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GLP-1 meals may also be suitable for people post-bariatric surgery or following a very low calorie diet (VLCD)

[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 412.Hinke S.A., Manhart S., Speck M., Pederson R.A., Demuth H.U., McIntosh C.H

However, compounded medications are not FDA-approved finished products

These side effects can be intense enough for an estimated 10% to 20% of patients to stop using GLP-1s, and they tend to be dose dependent meaning that the higher the dose, the more intense or frequent the side effects can be

Meaningful weight changes typically begin around months 2-3

Also called incretin mimetics, they mimic the effects of incretin hormones , which are produced in the gut and stimulate insulin and glucagon release