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Transcript
Big food just found a way to hack OZEPIC, and they're doing it in secret. The food companies are designing what they call GLP1 optimized products. In layman's terms, they're trying to make the food more addictive. It's so secret that he had to read the New York Times article where they interviewed the food company to find it out. But this video went viral, and a similar message was shared by Dr. Mark Hyman. But is it true? This is What the Science? Snack Spiracy Special. value facts over fear, let's look at the actual article. It does mention how, in the past, food companies have engineered chips to sound crunchier, sweeteners to taste sweeter, and even salts to be absorbed faster and be more savory. And right now, the food industry is losing sales as millions of people on OZempic and similar GLP1 agonists are starting to eat less, because they get full sooner, and less ultra-processed foods because it makes them taste too plasticy or too sweet. Now think about it. If you were running a food company and millions of your consumers suddenly change their eating Wouldn't you try to adapt your products based on what they now want? One of the big challenges for people on OZempic is getting enough protein fiber and micronutrients to keep them healthy and preserve muscle while they're losing their weight. So here's how the evil big food scientists have been designing food in their labs, tailored to GLP1 users. They enriched each Norris fit brownie bite with two grams of weight protein for maintaining lean muscle mass during rapid weight loss. And a peanut butter swirl would push that protein level even higher. But because way protein can have a grainy texture and chalky cliff notes, though, Those evil big food scientists were able to get it so that the nourish fits were defectless, smooth, and sweet, with remote echoes of cocoa. One-third sugar, 15% fat, 50% protein. Individually packaged to accommodate for smaller portion sizes. They're also developing chicken sticks, sort of like string cheese, with 13 grams of protein per stick and a citrusy flavor, which people on GLP-1s have reported craving. There's more, but the bottom line, food companies are not trying to make Ozempic stop working. They're just adapting their products to what people on these medications actually want to eat and provide easy options with the right macros for those who don't have the time or ability to cook. It's not a conspiracy, it's just capitalism doing its thing.
Additional notes
#stitch with @James Li He ends the video with “And worse yet, it's all being done in secret. Okay. When asked, Justin, Schmidt wouldn't say which companies he was working with to develop these GLP one products, saying, quote, we are professional secret keepers. These people are sick.” Yes they are professional secret keepers. It’s called “Non Disclosure Agreements.” which labs like this sign with all their clients during product development. 👉 NOTE: This is not to say that the food industry hasn’t played a bit part in fueling the obesity epidemic through food engineering. These are for-profit companies, producing a “tragedy of the commons” situation with regards to public health. 👉 NOTE 2: if there were an easy way to make food even more addictive, to the point where it somehow bypassed the way that GLP-1 downregulates hunger signaling, they probably would have already tried it. Fundamentally, the way that these drugs work is to make people get full after eating a lower total amount of food. This operates on a level of the brain that I doubt anyone will be able to engineer a food to bypass. #science #health #glp1 #ozempic #nutrition
References
- New York Times article about food companies developing GLP-1 optimized products mentioned in transcript; direct URL not listed in workbook.
- James Li stitch and Dr. Mark Hyman viral claim mentioned; source URLs not listed in workbook.