GLP-1s have proven to me that the vast majority of overweight people are that way because a key part of their endocrine system was damaged by a viral infection - likely a variant of adenovirus that has been plaguing humanity since the late 70s.
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GLP-1s have proven to me that the vast majority of overweight people are that way because a key part of their endocrine system was damaged by a viral infection - likely a variant of adenovirus that has been plaguing humanity since the late 70s.
SARS2, by being so flagrant about its damage to the body's systems and rewriting of genes, has helped reveal that a significant number of long-term illnesses and cancers are literally *caused* by viral infections.
The obesity crisis is no different.
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GLP-1s have proven to me that the vast majority of overweight people are that way because a key part of their endocrine system was damaged by a viral infection - likely a variant of adenovirus that has been plaguing humanity since the late 70s.
SARS2, by being so flagrant about its damage to the body's systems and rewriting of genes, has helped reveal that a significant number of long-term illnesses and cancers are literally *caused* by viral infections.
The obesity crisis is no different.
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This is not a fatphobia account, and I do not hate or judge overweight people. It took me 30 years, but I finally think my big-ass body is sexy as hell - just in time for my biology to be like "if you don't lose weight I'm gonna kill you".
There *are* human body types that are large set and carry a lot of fat on them, without any consequences from a systemic perspective.
But the obesity epidemic is *not that*. It's a population health crisis of untold proportions, *caused by a virus*.
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This is not a fatphobia account, and I do not hate or judge overweight people. It took me 30 years, but I finally think my big-ass body is sexy as hell - just in time for my biology to be like "if you don't lose weight I'm gonna kill you".
There *are* human body types that are large set and carry a lot of fat on them, without any consequences from a systemic perspective.
But the obesity epidemic is *not that*. It's a population health crisis of untold proportions, *caused by a virus*.
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Adenovirus-36, to be specific. Although as studies have progressed, apparently several Adenovirus variants are shown to cause obesity regardless of diet in animal subjects.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00805-6
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Adenovirus-36, to be specific. Although as studies have progressed, apparently several Adenovirus variants are shown to cause obesity regardless of diet in animal subjects.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-021-00805-6
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GLP-1s are ghrelin agonists: they mimic the impact of the upstream hormone that is a key regulator of metabolism and food intake and processing.
Taking them doesn't just "slow down digestion", like doctors say. It *transforms* your relationship to food, its effect on your body, and *what* you eat.
Endocrine shit is wild because it's a system in the body that traverses all other systems. Hormones are skeleton keys to the doors that normally keep each process in its lane.
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GLP-1s are ghrelin agonists: they mimic the impact of the upstream hormone that is a key regulator of metabolism and food intake and processing.
Taking them doesn't just "slow down digestion", like doctors say. It *transforms* your relationship to food, its effect on your body, and *what* you eat.
Endocrine shit is wild because it's a system in the body that traverses all other systems. Hormones are skeleton keys to the doors that normally keep each process in its lane.
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Try to remember that metabolism is literally the whole point of the entire fucking body.
Lungs? Metabolism.
Vascular system? Heart? Metabolism.
Entire gut? Metabolism?
Kidneys, liver, pancreas, spleen? Metabolism.
Muscles? Exist so we can move to get food to do...metabolism.
Your esophagus and trachea are just metabolism tubes.
We are metabolism machines with gonads and nervous systems.
So no, GLP-1s don't just "slow down digestion" lol lmao
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Try to remember that metabolism is literally the whole point of the entire fucking body.
Lungs? Metabolism.
Vascular system? Heart? Metabolism.
Entire gut? Metabolism?
Kidneys, liver, pancreas, spleen? Metabolism.
Muscles? Exist so we can move to get food to do...metabolism.
Your esophagus and trachea are just metabolism tubes.
We are metabolism machines with gonads and nervous systems.
So no, GLP-1s don't just "slow down digestion" lol lmao
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The whole point of this thread is that the last 50 years were caused by a quiet pandemic.
The popularity of hyper-processed foods? Caused by a quiet pandemic: GLP-1s make them taste gross AF.
The surge in insulin-related disorders? Caused by a quiet pandemic: GLP-1s regulate insulin with a steel fist.
The huge increase in people carrying more fat, earlier in life?
Caused by a quiet pandemic: GIS agonists in some GLP medications correct a strengthening of the body's "starvation" response6/
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The whole point of this thread is that the last 50 years were caused by a quiet pandemic.
The popularity of hyper-processed foods? Caused by a quiet pandemic: GLP-1s make them taste gross AF.
The surge in insulin-related disorders? Caused by a quiet pandemic: GLP-1s regulate insulin with a steel fist.
The huge increase in people carrying more fat, earlier in life?
Caused by a quiet pandemic: GIS agonists in some GLP medications correct a strengthening of the body's "starvation" response6/
Not only did the virus make people hungry *all the time*, it made their hunger impossible to dispel.
Not only did it make their body process food improperly, leading to GI illness and microbiome destruction, it fucked with insulin so they packed on weight while eating less food.
Not only did it promote fat growth, it *made it much harder to reduce fat*, making weight loss extremely difficult.
The infection added a ratchet to your body that loves to add fat but hates to burn it off.
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Not only did the virus make people hungry *all the time*, it made their hunger impossible to dispel.
Not only did it make their body process food improperly, leading to GI illness and microbiome destruction, it fucked with insulin so they packed on weight while eating less food.
Not only did it promote fat growth, it *made it much harder to reduce fat*, making weight loss extremely difficult.
The infection added a ratchet to your body that loves to add fat but hates to burn it off.
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@johnzajac Interesting, this is my first introduction to the idea of infectobesity. Maybe I should get tested for AD-36 antibodies.
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Not only did the virus make people hungry *all the time*, it made their hunger impossible to dispel.
Not only did it make their body process food improperly, leading to GI illness and microbiome destruction, it fucked with insulin so they packed on weight while eating less food.
Not only did it promote fat growth, it *made it much harder to reduce fat*, making weight loss extremely difficult.
The infection added a ratchet to your body that loves to add fat but hates to burn it off.
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Accepting that my struggle with weight since adolescence had as much to do with viral post-sequelae as it did with anything else was actually more difficult than I thought it would be. But it helps that before I even tried GLP-1s I had come to terms with myself and my body; I can't imagine dealing with the mental and physical effects of this medication without that peace of mind.
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@johnzajac Interesting, this is my first introduction to the idea of infectobesity. Maybe I should get tested for AD-36 antibodies.
I'm just an opera singer, but I'm not sure antibodies will show up. I think the virus does a real number on the internal mechanisms of cells themselves, perhaps even genetically, a lot like SARS2/COVID does to the immune system.
We're at the limits of my knowledge lol lmao
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Accepting that my struggle with weight since adolescence had as much to do with viral post-sequelae as it did with anything else was actually more difficult than I thought it would be. But it helps that before I even tried GLP-1s I had come to terms with myself and my body; I can't imagine dealing with the mental and physical effects of this medication without that peace of mind.
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Try to imagine what widespread, constant reinfection with SARS2 is doing to untold systems in the body that will result in "quiet epidemics" of things like the obesity crisis.
This is why novid is the only really reasonable choice.
Yes, this thread is also about the ongoing COVID pandemic and the long-term consequences of Joe Biden's cynical betrayal of humanity for political gain.
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I'm just an opera singer, but I'm not sure antibodies will show up. I think the virus does a real number on the internal mechanisms of cells themselves, perhaps even genetically, a lot like SARS2/COVID does to the immune system.
We're at the limits of my knowledge lol lmao
@johnzajac That's just what I read on Wikipedia. Is there a particular study or writeup that cemented this hypothesis for you?
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GLP-1s have proven to me that the vast majority of overweight people are that way because a key part of their endocrine system was damaged by a viral infection - likely a variant of adenovirus that has been plaguing humanity since the late 70s.
SARS2, by being so flagrant about its damage to the body's systems and rewriting of genes, has helped reveal that a significant number of long-term illnesses and cancers are literally *caused* by viral infections.
The obesity crisis is no different.
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@johnzajac Have you looked at how much of the weight-to-mortality link is skewed by doctor discrimination as well, as in doctors literally denying fat patients the tests they would offer a thin patient with identical symptoms, and treatments they would offer a thin patient with an identical diagnosis?
It's also worth narrowing down what the more-common associated diseases are, like high cholesterol or elevated blood pressure, and it turns out that weight loss can't be counted on to actually resolve either of these. -
@johnzajac That's just what I read on Wikipedia. Is there a particular study or writeup that cemented this hypothesis for you?
Like I said I'm just a person on meds with a theory and just enough knowledge to be dangerous to myself and others
That's why I always say I'm an opera singer
And why I never offer advice, just observations and opinions.
If I have a study supporting my position (like I do when I post COVID stat stuff) I usually post it
Posted a Nature study on adenovirus higher in the thread
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@johnzajac Have you looked at how much of the weight-to-mortality link is skewed by doctor discrimination as well, as in doctors literally denying fat patients the tests they would offer a thin patient with identical symptoms, and treatments they would offer a thin patient with an identical diagnosis?
It's also worth narrowing down what the more-common associated diseases are, like high cholesterol or elevated blood pressure, and it turns out that weight loss can't be counted on to actually resolve either of these.I've lived it lol
Like I wrote, I'm not saying folks have to lose weight, just that there's evidence that the obesity epidemic is real and caused at least in part by a viral pandemic
