Elon Musk took to X on Wednesday to revel in the Christmas spirit. He also reportedly credited Mounjaro for his weight loss. In the past, the Tesla CEO voiced his support for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic in an effort to tackle the nation's rising obesity levels.
Mounjaro is a drug similar to Ozempic, and according to Lilly.com, it is "a prescription medicine for adults with type 2 diabetes used along with diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glucose)."
Per AOL, one of the side effects of this GLP-1 inhibitor is that it helps shed pounds. As reported by the Daily Mail, the FDA approved the drug back in November 2023 as a means for overweight or obese people to manage their weight. Other such GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss are Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound.
Elon Musk declares his endorsement for weight-loss inducing drugs, claims it should be the go-to for obese Americans
The billionaire X owner uploaded an image of himself dressed up as Santa Claus, complete with the white flowy beard and red suit, looking visibly leaner. “Ozempic Santa," he captioned the post, noting it’s “Like Cocaine Bear, but Santa and Ozempic!”
“Technically, Mounjaro, but that doesn’t have the same ring to it,” he clarified in a follow-up tweet.
Per The New York Post, in the past, Elon Musk claimed to favor Mounjaro over Ozempic as ingesting “high doses” of the latter made him “fart & burp like Barney from the Simpson’s.” He also noted that “Mounjaro seems to have fewer side effects and be more effective."
Elon Musk has been a vocal advocate for regulating the use of GLP-1 inhibitors to manage weight. Here is a tweet from him from December 11th:
"Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors super low cost to the public."
Notably, Elon Musk's views clash with those of Robert F Kennedy Jr, who, per Fox News, is slated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services as Trump's pick. Per the New York Post, the 70-year-old is of the opinion that eating cleaner would help in handling the obesity epidemic in a more cost-efficient manner.
As reported by the Daily Mail, back in November, RFK took to Greg Gutfeld's late-night show to diss the statistics surrounding the rising use of weight loss drugs:
"We are spending $1.6k a month on this drug. There is a bill right now before Congress that will make it available to everybody who is overweight... that alone will cost $3trillion a year. If we spend about one fifth of that giving good food, three meals a day, to every man, woman and child in our country, we could solve the obesity and diabetes epidemic overnight."
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Notably, a few weeks later, Kennedy Jr. appeared slightly lenient towards the drugs when Musk endorsed the same, noting that they might "have a place," though "eating well, making sure you that you don’t get obese" takes first place.
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