• Dolores [love/loves]
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    7 months ago

    why the fuck does a diabetes drug for more insulin make people lose weight? i don't understand the mechanism here

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      7 months ago

      Cells in general intake more sugar so not so much gets to the "ok let's turn this sugar into fat" cells?

      I actually don't know it's just a guess

      • Dolores [love/loves]
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        7 months ago

        wildly roundabout and permanent for anyone with a healthy pancreas, american doctors are insane. why can't we just have ampethamines and better regulated food?

        • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]
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          7 months ago

          liberty-weeping b-b-but that would eliminate millions of Fad Diet and Misinformation jobs!!!

    • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 months ago

      Aside from the glucose regulation stuff, the hormone it mimics also suppresses the appetite and slows digestion. So you feel less hungry, and stay fuller for longer.