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Weight loss has been shown to improve symptoms in women with PCOS, but achieving and maintaining weight loss can be challenging
Endogenously, GLP-1 is secreted by intestinal L cells in response to food, and has multiple roles: enhancing insulin secretion (in a glucose-dependent way), reducing glucagon secretion, slowing gastric emptying, increasing feelings of fullness/satiety, and improving glucose disposal in peripheral tissues
Peripherally in the gut, ghrelin was shown by us to stimulate gastric acid secretion and gastrin release (24) and to exhibit the gastro- and pancreato-protective activities against various irritants (25)
doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.04.022
After its removal, bile flows continuously from the liver directly into the small intestine rather than being stored and released in response to meals