It’s become common to find people who are turning to a pill or injectable these days to help with health challenges such as overweight, high blood pressure (hypertension), and high blood sugar (leptin and insulin resistance, prediabetes, Type 2 diabetes). We are told that to lose weight we should upset the calorie balance by taking in fewer calories (eating less) and burning more calories through exercise (moving more). This is only one part of weight loss which doesn’t consider things like our hunger and satisfaction hormones such ghrelin and leptin or our stress hormone cortisol, or our brain chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, beta endorphins, or our balance of amino acids. You see, it’s complicated! Read More