Specialist registered dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine, whose book How Not to Eat Ultra-Processed was released last year, tells VML Intelligence that weight loss and bariatric clients have mentioned wanting smaller, higher-quality portions when eating out, as their appetites are significantly reduced, and [they] often order a starter plate instead of a main. Nima Safaei, owner of three London restaurants, told The Independent that more customers are coming in just for drinks or ordering a couple of starters to share, and were seeing fewer three-course meals. The New York Times has also chronicled the shift, noting that some diners on GLP-1s prefer to opt for shared small plates or family-style meals so leftovers are not so obvious
D-carnitine (the mirror image) is inactive and potentially harmful
The worst-case scenario for human pregnancies is alarming, said Joseph Ross, a professor at Yale School of Medicine who researches pharmaceutical regulation
In the US, these medications carry a black-box warningthe strongest safety cautionbecause they have been linked to thyroid cancers in rodents, though human evidence remains inconclusive