Thanks, openmind, I came here to post about this very article.
It is one of the most tragic aspects of our modern times that people are taking these expensive and potentially very dangerous drugs when they instead could adopt a WFPB diet and achieve the same or better results at a fraction of the cost and with no negative side effects. Some days when I read the headlines, I just want to scream!
I feel the same way about bariatric surgery. I'm sure many of you read the recent headlines describing how Lisa Marie Presley, the actress and widow of Elvis Presley, died from complications of bariatric surgery. Sometimes I think that what is going on in our Western nations with regard to diet and health is borderline madness.