Joe Rogan And Bill Maher Call Out Ozempic As False Cure To American Obesity Crisis

Bill Maher and Joe Rogan slammed the latest weight-loss craze to sweep a desperately obese nation as a vehicle for Wall Street profits over metabolic health.

“We have given up on the idea that obesity is something that can be contained by exercise and diet,” Maher said on Saturday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “It’s now a disease.”

The HBO comedian went on to highlight the public fixation on Ozempic, the name-brand Type 2 diabetes medication for semaglutide being prescribed off-label to help patients lose weight. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 42 percent of American adults are obese.

“I was reading about Ozempic,” Maher said. “They have zero clue why it works.”

Maher didn’t name the story, but a piece from The New York Times in August outlined how medical professionals do not have clear answers surrounding the apparent success of new weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.

“In fact, much about the drugs remains shrouded in mystery,” The Times reported. “Researchers discovered by accident that exposing the brain to a natural hormone at levels never seen in nature elicited weight loss. They really don’t know why, or if the drugs may have long-term side effects.”

Side effects listed on Ozempic’s website include nausea, stomach pain, and constipation. The Cut ran a feature last fall on the dark side of Ozempic’s commercial success with the headline, “You Might Go Through Hell for You Post-Ozempic Body.”

Dr. Sudeep Singh, a medical director at a concierge