The Metabolaid ingredient combination (hibiscus plus lemon verbena) has more published clinical data than many competing natural GLP-1 formulations
The NTS itself contains GLP-1 producing neurons which signal to decrease food-based reward in the mesolimbic VTA and NAc, which in turn impact memory and emotional processing in the hippocampus and amygdala [40]
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Prior to starting Pendulum, she was the senior manager of biology at Pacific Biosciences and a scientist at Elan Pharmaceuticals