Nigella Lawson, 64, reveals she would ‘by no means take Ozempic’ as a weight-loss drug as a result of she has spent her life ‘making an attempt to assist folks to not really feel meals is the enemy’

It is potential to suppress urge for food, lower alcohol cravings and speed up weight reduction means its use within the UK has soared exponentially.

And now the Queen of the kitchen, Nigella Lawson, 64, has been compelled to talk out on the controversial subject of the burden loss drug, Ozempic – declaring she would by no means take it as a result of she has spent her life, ‘making an attempt to assist folks to not really feel meals is the enemy’.

She instructed The Occasions: ‘I learn one thing as soon as the place somebody mentioned, ‘I used to be on Ozempic and it was the primary time I did not take into consideration meals on a regular basis.’

‘I take nice pleasure in fascinated by meals all the time.’

Ozempic works by decreasing blood sugar ranges and suppressing glucose made within the liver to sort out issues akin to kind two diabetes and weight problems.

It was additionally found final week that taking the drug may scale back the chance of cardiovascular issues akin to coronary heart assaults and strokes by 20 p.c.

However its potential to permit a person to lose a big quantity of weight in a matter of weeks has meant it is develop into Hollywood’s secret weight reduction drug – nicknamed the thin jab.

After the likes of Insurgent Wilson, Oprah and Sharon Osbourne have overtly mentioned how Ozempic has dramatically modified their look, the drug has gripped the UK with many ordering unregulated variations on-line on the black market for an inexpensive worth.

Nigella mentioned: ‘It would not do to be too judgmental about different folks’s medical selections. I think about if they’re prescribed [weight-loss jabs] by docs as a result of they’re pre-diabetic or one thing, then that is one thing [different]however they don’t seem to be for me.

‘I’ve spent lots of my life making an attempt to assist folks not really feel that meals is the enemy.

‘And I’m at all times somebody who would favor to consider what I add to my weight-reduction plan than what I take away.’

Alongside Ozempic are different excessive weight-reduction plan measures together with the scientist Tim Spector launching his glucose-tracking system, Zoe, that displays how its wearer’s blood sugar ranges reply after they devour completely different meals after which suggests a personalised meal plan.

TV presenter and health fanatic, Davina McCall, is an envoy for the product and the Dragon’s Den decide, Steven Bartlett, has additionally invested and consistently promotes Zoe on his chart-topping podcast, The Diary of a CEO.

However the TV chef, identified for her wry sense of humour and unfussy strategy to cooking, mentioned: ‘Tim Spector has requested me [to try Zoe] however I really feel like I eat healthily, which is a giant combination of issues.

‘Possibly it is useful for a specific amount of individuals. Everybody has a proper to be involved about how they eat. However I’m not certain I like a very obsessive and guarded strategy to meals that turns all the pieces into one thing to fret about.’

Talking to the Occasions, the previous MasterChef Australia decide mentioned: ‘I’m at an age the place, even with one of the best will on this planet, I’ve eaten greater than I’ll eat for the remainder of my life. So I actually need all the pieces I eat to make me completely happy. Correct meals is happy-making and you do not get extra correct than honey.’