It's essential to be patient and consistent with your medication regimen and lifestyle changes to achieve optimal results
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It also improves the utilization of blood glucose (sugar), which aids in burning carbohydrates for energy rather than storing them as fat, increases leptin sensitivity, which causes your body to preferentially burn body fat for a longer period of time, and changes natural brain chemistry, which directly reduces appetite
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In large randomized trials of FDA-approved branded semaglutide, once-weekly treatment alongside lifestyle intervention produced substantial average weight loss over 68 weeks (Wilding et al., 2021), with continued treatment supporting weight maintenance (Rubino et al., 2021)