Weight Loss When you eliminate carbs, your body starts burning fat for fuel, a process known as ketosis
Disclosures: Rohit Loomba, MD, is a consultant or advisory board member for Aardvark Therapeutics, Altimmune, Anylam/Regeneron, Amgen, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myer Squibb, CohBar, Eli Lilly, Galmed, Gilead, Glympse bio, Hightide, Inipharma, Intercept, Inventiva, Ionis, Janssen Inc., Madrigal, Metacrine, Inc., NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Merck, Pfizer, Sagimet, Theratechnologies, 89 bio, Terns Pharmaceuticals and Viking Therapeutics
Once-weekly injections that reduce hunger and support sustainable weight loss
Taken together, these findings suggest GLP-1 RAs could broaden the therapeutic toolkit for HS, particularly for patients with concomitant obesity, and potentially even for those without, via anti-inflammatory effects
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Obesity specialists agree that GLP1 medications are a powerful tool for weight loss