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Ozempic dupe costs just $5 at your local gas station
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:44 pm
...and Gen Zers are ‘addicted’
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No need to shell out over $1000 a month for Ozempic — there’s a gas station dupe that’ll cost you just $5.
Zyn nicotine pouches are the trendy new weight loss hack favored by Gen Z users, who tout the doses of flavored powder as a poor man’s semiglutide shot — with some content creators claiming to have shed up to 30 pounds.
Nik Bando, who runs the popular golf fan account ThiccyFowler on Instagram, told fans he dropped the weight by “replacing Zyn with any hunger,” dubbing the phenomenon “O-Zyn-pic” in a video posted on social media earlier this year.
“It works,” he promised.
Bando admitted he has become “addicted” to the $5 pouches, which are placed between the gum and lip to dissolve and be absorbed through the tissue.
Zyn has grown in popularity as an alternative to smoking or vaping. Nicotine is the major appetite suppressant component of tobacco, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Bando isn’t the only one touting the nicotine pouch method — TikToker TrippsAhoy is another content creator recently seen raving to viewers about dropping from 190 lbs. to 140 lbs., using Zyn and other brands.
On Reddit, a user who self-identified as an “overeater” asked if it was worth developing a nicotine addiction in order to curb appetite.
Coming from a family addicted to cigarettes, the user said they’ve witnessed how difficult it would be to quit but found the idea of nicotine pouches “interesting.”
“Would it be the dumbest idea in the world to substitute overeating with a nic addiction?” the anonymous user inquired.
While the responses were divided between pro-Zyn and anti-addiction, University of Minnesota assistant profession Dr. Carolyn Bramante warned against introducing the nicotine pouches into your daily routine, telling Business Insider that there are better treatments for weight loss available that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
“It’s important to think about safety,” she noted.
While the pouches don’t require the user to smoke, the trendy product still comes with risks, such as gum damage and the consequences of ingesting nicotine, like an increased chance of cardiovascular disease or problems with the heart, lungs, stomach and more.
Zyn is said to contain more nicotine than a cigarette. Nicotine has long been touted as a viable option for appetite suppression despite.
According to Insider, adverts promoting cigarettes for weight loss date back to the 1920s, when Lucky Strike darts were marketed as healthier than candy and could yield a slimmer waist.
However, Bramante warned the younger generation against falling into the same old patterns.
“We don’t fully understand how nicotine works to regulate appetite in people, specifically with obesity,” she said.
“I would advise them to seek care for obesity treatment from their primary-care clinician and/or an obesity-medicine specialist, with the mindset that it’s a long-term relationship with follow-up and with multiple treatment options that we can now adjust to meet an individual’s needs,” she urged.
Philip Morris International, the owner of Zyn products, isn’t billing the pouches as a weight loss drug at all — it is users who are rediscovering the potential slimming effects of nicotine.
The company told Insider that the product is intended for consumers 21 years or older who already use nicotine and want to continue to using it.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:47 pm to stout
I'm in the weight loss journey again. Last time I was smoking and I can confirm that nicotine makes it a frickload easier
*ETA: nicotine also helps with focus and relxation
*ETA: nicotine also helps with focus and relxation
This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
Cocaine is more fun and won’t give you the shits or Ozempic face.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:47 pm to stout
We are headed in the wrong direction
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:48 pm to stout
Whatever happened to drinking heavily and smoking to keep your weight down? I miss the old days.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:48 pm to stout
We need to proudly support those who went before us:
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Armored in Vineyard Vines and Patagonia, fueled by Zyn and White Claws, these triumphant Brohemians protected Old Glory from the unwashed Marxist horde
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:48 pm to BigPerm30
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Cocaine is more fun and won’t give you the shits or Ozempic face.
However, it will fuel alcoholism exponentially
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:50 pm to stout
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$5 at your local gas station
Where is this dude getting Zyn for $5 a can?
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:50 pm to SlowFlowPro
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However, it will fuel alcoholism exponentially
Nobody likes a fricking quitter
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:53 pm to Gnash
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Where is this dude getting Zyn for $5 a can
The chevron in town has it for 5 a can. The circle k next door has it for 7.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:56 pm to stout
I’ve being seeing so much about Zyn that I want to try it.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:57 pm to BigPerm30
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Cocaine is more fun and won’t give you the shits or Ozempic face.
Just a different face
Posted on 5/19/24 at 5:01 pm to stout
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Zyn nicotine pouches are the trendy new weight loss hack
It's probably safer than ooohh ohhh ohhhh ozempic
Posted on 5/19/24 at 5:04 pm to SlowFlowPro
It's weird, I quit smoking 9 months ago, I gained about 20 pounds, but since I realized that a few months ago, I've lost it all back by just changing my diet, but it's to things that my body craves more now. No sugar, low calorie drinks, water, more fruit and vegetables, and protein. When I eat meat, it's a lot of air and sea, less land. Cleaner carbs and fats. Not only that, but I crave activity. I hurt my foot and leg, but as soon as I can, I'm going to start running.
There really is no substitute for that, especially not nicotine, which made me lazy and tired.
There really is no substitute for that, especially not nicotine, which made me lazy and tired.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 5:07 pm to SlowFlowPro
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TA: nicotine also helps with focus and relxation
This. Just reading that sentence makes me long for a long drag and a cafe au lait ( and it’s been approximately 15 years since my last smoke).
Posted on 5/19/24 at 5:09 pm to stout
Hell the Old Row Instagram account unapologetically promotes cigarettes.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 5:14 pm to stout
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“I would advise them to seek care for obesity treatment from their primary-care clinician and/or an obesity-medicine specialist, with the mindset that it’s a long-term relationship with follow-up and with multiple treatment options that we can now adjust to meet an individual’s needs,” she urged.
They would if obesity medicines weren't a thousand fricking dollars a month.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 6:18 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Last time I was smoking and I can confirm that nicotine makes it a frickload easier
Everyone turned into emotional bitches around the same time everyone stopped smoking. I legit don't think that's a coincidence
ETA: It's also around the same time everyone got fat
This post was edited on 5/19/24 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 5/19/24 at 6:23 pm to stout
So if smoking or nicotine equals weight loss why do I see so many fat people smoking? I think fat smokers have less addiction to nicotine and more towards food where skinny smokers just want the nicotine. That's my hot take for this topic.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 6:35 pm to stout
Stopped at a local service station this morning to gas up the boat and ran in to grab a coffee. Heard the clerk telling a guy at the counter that their supplier has been out of Zyn for the past two weeks. Now I know why.
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