Available as consumer-facing supplements and as licensable functional food ingredients for the food and beverage industry, Pivit's patented weight management formulations are engineered to stimulate secretion of GLP-1 alone, GLP-1 and GIP together, or the full triple-hormone axis of GLP-1, GIP, and Peptide YY (PYY)
From a cardiovascular standpoint, recent data suggest small but measurable risks with long term stimulant use
Why people use it: Proponents claim it may speed up postworkout recovery, reduce acute inflammation, improve athletic performance, help you heal faster from an injury or surgery, treat inflammatory bowel issues or other gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, or even cure a hangover
"Association Between Use of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors, Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Agonists, and Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibitors With All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis"
Its strongly associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and all-cause mortality
