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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
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The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it—from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society’s dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies.
In January 2023, Johann Hari started to inject himself once a week with Ozempic, one of the new drugs that produces significant weight loss. He wasn’t alone—some predictions suggest that in a few years, a quarter of the U.S. population will be taking these drugs. While around 80 percent of diets fail, someone taking one of the new drugs will lose up to a quarter of their body weight in six months. To the drugs’ defenders, here is a moment of liberation from a condition that massively increases your chances of diabetes, cancer, and an early death.
Still, Hari was wildly conflicted. Can these drugs really be as good as they sound? Are they a magic solution—or a magic trick? Finding the answer to this high-stakes question led him on a journey from Iceland to Minneapolis to Tokyo, and to interview the leading experts in the world on these questions. He found that along with the drug’s massive benefits come twelve significant potential risks.
He also found that these drugs radically challenge what we think we know about shame, willpower, and healing. What do they reveal about the nature of obesity itself? What psychological issues begin to emerge when our eating patterns are suddenly disrupted? Are the drugs a liberation or a further symptom of our deeply dysfunctional relationship with food?
These drugs are about to change our world, for better and for worse. Everybody needs to understand how they work—scientifically, emotionally, and culturally. Magic Pill is an essential guide to the revolution that has already begun, and which one leading expert argues will be as transformative as the invention of the smartphone.
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Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
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Don –
As someone about to start weight loss medications, this book intrigued me. On the one hand, I didn’t want to read it, but felt like it was in my interest to do so. After all, so i thought, isn’t taking these medications a no-brainer? Sure, some initial side effects, but a strong likelihood of weight loss. As i read Jonathan’s book, i found myself unable to put it down. I was drawn to important questions he raises about the risks (both known and unknown) about taking these medications, but also the more complicated, deeper questions that many of us having about our relationship with food. The ways that our eating habits can be very deep rooted and formed around early, developmental relational issues with our caretakers and sustained as coping mechanisms well into adulthood. Being aware of these deeper issues relational issues around food are important to trying them–if one chooses to–with eyes-widen open and accepting their limitations and possible unintended consequences that come with potential successful weight loss. This is a very compelling read that i will come back to as a reference in my journey ahead.
Em Elle –
Very interesting and insightful book.
Kindle Customer –
I loves this book. It was well written and super informative. If you or someone you know is considering Ozempic read this.
Laurie B. Assid –
I’ve read everything Johann has written. It’s always immensely compassionate reading that pulls a myriad of info together concisely and in a relatable and engaging style that helps the info stick with you long after you’re done reading! Thanks Johann!!
Jacqueline Fairbrass –
I enjoyed the writing style very much. The author didn’t promote a pro or anti view. And I appreciated their personal sharing. An important topic that effects us all in one way or another. The look at socio-economics as a broader picture was particularly enlightening. Highly recommend.
Helen Corbitt –
Considering the topic, this book was an easy read but still delved into all aspects in the medical science on this subject. It is very well researched, provides thought provoking insight so that one can come to their own conclusions. Liked it. First read was on Kindle/library loan. Have since ordered hardback so can reread, underline, flag and make my own notations. Asked my GP to read it so we can discuss it and how it relates to me. He has agreed! Off to prepare for discussion.
Joanne G. –
Sadly I am a sucker for any new magic pill that hits the market. This book talks about the different diet drugs that have come on the market, most particularly Ozempic. After using the drug himself, the author offers his research. There is no data for long term use, but that will come. It was refreshing to read something from someone who is not marketing a product, but has used it.
D. Goulian –
The first half of the book was an excellent documentary on the new weight loss drugs, i.e. Ozempic. The author is not a scientist, but that turns out to be a big plus as he delves into the complicated pro and cons of using the drugs to lose weight. His easy-to-read prose makes the book move fast – it was hard to put down. His story takes place over a year while he is actually injecting himself with the drug, so his direct experience and insight was fascinating to those of us considering this method of weight loss. We all know someone who has successfully lost weight injecting themselves with a GLP-1 drug, and we are all wondering the same thing: would this be good for me or a loved one?
During his weight loss adventure, he travels the country interviewing scientists and other experts in the field asking the tough, introspective questions about why the drugs work and the what the side effects are. And ultimately, he addresses the big question on every one’s mind: is using GLP-1 to lose weight cheating? Why does it seem to be the only last hope many of us have to reaching our goal weight?
Unfortunately, he loses something in the second half of the book. He gets into a fair amount of what can best be described as “psychobabble” trying to get to bottom of why obesity is so prevalent in western society. He seems to lose all interest in his personal Ozempic journey. Then, he really lost me when spends a good chunk of his book advance on a boondoggle trip to Japan with his nephew where they “discover” the “incredible” difference between the western diet and the Japanese diet. This, to me, was not illuminating at all and only seemed to be an indulgence in western-shaming. Spoiler alert: We don’t eat like the Japanese, and we never will.
What would have been a more useful way to wrap up his book IMHO, would have been to research why half of us eating the same western diet don’t wind up obese. Is it mainly genetics or environment? Is it that some move more than others? Do some of us have an innate disinterest in food? Is it different metabolisms? All of the above?
I still think this is a very good book, I just wish he hadn’t lost his focus.
Summit Wellness Group –
As a weight loss doc and patient, I love this book. It is well written and addresses the questions and concerns many people have. I appreciate that the author is able to provide a personal perspective. I recommend this book often.
Karen-Jane –
Well researched and informative book written by a good author
Nevermore Lane –
Imagine a world where shedding those stubborn pounds is as simple as taking a daily pill. For many, this seems like an unattainable dream, yet the advent of new weight-loss medications promises to turn this fantasy into reality. Johann Hari’s “Magic Pill” dives into this captivating world, exploring the highs and lows of these modern medical marvels.
Judy perry –
I learned so much from this book and it is such an easy flowing book to read. Facts interlaced into a personal story. He also gives much “ food” for thought and shows his own struggles & theories. Thoroughly enjoyable & eye opening. I highly recommend it.
Dr. James F. Richardson –
Hari is at his best, surfacing the overlooked truths behind our modern way of life. The invisibility of our low-satiety diet in the modern world, especially snack food, is his latest contribution to policy debates about how to improve the American diet without resorting to magic pills. We should not need pharma solutions to this public health tragedy.