Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern has railed against companies like Nestlé for making frozen meals for Ozempic and Wegovy users. In an interview with TMZ , the Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations host slammed the food industry for creating frozen meals targeted to weight-loss drug users, since processed foods are partly to blame for the ongoing obesity epidemic in the US. Zimmern claimed it’s “messed up” that the food industry is trying to capitalize on the growing number of consumers taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.
“There is something really messed up about people buying two, three hundred dollar injectables and jamming them in their stomach just to look better,” he said, criticizing the food industry for attempting to profit off of problems they created by popularizing processed foods. “The irony is..
. some big processed food companies are coming out with foods that are meant to be taken with Ozempic,” he continued. “And I think the really sad truth is we’re gonna have more processed food that costs $5 or less to go with your very expensive injectable.
” He stressed that what we as a society really need to do is get back to the basics. “I also think that linking a drug like Ozempic with a food line is about as messed up as it gets,” he added. “We need to get back to a place in time, as boring as it sounds, where we’re eating smarter, exercising, and taking care of our bodies.
It really is that simple.” According to a recent survey fr.
