How Food Stimulates Natural GLP-1 Through Your Gut Microbiome
Your body produces natural versions of drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic — learn more in the link below.
Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are weight loss and diabetes drugs that have made quite a splash in health news. They target regulatory pathways involved in both obesity and diabetes and are widely considered breakthroughs for weight loss and blood sugar control.
But do these drugs point towards a root cause of metabolic disease? What inspired their development in the first place?
It turns out your body produces natural versions of these drugs – also known as incretin hormones – in your gut. It may not be surprising that nutrients in food help regulate these hormones. But it may intrigue you to know that the trillions of microbes in your gut are key for orchestrating this process.
From Gut Bites MD: https://gutbites.org/2024/01/17/how-food-stimulates-natural-glp-1-through-your-gut-microbiome/