December Bonus: THE 2022 GRIFTIES!

Trudi

Wha???? He used drugs to get that body? Say it isn't so 😆 Liver King Admits to Fraud in New Netflix Documentary — Here's Why His 'Sorry' Doesn't Cut It https://share.google/MuXG6o6j161wa7wwf

Jessica

Hello, from 2025. LMAO.

Hadley

Looked up brightline eating on google and the first search result was the ED helpline!

novatix

Part of the way through this episode and SqarEats seems like a dream come true for people with food texture issues (like myself, autistic & has arfid) although the way they market their products is. Strange and very Nothing

Marissa Graham

I did a healthy wager and it worked well as motivation until I got covid and stopped riding my new ebike everywhere. I didn't lose the money, though, because I happen to have an identical twin who is thinner than the goal weight I set. She logged into the account and took the weighout video on my behalf. It was great.

Kazoolhu

How is SquareEats not called SquareMeals? And will their next product be the FoodPyramid?

If someone told me SquareEats wasn’t initially designed either for or by autistics, I would be genuinely surprised. (Saying this as an autistic person who is actually now considering looking into it…)

Christy

I goddamn love how the comments seem like utter nonsense before I listen, and then things like SHARK THUMBS makes sense.

KWV

Hi! I’m re-listening to the Grifties (for like the 3rd time 🤣) and in the 2021 episode there are a few mentions of a Noom deep dive to come - did it ever get made?

Weed

Wegovy and Ozempic are two of the brand names for the medication semaglutide. They are not inter-changable as they were both approved by the FDA for different indications and at different dosages. The indication is the condition that the FDA has approved the medication for. Novo Nordisk was approved by the FDA in 2017 to sell semaglutide for weight loss under the brand name Wegovy with dosing of up. to 2.4 mg of semaglutide. Novo Nordisk was also approved by the FDA in 2017 to sell semaglutide under the brand name Ozempic for diabetes with final dosing available in .5mg, 1mg, and 2mg. I do fact checking for pharma (yikes lmao) and heres the sources, which is the prescribing information for both drugs https://www.novo-pi.com/wegovy.pdf https://www.novo-pi.com/ozempic.pdf

Shark thumbs! 😂

Gema Alig

I've been hearing here and elsewhere that the popularity of Wegovy as a weight loss medication is causing a shortage of the drug Ozempic prescribed as treatment for type 2 diabetes. I googled it and according to goodrx.com they are not interchangeable. Where is this information coming from? Could someone direct me to where this might be covered please? Thanks 😊

Kate Williamson

I used to love Michael Mosley, he used to be an amazing documentary guy before he got into all the 5/2 stuff. I went to his talk back in the pre-pandemic times and it was super interesting and amazing, then i went to one a few weeks ago and it was absolutely just him trying to sell his and his wife's new cook book, fast 800 keto. and even worse, it was boring.

Ah! I was just going to comment about this! I teach students with exceptionalities and some of my kiddos and the autism spectrum maybe could be convinced to diversify their diet if all their food was the same shape? Haha I would love to see if anyone has tried it!

I wonder if the square eats thing is for individuals with sensory differences? I am a speech pathologist, and I know that some of my neurodivergent clients prefer same textures and shapes.

Ahhh, I'm watching this on April 1st and it's difficult to believe square eats is not an April Fool's episode...

I now need a shirt that says “don’t come into my house with statistics speak” thank you michael 🙏🏻

Lise Dale

Oops never mind you already had the link I was going to mention...

fig leaf

Listened to this episode two nights ago + just got an ad on Pinterest for seamoss gel. 🤨 1) I misread the word seamoss as "samosas" about three times and could not figure out what tan + bright pink samosa sauce these people were eating?? very concerning + 2) it looks so bad, dude! literally gloop. maybe it's because I'm neurodivergent, but the texture is so upsetting, I can't understand anyone eating this instead of food. edit: even the people in this ad look put off by the texture