Zepbound works by mimicking glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and GLP-1 to help control blood sugar and appetite, but this same mechanism affects how food moves through your digestive tract
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In the end, our testers found the medication noticeably effective after under a month, though less so on the scale and more so on eating habits
Inside visceral fat, an enzyme called 11-beta-HSD1 converts inactive cortisone into active cortisol locally, creating a pool of fat-derived cortisol on top of whatever the adrenals produce (PMC7827500, Fella Health)
The hypothalamus can make GLP-1, as well as regions of the brain stem
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