Josh Axe, founder of Ancient Nutrition and DrAxe.com, is a certified doctor of natural medicine (DNM), doctor of chiropractic (DC) and clinical nutritionist (CNS) with a passion to help people get healthy by empowering them to use nutrition to fuel their health
Working with a physician-supervised program like FormBlends allows for proactive monitoring and dose adjustments
It also slows the rate at which food leaves your stomach, which means you are likely to remain full longer after you eat, which can curb snacking between meals
It works as a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor that slows the breakdown of hormones called incretins, which helps manage blood sugar levels
In Alzheimer's Disease, 6-Month Treatment with GLP-1 Analog Prevents Decline of Brain Glucose Metabolism: Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial
The oral formulation (Rybelsus) starts with a 3 mg initiation dose (not effective for glycemic control), then progresses to therapeutic doses of 7 mg or 14 mg tablets taken daily