A History of Diet Drugs

Nutrition For Mortals

Diet drugs have been marketed and sold in some shape or form for well over a hundred years. Some of these drugs have been simply ineffective while others have had devastating side-effects. Join us, two registered dietitians, as we take a look at the fascinating history of weight loss drugs and discuss our current cultural moment with medications like Wegovy and Ozempic.

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Links to stuff we talked about in this episode:

• Human Enhancement Drugs by Jim Mcveigh
• America’s First Amphetamine Epidemic by Nicolas Rasmussen
• Weintraub’s Phen-Fen Study
• Pieter Cohen Article
• An Historical Review of Steps and Missteps in the Discovery of Anti-Obesity Drugs

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