DR MARC SIEGEL: America, beware of false weight loss gods
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Oprah Winfrey promotes her weight loss book while crediting GLP-1 drugs for her transformation, but medical expert warns these aren't miracle solutions.
Marc Siegel, M.D. is a professor of medicine and medical director of Doctor Radio at NYU Langone Medical Center. He is Fox News Channel's senior medical analyst. His forthcoming book is "The Miracles Among Us: How God's Grace Plays a Role in Healing" (Fox Books, November 18, 2025) and author of "COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science." Follow him on X @drmarcsiegel.
I also like the way these drugs work, decreasing hunger signals in the brain and delaying gastric emptying, which have added benefits that may include reducing the desire for alcohol, improving insulin efficiency and decreasing inflammation in the body. They lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol levels, and improve cardiac function, which is one of the reasons so many cardiologists are taking them.
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