Slower eating pace, smaller portions, and selective avoidance of high-fat or very sweet foods are the common ones, along with declining foods a person used to enjoy
Weight loss medications work through multiple biological pathways, and GLP-1 drugs represent just one category in a broader treatment landscape
This lowers the amount of sugar in your blood, making you less hungry
Its difficult to distinguish direct anti-inflammatory effects from the benefits of weight loss and improved metabolic health, but the pattern is consistent enough to warrant further study. A 2025 study found that RA patients with a BMI over 27 taking GLP-1 medications showed improvements in symptoms and disease activity
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