There is a distinct, uniquely British type of madness currently unfolding across the country, and it has officially crossed the line from comically sketchy to flat-out lethal. If you needed a life-saving heart medication or an intensive course of antibiotics, you would not source it via an encrypted group chat from a man named “Big…
(What’s changed, what still matters, and what I think every woman deserves to know before considering them) Weight loss jabs have officially gone from “interesting new treatment” to full‑blown cultural phenomenon. They’re on the news. On TikTok. In WhatsApp groups. In GP waiting rooms. In that slightly uncomfortable moment when a friend leans in at…
The honeymoon phase is over, and the chemical hangover has set in. You are six months deep into your weight loss injections. The scales are showing numbers you have not seen since you were a teenager, and you should be doing a victory lap. Instead, you feel like a ghost haunting your own life. It…
There is a completely silent biological ambush happening across Britain right now, and it is catching millions of women entirely off guard. Imagine making the conscious decision to sort out your health. You buy a weight loss pen to trim down your wobbly bits. Then, nine months later, you find yourself frantically trying to hammer…
There is a comforting, deeply naive lie we like to tell ourselves about modern medicine. We assume that if a medication has been stamped, approved, and handed out by a pharmacy, it means the science is entirely settled. We picture a pristine laboratory where a team of spotless scientists has successfully mapped out every single…
This is a follow-up to my original piece on weight-loss injections. Research -and the real world – have moved fast, so here’s what’s changed, what still matters, and where I draw the line. Let’s get my stance out first: I’m not anti-medicine. I’m anti medicine that’s not prescribed and overseen by the right clinician. There’s…
It starts with a clogged plughole. You are a few months into your new weight loss routine. The scales are doing exactly what you wanted them to do, and for the first time in years, your brain isn’t constantly screaming at you to eat a biscuit. It feels like a miracle. Then you wash your…
There is a specific kind of dance people do when they go on a weight loss injection. Every Monday morning, they step onto the bathroom scales, see that another three pounds have vanished into the ether, and do a little triumphant jig in their now-baggy trousers. The graph on their phone is a beautiful, vertical…
Alright, let’s talk about weight loss injections. They’re everywhere. Every other day, someone’s jabbing their thigh with what they hope is the secret to melting off the years of wine, pizza, and ‘I’ll start Monday’ plans. And I get it. The idea of pressing a button on a pen and watching the pounds drop off…
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