Khloe Kardashian used to be a regular sized woman. But in the last year, Media Take Out has learned that the reality star has lost 70 pounds – going from 180 pounds, to mow just 110 pounds.
That’s pretty thin for a woman who is 5 foot 10 inches tall. Fans are worried about her dramatic weight loss, and concerned for her health.
Here’s what Khloe used to look like:
And this is what she looks like now:
So how did Khloe lose the weight so fast? Well according two multiple sources, Khloe is one of the many Hollywood celebrities who have began taking the diabetes drug Ozempic.
Ozempic is a brand name for semaglutide, an injectable medication that the FDA first approved in 2017 for the treatment and management of Type 2 diabetes and heart complications in people with the condition. It was immediately adopted by the medical community to control blood sugar levels, which it does very well.
In clinical trials, Ozempic turned out to have a side effect: weight loss. It suddenly became attractive to people without Type 2 diabetes who wanted to shed pounds.
The drug was originally used “off label” as a weight-loss aid but, soon enough (June 2021), the FDA also approved it under the brand name Wegovy for weight loss in people who were overweight or obese, which includes two-thirds of Americans. There’s also a wide overlap between overweight/obesity and Type 2 diabetes.