In the SURMOUNT-1 trial, tirzepatide produced average weight reductions of 15.0%, 19.5%, and 20.9% at studied doses compared with 3.1% with placebo over 72 weeks
Miguens-Gomez et al 2021)
[2] The takeaway for anyone interested in gut health is simple but powerful: because L-cells respond to signals arriving from the gut lumen, the environment inside your intestine including the composition and activity of your microbiome is directly upstream of how much GLP-1 gets made
They typically contain prebiotic fiber (resistant starch, Fibersol), probiotics ( Akkermansia muciniphila , Bifidobacterium strains), or metabolic compounds (berberine, chromium picolinate, 5-HTP, saffron extract)
With a GLP-1 fusion protein containing an albumin binding domain, Yousefpour and colleagues 61 showed that the longer length and rigidity of the helical linker effectively kept the albumin, which is bound to the albumin binding domain, far enough from GLP1 to prevent it from interfering with its binding to the GLP1-R