Indian-origin comedian Zarna Garg opens up about taking weight loss drugs; post sparks conversation on health and body image
An Indian-origin stand-up comedian from the United States, recently opened up about using weight loss medicines in a podcast. In the podcast, Garg shared that she constantly thought about food before taking the weight loss medicines, read to know more.
Are you struggling to lose weight and thinking of starting to take weight loss medicines? Well, weight loss drugs have become a normal trend. Regarding this, Zarna Garg, an Indian-origin stand-up comedian from the United States, recently opened up about using weight loss medicines in a podcast.
Garg received a massive wave of mixed reactions after she shared a post about it later on her Instagram. Addressing her fans and haters, the comedian dropped a post that left her social media fans applauding.
Anything else is just exhausting
Garg captioned her post about the same; she spoke during her recent podcast, and she wrote, "I talked about this recently on a @zarnagargfamilypodcast episode, not realising the impact it would have in offering relief to so many."
She further mentioned that it is better to follow medical advice and live your best life. "Haters gonna hate¡ªwe don¡¯t engage in the debate."
While in the post, she revealed that after that podcast, she had received hundreds of DMs for opening up about the use of weight loss medicines.
Following this, she left a piece of advice for her followers, saying, ¡°Take the meds, don¡¯t take the meds¡ªdo your thing with kindness around you and keep it moving.¡±
Zarna Garg's statement in the podcast
In the podcast, Garg shared that she constantly thought about food before taking the weight loss medicines, even when she was having a meal. However, she didn't realise this habit of hers until she started taking the weight loss medicines.
The recent social media post garnered much attention; one wrote, ¡°It¡¯s so much better than ¡®I stopped eating bread and hiked 5 miles a day."
While another added, ¡°We got your back.¡± A third expressed, "Your body. Your decision.¡±
Weight loss drugs for obesity
According to an Associated Press report published earlier this year, half of the Americans admit to using weight loss drugs to treat obesity.
Further, a poll conducted by them revealed that the users think using weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and other brands is a good thing rather than a bad one.
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