When you eat, nutrientsparticularly carbohydrates, fats, and proteinsstimulate these L-cells to release GLP-1 into the bloodstream
After living with type 1 diabetes since childhood, my family doctor recommended that I start taking a GLP-1 drug because injected insulin is associated with weight gain
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The GLP-1 Receptor Agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications, also referred to as incretin mimetics or GLP-1 analogs, are biochemical variations of naturally occurring GLP-1 altered for enhanced potency and stability that activate GLP-1 receptors and mimic GLP-1 effects throughout the body
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Writing Team for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Research Group (2002) Effect of intensive therapy on the microvascular complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus