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Andres Acosta

Andres Acosta

Researcher

May 14, 2026

1:21
To start, can you just break it down for us in simple terms, what are GLP-1 medications, and how do they work in the body?
1:30
When we eat, our gut sends signals to the brain.
1:33
So one of the signals that we send is a hormone called glucagon-like peptide, as you said, GLP-1.
1:39
We have other hormones, and what these hormones are doing are telling us, "Hey, slow down.
1:44
I need time to digest." And by doing that, it give us time to digest the food and absorb those nutrients, but at the same time makes us feel full, so we don't go and find another meal, and it slow down our gastric emptying.
1:56
So we know this role of GLP-1 and many other hormones for many years, decades.
2:02
But what's clever and was recently identified is that these GLP-1 hormones will also go to our pancreas and regulate our insulin secretion.

29 MINS LATER

31:19
Yeah.

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