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by xnx 959 days ago
Possibly none. These drugs are bringing our appetite under control in an environmental that is full of readily available, appetizing, easy to digest, high-calorie foods.
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I've seen the benefits of these drugs for people close to me but this whole concept still feels a bit dystopian.

Companies selling $500-$1,000/mo drugs to counteract the garbage food and "food products" other companies are producing and marketing to us.

Well... when we were like cave men and calories were hard to get, hunger pangs make more sense from an evolutionary standpoint.

But now, through farming technologies, food has never been more abundant. Yes we've saved people from dying of famine, but then the corn producers grew so much more corn that were beyond America's daily dietary need, they then could use much of it for HFCS, say. Or you know, Taco Bell's fourthmeal.

In a few years the pill versions will be $40/mo.