This mechanism suppresses appetite, slows gastric emptying, improves insulin sensitivity, and directly influences how your body partitions energy
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These varied activities make GSH an attractive target for a more reductionist approach to the prevention and management of many conditions of interest to surgeons
Um, I, I researched sort of what would be contraindicated to take it, which again, there's not much out there, so we're also going off of, okay, well what's the worst it can do, sort of, right
It's derived from alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) and acts as a non-selective melanocortin receptor agonist with particular affinity for the MC4 receptor (MC4R)