GLP-1 drugs may help with appetite and weight reduction, but they may also create clinically meaningful nutritional side effects, especially in patients with poor baseline diet quality, prolonged use, gastrointestinal side effects, or rapid weight loss
Dietary intake of L-carnitine could reduce the unbalance between protein anabolism (synthesis) and catabolism (degradation) leading to wear and tear of bone muscle
There is a suggestion from pooled data of increased rates of infections, specifically nasopharyngitis and urinary tract infections, which suggests a role for DPP-4 activity in normal immune surveillance, but whether this is clinically significant is still to be established
It has many important roles our bodys immune function, including: wound healing preventing damage to cells building collagen producing chemical messengers called neurotransmitters Vitamin C can be found in many healthy foods, especially: citrus fruits and juice red and green peppers broccoli strawberries Brussels sprouts You can also get vitamin C from dietary supplements
