Overview
- Appearing on ITV's This Morning on Tuesday, the 85-year-old Bake Off judge said she will not use GLP-1 injections again after feeling unwell throughout a trial.
- Leith said she failed to follow guidance to keep eating and to exercise, reporting very low food intake and no weight loss over eight weeks.
- In a Daily Mail column, she described extreme tiredness and nausea while on Mounjaro and said she felt better within a week of stopping.
- She contrasted her experience with husband John Playfair’s, saying he lost about two stone in a couple of months on the jabs.
- Reports paired her account with guidance that GLP-1 drugs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy reduce appetite and can cause gastrointestinal side effects, according to the British Heart Foundation and a GP.