Have you ever wondered if there are more natural ways to lower your high blood pressure,

guard against Alzheimer's, lose weight, feel better?

Well, it turns out there is.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we look at different ways to get the benefits of GLP1 with natural ozempic alternatives.

I've talked about the upsides of pharmacologically boosting GLP1 activity in terms of weight loss,

given the ravages of obesity, have also discussed its downsides, including common

gastrointestinal reactions and muscle loss, as well as the rare and more speculative side effects

such as thyroid cancer, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer.

And I've symbolized the cost-benefit trade-off

detailing for whom the benefits may far outweigh the risks,

at least in the short term.

But is there any way to get the benefits of GOP-1 without the risks by boosting it naturally

with diet and lifestyle changes? Well, there's exercise, appears to acutely increase

GOP 1. There have been five studies of exercise in GOP 1, and four out of five of them

found higher concentrations of total GOP 1 after high-intensity interval training and sprint interval

training, as well as moderate intensity continuous training, with no apparent difference

between high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous.

Compared to control groups where the study subjects didn't exercise at all, both types

of physical activity, high intensity interval

and modern intensity continuous, induced significantly higher GLP-1 concentrations immediately

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