Mistake #3: Drinking Coffee on an Empty Stomach Why it's a problem: Coffee increases stomach acid production, which can worsen nausea, reflux, and heartburnall already more common on GLP-1s
It can be triggered by certain foods and tends to feel like a burning sensation in the chest or upper abdomen that may rise toward the throat, says Shah
In FIGHT, there was no significant effect of liraglutide on 6-min walk test (6MWT) distances compared with placebo
For a person with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, the goal is to be in the target range (70-180 mg/dl) more than 70% of the time, with less than 4% spent in hypoglycemia (under 70 mg/dl)
RGCs, retinal ganglion cells
Conversely, among those between the ages of 30 and 49, women are more than twice as likely to have used a GLP-1 than their male peers