A double-blind, placebo-controlled study showed that 8 weeks of treatment with natural antioxidants from tomato extract (lycopene, -carotene, phytoene, phytofluene, vitamin E, phospholipids, phytosterol) reduced systolic BP in patients with grade-1 hypertension [102]
And in another clinical trial, injections of 15-mg doses of tirzepatide (the active ingredient in Eli Lillys weight-loss injectable Zepbound) resulted in an average of about 21 percent body-weight reductions after 72 weeks
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As GLP-1 medications become more widely available through telehealth, many people are finding it harder to separate solid medical providers from aggressive marketing
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