Jana PetersYou wake up feeling relatively comfortable, but by the afternoon your pants feel tight, your abdomen feels full, and you may even look noticeably more distended than you did that morning. Sound familiar?
Jana PetersIf you're taking Ozempic or another GLP-1 medication, you may have expected your appetite to change. What you may not have expected was the constipation. Or the nausea. Or feeling full after just a few bites.
Jana PetersMany people come out of the holiday season feeling heavier, more bloated, more tired, and much hungrier than usual. Patients often tell us, “I feel like my digestion just shut down,” or “I can’t stop craving sugar.” And that makes perfect sense. Holiday habits can disrupt almost every system involved in digestion and metabolism.
Jana PetersOur liver doesn’t often get the credit it deserves. Sure, it’s known as the body’s “detox center,” but from detoxification to digestion, immunity, and energy production, its functions extend far beyond what we might initially consider.