Yes, I definitely had these patients on more than just this medication (we used a combination of thyroid hormones, dietary changes, fasting, and so on), but theres no denying that these medications made everything a lot easier
Drugs like Ozempic work by mimicking a hormone in the body also called GLP-1 (short for glucagon-like peptide 1), which the body naturally produces to regulate blood sugar, hunger, and metabolism
There is increasing evidence that peptides may have a beneficial effect on slowing down aging, reducing inflammation, and killing microbes
We did not find a significant linear relationship between dose (g/day) (coefficients = 0.09, p = 0.652) and duration (weeks) of intervention (coefficients = 2.68, p = 0.433) and changes in HOMA-IR (Figures 6D, 7D)
Theyre telling leptin and ghrelin