Christiegalv

Obesity is a common problem in the UK and it is estimated that one in four adults are obese. One of the most common types of weight loss surgery is a procedure known as gastric bypass surgery, which can be very effective in keeping excess weight off and improving blood sugar levels in diabetics.

Breakfast is considered ‘the most important meal of the day’ and indeed it should be since it is like breaking the fast of the prior night. However, research on this is kind of conflicting. Nevertheless, in layman terms, a delicious breakfast is definitely a great start to the day. However most of us are on the run, so we tend to skip meals and that is mostly breakfast.

In my reading of the biomed literature, these drugs spoof the same pathways that the microbiome uses to tell the body that it is sated (namely the production of short chain fatty acids SCFA from soluble fiber in the colon). In that sense, besides the effects of obesity, these drugs offset many of the deleterious effects of not eating a predominantly plant based, high fiber diet (and having a microbiome to match).