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Both drugs help control blood sugar levels by encouraging production of a hormone called glucagon-like peptide 1 GLP-1.
Popular diabetes drugs may raise pancreatic cancer risk, study suggests 2011
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MAF controls the production of insulin, glucagon and glucagon-like peptides, which play a role both in carbohydrate metabolism as well as food intake.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Three New Genetic Loci for Severe Obesity 2009
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Pine nut oil contains pinolenic acid, a fatty acid that stimulates the body to produce two natural appetite suppressants: the hormones cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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Pine nut oil contains pinolenic acid, a fatty acid that stimulates the body to produce two natural appetite suppressants: the hormones cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).
The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011
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Most of them emanate from the digestive tract, which releases chemical messengers including cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide and peptide YY when the stomach and intestines are full.
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Coiled glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, the protein is known to help digest sugars in the human intestine.
Vats, Fats And Rats 2008
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We have found in a previous study with rats that the fibre increases the levels of a satiety hormone called glucagon-like peptide GLP-1 in the body and increases a gene in the intestines that helps the body to create more GLP-1.
Speedlinking 2/6/07 William Harryman 2007
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OSI's drug is one of a new class of diabetes treatments known as DP-IV inhibitors, which aim to raise a protein called "glucagon-like peptide."
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He discovered a new hormone called glucagon-like peptide one GLP-1, which scientists eventually realized lowers blood sugar only when it gets too high.
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"We continue to believe the recent launch of DPP-IV inhibitors will bring increased awareness to the benefits of targeting the GLP-1 glucagon-like peptide pathway and expand the market," he said.
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