Many commercial protein shakes contain added sugars, which can contribute unnecessary calories and potentially affect blood glucose control in patients with diabetes
The researchers then looked at whether women were diagnosed with a new breast cancer in two different cohorts: the full group of 111,646 women and a smaller cohort of 30,528 women, including one-to-one controls for each of the 15,264 GLP-1 cases, matched across age, race, ethnicity, BMI, breast density, and diabetes status to limit bias and potential confounding
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Second, SGLT2 inhibitors were shown to have the greatest cardiovascular and all-cause mortality benefits amongst all three new antidiabetic drug classes
MC4R is also known to be important for appetite control in humans