Chronic Inflammation Linked to Metabolic and Heart Disease Chronic inflammation creates a domino effect: It stiffens arteries, triggering high blood pressure and a greater risk of heart attacks and strokes. Cells become more resistant to insulin, making diabetes more likely and harder to control
Anecdotally, people with food addiction who find GLP-1s helpful in this regard talk about how the medication turns down the volume of food noise in the brain, by which they mean the constant thoughts and cravings for certain types of food, Anna Lembke, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medicine These patient reports prompted researchers to take a closer look at what was happening in the brain
People ask me all the time whether these compounded drugs are an option because of the cost and access, said Michael Blyumin, PharmD, an ambulatory clinical care pharmacist at Stanford Medicine
Adequate protein, generally 0.7 to 1.0 grams per pound of body weight daily, helps preserve muscle while losing fat