They prompt the pancreas to release insulin only when blood sugar is high, slow stomach emptying so you feel full for longer, calm appetite signals in the brain, and reduce the extra sugar the liver puts out
And we are now, in 2024, finding the advantages of the system through these drugswe have hijacked it, if you will, Hayes says
It is to consider the timing, dosage, nutrition, physical health, mental health and wider circumstances together and to make mood and quality of life part of the clinical conversation
Stewart and Ogden, 2019) and, compelling evidence indicates that maintaining an elevated BMI over the long term significantly increases the risk of developing chronic diseases (Sainsbury and Hay, 2014), body positivity became a robust cultural narrative, encouraging society to respect the dignity of all body sizes and to question the assumption that thinness equates to health (Holi, 2025
That can make it hard to get all the nourishment you need at a time when your body is recovering from childbirth, needs energy for late-night feeding sessions, and may be producing breastmilk
