11/28/2023
Initially, Mounjaro was designed to treat diabetes by slowing food down as it passes through your body. However, this had an unintentional effect. It made people using Mounjaro less hungry.
This relates to the same body processes. Incretins aren’t just for controlling insulin release; they also send alerts that let your body know it is full. So, having them in the system for longer makes you feel full for a longer period of time. This makes sense, as your body should still feel full while dealing with the food you just ate.
Since people are less hungry when using Mounjaro, they eat less. This leads to the level of weight loss that can be expected in a drop in caloric intake. The discovery of this led to an increased interest in the use of Mounjaro as a weight loss treatment.
