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SINGAPORE \u2013 Singaporean singer-actor Benjamin Kheng recently revealed that a severe health scare prompted him to take up intensive long-distance running, a lifestyle change that subsequently led to his noticeable weight loss.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old detailed his physical transformation in a June 8 TikTok video, which was created in response to netizens asking if his weight loss was the result of taking diet drugs such as Ozempic and peptides.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m only going to say this once,\u201d he says in the video. \u201cI\u2019m not on any weight-loss drug. I don\u2019t have the time or the money.\u201d<\/p>\n
He advised viewers against relying on such medications, encouraging them instead to \u201cjust go and work out, be happy, healthy\u201d.<\/p>\n
The real reason for his dramatic weight loss originated from a serious medical diagnosis he received in 2025. Kheng disclosed that he suffered from critically high levels of \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol, specifically an LDL (low-density lipoprotein) reading of 252, which he said was dangerously high.<\/p>\n