Sydney Lepkin

This is known as the Pepsi paradox, meaning that once labels and bias disappear, you might be surprised what you actually like.

And in the case of the Pepsi paradox, cola drinkers, the data shows, prefer the taste of Pepsi Zero Sugar.

You can go out and try Pepsi Zero Sugar today.

You deserve taste.

You deserve Pepsi.

My name is Sydney Lepkin, and I am the pharmaceuticals correspondent at NPR.

Oh, I don't think that we've reached the peak of GLP-1s by a long shot.

And when you say, like, does the industry want us to be taking them?

I mean, yeah, sure, they do.

Because when we take those drugs, we pay for those drugs.

But also, I mean, as someone who's talked to hundreds of patients who have taken both brand name and compounded GLP-1s, like, they want to be taking them.

You know, I've I've talked to people who have said, you know, I have struggled to lose weight my entire life and this changed my life.

And like, you know, there's we can talk about stigma and whatnot, which is not gone yet.

But, you know, they'll say, like, this is a tool and it's really helped me.

Mm hmm.

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Are these companies legit?

What's going on with that?

That is a great question.