This will give you a foundation to understand why it might affect your skin
Insulin resistance promotes ovarian androgen excess and disrupts folliculogenesis
Then, I realized I was a) using Paleo as a tool for disordered eating and had become so orthorexic, that 2) Id given myself atypical anorexia and a myriad of health ailments
As agents such as semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound), and liraglutide (Victoza, Saxenda) continue to deliver robust A1C reduction and double-digit weight loss, clinicians must balance metabolic gains with careful risk assessment
All we can hope is that the price drop signals more changes to make these medications truly accessible
By modulating macrophage polarization towards an M2 subtype, GLP-1RAs can inhibit inflammation occurring in the vessel lumen, an action which would alleviate the progression of atherosclerosis (Figure 2)