What GLP-1 Does for You

The multi-purpose hormone you probably need more of

If you’ve been struggling to control cravings… gaining weight you can’t get rid of… feeling down and sluggish… experiencing sugar spikes and dreading sugar crashes… the answer may lie in your body’s GLP-1 supplies.

All of these frustrating symptoms – and more – are linked to GLP-1, a fast-acting hormone that plays a key role in appetite, digestion, and metabolism.

Luckily, there’s a lot you can do to naturally set your GLP-1 production to just the right level for optimal wellness. And when you do, you’ll notice a healthy change. You’ll feel full faster. Intense cravings will ease up and disappear. Your blood sugar will level out. Losing weight will get easier.

And all it takes are a few simple, proactive steps to give your body what it needs to support healthy GLP-1 levels without the risks associated with pushing levels beyond what is healthy.

You Want Healthy GLP-1 Levels

Whenever you eat, your small intestine produces a crucial hormone called GLP-1. Even though it’s only active for a few minutes after being released, this multi-purpose hormone plays several critical parts in your body including:

• Signaling your pancreas to release insulin once you start eating
• Managing blood sugar levels
• Slowing digestion
• Promoting feelings of fullness (satiety)
• Reducing appetite
• Regulating energy levels
• Protecting your cardiovascular system
• Decreasing inflammation
• Improving learning and memory
• Protecting brain cells
• Boosting mood and easing anxiety
• Maintaining a healthy body weight
• Promoting healthy bone formation and improving bone density

Healthy GLP-1 levels are associated with wellness and better quality of life. And when GLP-1 production runs low or drops off, it can lead to all sorts of health problems – starting with high blood sugar and weight gain.

What Happens When GLP-1 Runs Low

When your body doesn’t produce enough GLP-1, you’ll notice… even if you don’t quite realize that’s the reason you’re feeling off.

You may feel hungry all the time. Or start thinking about food all the time; creating “food noise” in your head. Or suddenly struggle to lose or maintain weight. Or feel sick when you haven’t eaten recently. You might feel tired and weak, like you have no energy. Or irritable and sad. You might have trouble focusing or learning new things.

All of those symptoms can tie back to low levels of GLP-1. Plus, without enough GLP-1, you face a higher risk of developing

• Type 2 diabetes
• Dangerous blood sugar spikes and dips
• Obesity
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Heart attack
• Alzheimer’s disease

Unfortunately, some very common factors can interfere with GLP-1 production, leaving you with low levels and feeling it.

The Biggest Threats to Your Natural GLP-1 Production

You need sufficient GLP-1 levels to be and feel healthy. And your body generally does a very good job of producing just the right amount.

But it also faces serious threats to GLP-1 production. And if you don’t address those threats, it throws this critical hormone out of whack, leaving you with difficult symptoms and starting the path toward serious disease.

The biggest threats to robust GLP-1 production include:

Stress. Stress, especially chronic and trauma-induced stress, take a terrible toll on GLP-1 creation. And since GLP-1 also plays a role in stress management, this can turn into devastating spiral. Stress decreases the natural production of GLP-1 and some of its precursors (the building blocks it takes to make GLP-1).

Sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep depresses production of GLP-1, so your body has less to work with. Sleep deprivation also decreases and slows the release of GLP-1 during meals, which interferes with blood sugar management and keeps you feeling hungry longer.

Added sugar. Consuming added sugar, as opposed to the sugar naturally found in whole foods, causes decreased GLP-1 levels. This can also lead to stronger reward feelings when eating high-calorie foods, creating a feedback loop that triggers more sugar cravings.

Gut dysbiosis. Your gut bacteria play a big role in GLP-1 production and sensitivity. When the gut is in a state of dysbiosis, where pathogen bacteria vastly outnumber beneficial probiotic bacteria, GLP-1 production gets cut. Dysbiosis also makes it harder for cells to accept and respond to GLP-1, making the available hormone less effective.

By addressing these four GLP-1 threats, you can increase your body’s GLP-1 production, supply, and sensitivity. And that means better blood sugar balance, easier weight management, fewer and easier-to-ignore cravings, and stronger “full” feelings when you eat.

4 Ways to Boost GLP-1 and Overcome GLP-1 Threats

You have the power to increase your body’s GLP-1 supplies and how effectively it uses this hormone. Taking just a few simple steps to neutralize the biggest GLP-1 threats can turn things around in very little time.

1. Fermentable fiber boosts GLP-1 in two important ways. First, it helps nourish only probiotic gut bacteria so they can remain dominant and flourish, sidestepping gut dysbiosis. Second, fermentable fiber sets off a second round of GLP-1 release hours after eating, so you feel full longer. Foods that contain fermentable fiber include oats, artichokes, beans, apples, and sweet potatoes.
2. InSea2 improves on the power of nature by combining potent polyphenols from two wild-crafted brown seaweeds. It slows down the dietary enzymes that break down carbs and simple sugars. That lets sugar enter your bloodstream more slowly and in a more controlled way, so you don’t experience sudden sugar spikes. It also helps level out blood sugar levels between meals. These actions help your body maintain more even GLP-1 production by smoothing out sugar uptake.
3. Gymnema has been a staple of Ayurvedic medicine for centuries. It’s well-known for its ability to lower blood sugar, improve insulin sensitivity, and promote weight loss. It has an amazing superpower: Gymnema helps decrease sugar cravings by blocking the sugar receptors on your taste buds so sweets just don’t taste as good. It’s even known as “the destroyer of sugar” in Hindi. Gymnema can help you drastically reduce added sugar in the diet, protecting GLP-1 production from that threat while keeping blood sugar and weight under control.
4. Adaptogens are special botanicals that bring balance to the body, especially when it comes to stress. Helping your body manage stress more effectively can restore healthy GLP-1 levels. And many adaptogens bring extra powers to the table. Some of the most prized adaptogens include:
   • American Ginseng, well known for balance stress hormones and blood sugar levels along with promoting weight loss and increasing calm energy
   • Schisandra, which protects against emotional stressors, supports adrenal function, reduces hunger, protects against diabetes and obesity by acting like GLP-1, and improves quality of life
   • Holy Basil, known for uplifting the spirit, balancing stress hormones, improving restful sleep, and controlling blood sugar

By introducing any of these options into your daily routine, you’ll be restoring your body’s own natural GLP-1 supplies. And with plenty of GLP-1 available, you’ll notice positive changes before you know it.

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