Shouldn’t your body just give you the stop signal and make you not overeat? Then why do people get fat at all?
In: Biology
Some people have a better stop signal than others.
Just like most people can have an alcoholic drink or two and stop right there while an alcoholic will drink until they’ve passed out or run out of alcohol, some people can take only the amount of food they need to fill satisfied while others will keep eating until they’re stuffed or there’s no food left.
A big reason why GLP1 inhibitor drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic are successful for weight loss is that they trigger that ‘full’ sensation much faster for people taking them, so they allow obese people to have a more healthy relationship with food where they eat more normal portions and thus lose weight.
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