Systemic effects like improved sleep, better mood, increased energy, and enhanced recovery from exercise are well-established at this point
Insulin secretion in response to treatment with 10 nM GLP-1 analogs was determined, after another 2-hour incubation of cells in KRB buffer containing low and high glucose, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit according to the manufacturer's instructions (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA)
The new medications, technically known as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, are used to promote substantial weight loss, cause a host of cardiometabolic improvements and treat type 2 diabetes
However, because of their lesser magnitude of glucose lowering, they are prescribed more commonly as an addition to another type of medicine rather than as monotherapy: Metformin: First-line therapy that decreases hepatic glucose output
Circulation 114 , 25082516 (2006)
Oxidative stress simply means that your body can no longer keep up with its own detoxification processes