OZEMPIC is killing Thanksgiving.
Such is the population penetration of this and other weight loss injectables in the US, guests turning up to the family feast today may find some of the perennial favourites - such as candied yams, pecan pie, sweet potato pie, caramel apple pie and chocolate peanut butter pie - no longer grace the table.
Gone are butter, cream, marshmallows, brown sugar and coconut from traditional fare.
Instead, it will be baked chicken or turkey sans stuffing, roasted turnip, steamed brussels sprouts, and fruit salad.
As for drinks, it's water and water all the way.
Some injectable users may be tempted to skip their shots for a week so they can partake in the overeating orgy....and with Christmas coming up, maybe another few weeks as well.
However, experts advise against it.
US medical weight loss physician Dr Sue Decotiis warned that patients may pack on as much as six to eight kilograms if they do this - and that means starting again from square one in the new year by reintroducing the expensive drug and scaling up.
"We don't want to have to do that - it's not that hard a holiday to navigate," Dr Decotiis said.
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