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"So it was very frustrating to do all the same things and never be able to change that number on the scale or the way my body looked." The Olympic gold medalist told Today that after having her two daughters, Olympia in 2017 and Adira in 2023, "I was never able to be at a healthy weight that I could be at, whether it was my joints or blood sugar levels, it was just always something that I suffered with." The tennis star said no matter what she did, she always felt like her body was missing something
Your body produces two hormones called GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) and GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) that regulate blood sugar, appetite, and fat metabolism
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Together, we unpack the why behind your interest in weight loss or GLP-1 use
A drug this strong, with this much demand before approval, is already reshaping the market around it, from the people using it to the company that makes it, and it isnt even approved yet
