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Obesity and high-fat diets uncouple the mechanism by which low blood glucose enhances GLP-1 receptor agonist entry into the brain.
If you are obese or eat a high-fat diet, the mechanism that helps GLP-1 drugs enter your brain to burn fat may be less effective. Managing blood glucose and reducing high-fat intake might help restore this natural gating mechanism.
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Obesity and high-fat feeding uncouple glycemic change and GLP-1RA entry in the brain.
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Clear experimental evidence in mouse models of high-fat feeding.
Source
Acute changes in systemic glycemia gate access and action of GLP-1R agonist on brain structures controlling energy homeostasis
Wineke Bakker et al. · Cell Reports · 2022
DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111698
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