The desire to look attractive has always been present. However, this urge has increased drastically with the rise of social media and influencers who promote idealized beauty standards.

Achieving the perfect looks isn’t easy. It usually takes a lot of exercise and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including sticking to a balanced diet. Having said that, there are plenty of individuals who opt for a “shortcut” in order to achieve the perfect weight.

Most recently, many turn to Ozempic for weight loss, including celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Rebel Wilson, and Amy Schumer.

However, not everyone is aware of its effects on the body.

The main purpose of this drug is to help manage Type 2 diabetes, and although it hasn’t been FDA-approved for weight loss, people use it for that exact purpose because it does help them lose a significant amount of weight – but at what cost?

A YouTuber by the handle @ZackDFilms revealed the grim realities of what Ozempic does once injected in the body.

According to him, “Once Ozempic enters your bloodstream, it triggers the brain’s satiety center, making you feel full and naturally decreasing your appetite.”

From that point, it balances your blood sugar and helps reduce constant food cravings.

While this sounds nice and rather appealing, Ozempic comes with side effects.

Dr Ben Bickman, a scientist and professor at Brigham Young University in Utah, stated that the drug can cause muscle loss.

“You have a substantial amount of lean mass that’s getting loss as the person is losing weight. To make that clear, for every ten pounds of weight loss, only six is fat – four of it is coming from non-fat sources like muscle and bone,” he told Thomas DeLauer.

Dr Bickman added: “While muscle and bone mass might never return, the body has no trouble regaining fat mass.

“What’s more, one study found that one version of these drugs, actually stimulates the production of new fat cells.”

He continued: “This becomes a problem because when a person start to regain fat mass after stopping Ozempic, with more fat cells comes a greater potential to gain more fat.

“As a result, even though a person may still weight less than they did before starting the drug, they may be fatter, with a higher percentage of body fat.”

One thing we should all be aware of is that Ozempic, as well as other weight loss drugs, aren’t a magic bullet.