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How do these jabs work?
Weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Ozempic, originally for diabetes, mimic a natural gut hormone called GLP-1. This hormone helps you feel full and satisfied, slowing digestion. The story highlights that these drugs also seem to affect the brain's reward system, which might explain why people taking them lose their desire for alcohol.
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Weight-loss jabs are reducing people's desire to drink alcoholThis explainer came from a news story
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