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Or medicines which have really long and strong evidence for weight loss effects like amphetamines?

Or testosterone, which isn’t necessarily great for weight loss, but is fabulous for body composition, which I’m sure many men would be satisfied with. Weighing 200 with 18% body fat is probably more attractive to many tall men than weighing 160 with the same body fat. Muscle also raises basal metabolic rate which is nice for fat loss.

TRT clinics are grossly overpriced, charging $300+ A month for $5 drugs, so there is almost certainly room to disrupt that market. I’d be willing to wager many obese men display hypogonadism too.

We're starting to do more research into hormone-based treatments. We definitely have hesitancy as hormone treatments are a bigger life decision, and telehealth regulation is murky. We'll look into it more.

And then there’s the fact that obesity is not an individual fault, it is caused by hormone disruptor chemicals in our environment and diet. Of course, higher consumption of more processed foods tends to increase obesity for this very reason: it increases the intake of hormone disruptors.

Definitely an area with compelling evidence. Lot of uncertainty though.

The doctors prescribe both GLP-1s & meds like Phentermine, among others. I just didn't wanna list them all out!

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