Calorie counting helps maintain a sustainable deficit while prioritizing nutrient-dense foods to prevent muscle loss, a potential side effect of rapid weight reduction
Given the importance of inflammation in disease progression, GLP-1RAs have been shown to possess beneficial effects on many other diseases in addition to diabetes
That does not mean every case of dementia is preventable
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Another preclinical study in mice had determined that another GLP-1RA, exendin-4, reduced the development of atherosclerosis and decreased the number of monocytes located on the vascular endothelium, further highlighting the anti-inflammatory role of GLP-1 [46]
In the case of semaglutide, all three of these criteria may come into play