Prins, PhD, the Michael Reese Endowed Professor in the Departments of Urology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) as well as co-director of the Prostate Cancer Research Program at the UIC Cancer Center reviewed several top candidate papers, settling on two from her journal
However, like many medications, it can cause side effects
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utilized mouse models with selective elimination of proglucagon expression in the distal gut versus the entire gut and found that gut-derived GLP-1 is the predominant source of increased circulating GLP-1 following nutrient ingestion, slows gut motility, and contributes to maintenance of oral glucose tolerance, but does not contribute to insulin secretion (40)
They also offer benefits for mood and brain health, which are often affected in chronic pain conditions