GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) is a hormone your gut releases after you eat. It helps regulate blood sugar and appetite by: 🔹 Stimulating insulin release when blood sugar rises 🔹 Reducing glucagon, which raises blood sugar 🔹 Slowing stomach emptying 🔹 Signaling...
❌ Myth: Diabetes is primarily a glucose problem. ✅ Reality: Diabetes is a metabolic disease, with glucose at its center but its complications extend far beyond blood sugar. Chronic hyperglycemia contributes to both microvascular and macrovascular complications: 🧠...
❌ Myth: Eating too much sugar directly causes diabetes. ✅ Reality: Not exactly It’s more complicated. There are 2 main types: Type 1 = autoimmune disease. The immune system attacks insulin-producing cells. 🍭 Sugar does NOT cause Type 1 diabetes. Type 2 is much more common...