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Don’t Play Yo-Yo with Your Weight: The ‘Post-Ozempic’ Rebound

1 Aug 2025

Body weight is determined by a complex regulatory system that is necessary to ensure survival of the species – too little food reduces body weight but, extreme caloric restriction also decreases...

Ozempic-Induced Blindness? A Measured Response

24 Jul 2025

In certain corners of the Internet, the discourse over Ozempic is terrifying. “But the FDA says that [sic] inject Gila Monster venom weekly into yourself is healthy,” one commentator sarcastically...

Don’t Talk to Me Until I’ve Had My Coffee… and Breakfast!

23 May 2025

A few weeks ago, my roommate and I found ourselves chatting alongside two steaming cups of freshly brewed coffee. A great start to my day, if you ask me....

The Best Diet for You? Here It Is

26 Apr 2024

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.

What is next in the evolution of GLP-1-based therapies for diabetes and obesity?

15 Dec 2023

The first glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)-based therapeutic was approved by Health Canada in 2011 for the treatment of hyperglycemia in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Little was it suspected at...

Is Tightening the Belt Around the Corner for People Struggling with Weight? Here Come Orfoglipron and Retatrutide!

29 Jun 2023

They sound like names of creatures that Harry Potter could have encountered in the Forbidden Forest. But no, these are the names of two new drugs that may force the current golden boy of the weight...

Berberine. Don’t swallow the hype. Or the pill.

22 Jun 2023

Are you kidding me? “Nature’s Ozempic"? Really? That message is spreading like wildfire on TikTok about berberine, a compound found in plants such as barberry, golden seal and meadow rue that have...

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