Oprah Winfrey says taking Ozempic made her come to realisation about ‘thin people’
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‘I thought thin people had more willpower,’ the media mogul said. Oprah Winfrey has said taking weight-loss medication changed her preconceptions about “thin people”. The billionaire, 69, who confirmed she uses an unnamed drug as a tool to manage her weight after heavy speculation in 2023, admitted she previously thought slighter people had “more willpower”.
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Winfrey – formerly a member of the WeightWatchers board – has praised the medication for allowing her to live a healthier lifestyle, after career-spanning scrutiny over her figure. “They ate better foods. They were able to stick to it longer. They never had a potato chip”.
However, Winfrey claimed that what she initially thought was “willpower” was actually a lack of intrusive hunger thoughts, also known as “food noise”. Experts have claimed GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, may help lessen or even stop “food noise” by slowing down digestion and reducing cravings.
Winfrey continued: “I realised the very first time I took the GLP-1 that they’re not even thinking about it. They’re eating when they’re hungry and they’re stopping when they’re full.”. Winfrey claimed this intuitive way of eating “doesn’t work” if you struggle with obesity and reflected on her own experience of being “publicly humiliated” for her size throughout her career.
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