Think smoothies with protein powder and flaxseed or fiber-rich soups with lentils
Within a year, participants regained about two-thirds of the weight they had lost, and said goodbye to some of the improvements in blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol they had achieved, according to the landmark STEP 1 extension trial
First, diabetes blunts weight loss by roughly 6 to 7 percentage points versus non-diabetic obesity at the same dose, because long-standing high glucose dampens the metabolic cascade the drug works through. Second, the 10-to-15 mg step keeps adding weight loss in every band
Additionally, patients need to know that the healing process is not the same for everyone
The injections work by correcting deficiency, not by super-charging normal physiology