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One such hormone is glucagon-like peptide type 1, or GLP-1, discovered in the 1980s

The part of our brain that controls our body weight (hypothalamus) notices any weight loss as starvation and unconsciously works via hormonal signaling to increase hunger and food cravings and decrease calorie burn to get your weight (specifically fat) back to where it was prior to weight loss

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At microdoses, the same mechanisms activate, just more gently
