was taking Wegovy. In fact, she is taking Ozempic."
..."Kim Tyler says a lack of appetite hasn't made her any less social. For one thing, there aren't many restaurants in her town of just over 4,000. And if anything, she says the joy of food has been replaced by the joy of being able to exercise and play outside with her grandkids.
"I have so much more fun with them, and I can do more with them," she says.
Only occasionally, Tyler remembers sugary or salty things she loved and misses, like Hawaiian soy sauce she once loved eating with rice — neither of which she eats anymore.
But for now, she's fine with the tradeoffs of life without an appetite.
Will she — or many others using weight-loss drugs long term — eventually bore of that life? She says maybe. "I'm still only three months in. Ask me a year from now if it's a chore."
Correction
Nov. 28, 2023
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Kim Tyler was taking Wegovy. In fact, she is taking Ozempic."
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I'm starting to see more and more patients with severe complications from taking Ozempic. I don't believe it is the "miracle drug" it's being hailed as.
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