People who start on a new drug also make lots of other lifestyle adjustments. Especially when it's a weightloss drug.

You'd get some of that effect, even if the drug was actually a placebo. But if it's working, then people have an even better motivation to make changes.

Yogurt is widely seen as healthy, so people who want to change to a healthier lifestyle might pick it.

(Yogurt might actually be healthy, I don't know. That's almost besides the point for the effect here.)

if you buy plain, unsweetend Yogurt, then yes. can even buy some probiotic Yogurt to help digestion etc.

sweetened Yogurt with fruit or chocolate or caramel or whatever on the other hand is basically a dessert and not particularly healthy.

It’s hard to force yourself to eat at all while on Ozempic. Yet, you need the protein, and yogurt, cottage cheese and protein bars go down easier than regular meals.

> It’s hard to force yourself to eat at all while on Ozempic

If that's true for you, or someone you know, your dosage is too high, and/or you should consider dosing a lower amount more frequently.

I see this sentiment everywhere, but I eat more than I did now that I am on Ozempic (1.7). I've always been perpetually starving + lift weights every day since I was a teen though.

Haven't noticed muscle mass decrease either, at least from the perspective that I can do the same reps / sets for my weight routine.

It's probably just because yogurt is commonly considered to be a "healthy" food, but given Ozempic's bone-density effects maybe there could be cravings for calcium-rich foods?

Yogurt's been a staple of mine ever since I started eating clean years ago. It's high in protein, can be mixed with all sorts of protein powder, fruit, nuts, and seeds, and is always quick and easy to prepare. The probiotic effects are an excellent benefit, but the real trick for me is that it offers that junkfood-like "quick snack" availability while being actually pretty nutrituious. It makes a pretty solid default snack.

When I had severe loss of appetite (caused by mental illness) yogurt was the easiest food to get down, by far, and the least likely to come back up. The lack of chewing also really helped because everything tasted like cardboard and chewing on wet cardboard is really unpleasant.

Protein, to combat the well-publicized muscle loss that can occur.

I'd believe probiotics are involved. It seems to cause some gut issues as digestion slows down, so you really want to stay on top of fiber and a few other things?

Yeah, I found out the hard way about that about two weeks into my journey and it was not a pleasant experience.

protein

Probably that it's a soft food and so is easier to eat when you have no appetite. Protein isn't that relevant.