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Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Mounjaro users horrified as bizarre side effect triggers apparent weight GAIN: 'It's working in reverse'
A mother-of-three who shed two stone in just nine weeks by using weight loss injections has warned other users of a painful side-effect—which has left her looking bigger than ever. Once aimed at diabetes patients, Mounjaro has been dubbed the 'King Kong' of skinny jabs, bringing about rapid weight loss by reducing appetite. But the injections often come with side effects including severe bloating, nausea, diarrhoea and in some severe cases, life-threatening organ damage. Kayleigh, 37, from Kent, weighed over 19 stone (120kg) and dropped to around 17 stone (107kg) within just nine weeks of taking Mounjaro. The jabs, which can now be prescribed by GPs free of charge in England, initially vastly improved Kayleigh's relationship with her body. But she shared shocking images taken before and after her weekly dose which reveals she suffers from extreme bloating—causing her stomach to balloon to more than double its normal size. The photos, taken just 24 hours apart after taking a 5mg dosage of the medication, shows Kayleigh clutching her abdomen, which looks swollen and very painful. The mother-of-three shared the agonising side-effect with her TikTok followers, adding that the bloating is usually accompanied with vomiting and diarrhoea. Other jabbers commented on the post complaining of similar symptoms, whilst others suggested it could be caused by slower digestion triggered by the medication. The injection, like other weight loss jabs such as Ozempic and WeGovy, works by mimicking the actions of a hormone released in the gut after eating, called GLP-1. As well as signaling the pancreas to produce more insulin, Mounjaro disrupts signals between the gut and brain, keeping users fuller for longer and delays the stomach from being emptied. According to Professor Penny Wad, a pharmaceutical experts at King's College London, this alone could be enough to trigger painful bloating. 'Delayed stomach emptying might delay the transit of carbohydrate through the gut,' she explained. This gives certain foods more time to produce gas in the intestine, through gut bacteria digesting and fermenting them—causing painful bloating. Bloating can also be caused by various medical conditions such as IBS, Crohn's disease and small intestinal bacteria overgrowth (SIBO), which occurs when there is an abnormal increase in the amount of bacteria in the small intestine. Alongside bloating these conditions can also cause other distressing digestive issues, such as cramps, diarrhoea, nausea and blood in the stool. Kayleigh told her followers that her bloating is reduced by taking Wellgard probiotics which support digestion and bowel regulation by boosting the number of healthy bacteria in the gut. However, bloating is not the only adverse side-effect experienced by Mounjaro users. Last month, the UK medicines regulator launched a probe into the safety of fat jabs, after hundreds of users developed pancreatitis, leaving ten dead. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it has received more than 560 reports of people developing an inflamed pancreas after taking the jabs since they were first launched. Side effects such as these continue to be a significant burden on the NHS and studies have shown they account for one in six hospital admissions. It is predicted that adverse drug reactions could cost the NHS more than £2.2 billion a year in hospital stays alone, Dr Alison Cave, the MHRA's chief safety officer said. These blockbuster jabs have also been credited with lowering blood sugar levels for people with type 2 diabetes, but experts have warned they are not a silver bullet and can come with a number of serious side effects. Last year a sobering report suggested Britain's spiraling obesity levels—which costs the economy around £75billion a year—have fuelled a staggering 39 per cent rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40. Recent estimates suggest that about 1.5 million people in the UK are taking weight loss jabs, which can help users lose up to 20 per cent of their body weight in just a few months. And the numbers using them privately where it costs around £250 a month are even higher. It comes as severely obese patients in England with a BMI over 40 and at least four obesity-related health conditions such as type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure, will be offered Mounjaro free of charge from their GP. The weekly injection will be offered to around 220,000 people over the next three years under new NHS prescribing rules. Within 12 years, around for million Britons are expected to be receiving the jabs on the NHS. However, like any drug, side effects are wide-ranging and include issues like nausea and abdominal pain as well as digestive problems.
Washington Post
19-06-2025
- General
- Washington Post
A chicken salad tartine with fruit and care on the side
This column comes from the Eat Voraciously newsletter. Sign up here to get one weeknight dinner recipe, tips for substitutions, techniques and more in your inbox Monday through Thursday. In the summer of 2024, I was struggling to make sense of my life as a new mother. Every day was filled with uneasy wonder: How did I get here? What was I doing, and why did this new facet of my life, this ancient human experience, seem impossible? One day, I remember putting my son in his crib for a nap and feeling so grateful that I could now, finally, lie down in bed and stare at the ceiling. I cried with relief, then guilt, then sadness. Eventually, I wiped away the tears, and, because I knew it might make me feel better, I opened a food delivery app and started to order lunch. Moments later, there was a knock at the door. When I opened it, I found a blue-and-white paper plate holding an open-faced chicken salad sandwich with mango on the side. Get the recipe: Chicken Salad Tartines My dear neighbor, a mother of three, had made me lunch. The mango seemed to glow in the dim hallway light, its fragrance mingling with the smell of the pungent, herb-flecked dressing on the chicken. I brought the food back to bed and ate it in blissful silence. Then, I cried again. This time it was out of deep gratitude and love. I rummaged around for my phone to send my neighbor a thank-you note. She had texted: 'Chicken salad with lots of red onion — because I like it that way, and because when you eat a lot of raw onion people leave you the hell alone!!! ❤️ Love you!' Just as no two people are the same, no two pregnancies or birthing experiences are the same. Without sufficient support, any mother's individual experience can be extremely isolating. It was only when I started to notice the care other mothers offered to me and each other that I started to feel like maybe, just maybe, I could do this. For a lot of reasons, I never thought I would become a parent. But here I was, and here, too, I eventually discovered, was a club I now belonged to, one full of generosity and reciprocity, of unspoken care and deep love: motherhood. Inspired by my neighbor's chicken salad sandwich, here's a recipe for Chicken Salad Tartines. There's red onion and cucumber for crunch and flavor, plus tarragon and lots of lemon. Yogurt and mayonnaise keep it light and creamy. I highly recommend fresh, juicy fruit on the side for a burst of sweetness. Get the recipe: Chicken Salad Tartines
Daily Mail
18-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
The 'iron fist' of high society: Adored and feared, the ever-discreet Linda Penn is worth $400million and lives in Sydney's finest homes. Now we reveal the full extent of her family's behind-the-curtain influence
Linda Penn looks every inch the high society doyenne upon first impression. Sporting an impressive lineage and filling out her days with philanthropic pursuits, the mother-of-three is the closest Australia has to homegrown royalty.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
TikTok star Indy Clinton addresses her uneven nostrils after being trolled over her rhinoplasty
Indy Clinton has spoken out about her uneven nostrils after her recent nose job. The TikTok star, 27, addressed her rhinoplasty in a social media video while she got ready for her young daughter's preschool disco. 'Yes my nostril is uneven,' she said as she put her makeup on. Indy admitted she wasn't sure why her nostrils aren't the same size as they weren't operated on. 'I put it down to swelling these last few months but it probably shouldn't be uneven because it wasn't touched,' she explained. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Indy recently made a defiant return to social media after she was relentlessly bullied by followers over the results of her recent rhinoplasty. Last month, Indy shared a clip to TikTok in which she revealed she was happy to be back, while offering some choice words to her haters. 'I'm coming back online for good! I'm 27-years-old and I've had a few tweaks, like my nose for example. I was so open about why I was doing it,' she began. 'But I still got so much hate. Online love to see you struggling, they love it so much. As soon as you are doing half good they hate you because you are not relatable anymore.' The mother-of-three added the trolls seemed to like her more when she was struggling and didn't like seeing her succeed. 'People loved it so much when I had three [kids] under three. I had milk leaking from my t**s, I was so sleep-deprived, exhausted, burnt out and depressed. People ate that s**t up,' Indy said. She finished by saying her followers could either support her or leave because she had no time for haters. Prior to that, Indy hit back at trolls that likened her to Michael Jackson following a cosmetic procedure on her nose. She had been criticised for covering her face, like the late pop star, and not showing the aftermath of the surgery. 'I have a lot of swelling obviously on the outside, but also internally which is making my nostrils look uneven,' she explained. 'It's going down everyday,' she said of the swelling, adding that it was 'so much worse' and she's been sleeping with little splints in her nostrils to help the healing. Speaking of her time in the cast, she said it was the 'longest twelve days of her life' but she was happy with her 'supernatural' results.
CNA
20-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Pastries, purpose, and perseverance — Why Serene Ong started her vending machine business
CNA938 Rewind Play Serene Ong, a mother of three and a former cabin crew member, decided to start her own vending machine company in October 2024. The machines serve fresh artisanal pastries from local bakeries. While business has been brisk for several of her machines, she had to overcome many initial challenges. Serene shares why she took a risk, the reaction of her family, and what she's learned about business — and herself — through this journey.
