Discovered for the first time in 1987, GLP-1 is an intestinal gut hormone that is secreted in response to food intake and potentiates the glucose-dependent insulin secretion from pancreatic -cells (Yang et al., 2022)
But its really our behaviors that drive the most outcomes
Curr Pharm Des 13(7):663669 Perry T, Lahiri DK, Sambamurti K, Chen D, Mattson MP, Egan JM, Greig NH (2003) Glucagon-like peptide-1 decreases endogenous amyloid- peptide (A) levels and protects hippocampal neurons from death induced by A and iron
58: 93150 Tosti A, Cadore de Farias D, Murrell DF
Theyve been described by a lot of people as a miracle drug they treat high blood sugar and diabetes, and have also shown promise as a treatment for addiction and metabolic conditions like PMOS, formerly known as PCOS
When Zepbound (the same thing, just approved for weight management) was released in late 2023, I switched