Hey there, welcome to paging Dr. Gupta.

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Thank you for sending in so many of your questions.

Let's get right to it.

Hi, Dr. Gupta.

This is Nina from a suburb of Chicago.

My question is about GLP1.

As I was listening to one of the podcasts,

it got me wondering if there are natural ways to stimulate GLP1.

I was just curious if it's something that your body makes or something your body produces,

I believe, after you eat?

So are there natural ways for that to be done other than taking the shot?

Thank you so much.

Bye-bye.

Okay, thank you. First of all, Nina, it sounds like your question specifically

is where does the GLP1 hormone come from and what are the natural ways to boost it?

I have to tell you, this is a fascinating topic. I worked on a documentary about this topic.

I traveled to Denmark to talk to the scientists who helped

develop these drugs. I talked to the scientists at Eli Lilly, who also developed these drugs,

and I talked to lots and lots of patients. And I'll tell you, I learned a lot. So let's start

with some of the basics. First of all, GLP1. That's actually short for glucagon-like peptide. You hear people talking about peptides.

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