Studies in humans have also confirmed that consuming fat and sugar simultaneously promotes overeating (Hedrih, 2024), likely due to increased reward responses from separate neural gut-brain pathways activated by sugar and fat (McDougle et al., 2024)
GLP-1 receptor agonists can cause dehydration through gastrointestinal side effects (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea), and dehydration is a known trigger for POTS symptoms in susceptible individuals
Headlines often describe them as miracle drugs, pointing to dramatic weight loss and improvements in blood sugar, heart health and liver disease
Anbazhagan AN, Thaqi M, Priyamvada S, Jayawardena D, Kumar A, Gujral T, Chatterjee I, Mugarza E, Saksena S, Onyuksel H, Dudeja PK (2017) GLP-1 nanomedicine alleviates gut inflammation
These needles are very small to make the injections as painless as possible
Percentages can sometimes be misleading, especially when we are talking about numbers that are fairly small so looking at the incidence is also helpful