Most GLP-1 recipe guides treat smoothies as an afterthought, tossing in generic fruit-and-yogurt combinations that ignore the specific nutritional demands of GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide
Semaglutide taps into one channel of that system
Uptake of uric acid by pancreatic -cells Urate transporters include, (i) urate transporter 1/solute carrier family 22, member 12 (URAT1/SLC22A12), (ii) ATP-binding cassette subfamily G, member 2/breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2/BCRP), and (iii) glucose transporter 9 (GLUT9/SLC2A9) [8]
Obesity (BMI 30+) affects 111 million adult Americans, with another 80 million being overweight (BMI 25+), so the potential addressable market for GLP-1s for obesity is enormous
However, there are not many documented studies to confirm this effect
Current market leaders include Novo and Eli Lilly LLY, with treatments such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound addressing both diabetes and obesity
