Endocrinologist Timothy Garvey at the University of Alabama at Birmingham calls this era "on par with the discovery of insulin, the discovery of penicillin, the polio vaccine." That comparison boosts GLP-1s to landmark status in public consciousness
Daily intake of Kaempferia parviflora extract decreases abdominal fat in overweight and preobese subjects: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study
Semaglutide can be out-eaten meaning calorie intake can still exceed the medications suppression effects
Those metrics often show improvement before outward changes appear
There are many people who are against these drugs because of how they contribute to the idea that we can and should all be thin, she says theres a fear that this will contribute to more eating disorders, and that people will never be able to accept their bodies, theyll always be told: Well, you could be thinner, just use this medicine. For now, what clinicians can do is what most of them are already doing: screening patients for a history of eating disorders before prescribing GLP-1s